Warehouse Controller – Cape Town needed at The South African Breweries

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Job title : Warehouse Controller – Cape Town

Job Location : Western Cape, Cape Town

Deadline : January 19, 2025

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Key outputs and responsibilities:

  • Insure compliance to 5’s Standard within and around Warehouse Operation and show results evolution
  • Cascade all Global policies and insure compliance to them
  • Implement and design the management cycle e.g. Business Descriptions, SLA’s, Process Maps, kPI Indicators and ensure compliance with all warehouse staff and show results evolution
  • Develop and continuously validate SOP’s through management routines by using tools and ensure understanding by all warehouse employees (LnA,SCL OWD)
  • Team rooms managed and updated through routine meetings to solve problems and drive performance
  • Develop and maintain MCRS/MCL routines and track adherence there off
  • Use problem solving tools e.g. 5 WHY, Abnormality Reports, SIC, OPLs, RACI’s, OWD’s, PDCA’s, etc. to develop action plans to show improvement on PI’s and KPI’s
  • Cascade KPI’s and PI’s to individual warehouse employee level, standardize the KPI/PI achievements and monitor individual targets
  • Insure adherence to best practice generation process and execute approved projects and show result evolution
  • Make use of GOP’s linked to warehouse KPI’s and insure 75% score is achieved
  • Utilize GAPA and PDCA for chronic abnormality’s and execute actions derived from analysis

Inventory:

  • Insure daily compliance of inventory counts
  • Insure compliance to inventory policy and use management tools to close gaps
  • Insure compliance to Quality Policy and use management tools to close gaps
  • Manage the process on how to destroy and write off obsolete product in compliance with legal/environmental requirements
  • Identify the root cause of inventory count variances and put action plans in place through problem solving tools to improve the Inventory accuracy KPI
  • Reduce Supply Chain Overheads through the utilization of problem solving tools and management of stock age KPI’s
  • Track and trend all operating variances within in the warehouse and utilize management tools to improve results
  • Track and trend all operating variances within in the warehouse and utilize management tools to improve results

Layout Implementation:

  • Ensure adherence to the layout in line of certain warehouse activities e.g. Empties zone; Refusal zone; Order Picking zone; Repack zone; Finished Goods zone
  • Track and manage warehouse management tools to ensure ABC compliance
  • Trough MCL routine track compliance to all safety related processes within the warehouse
  • Track and trend ABC compliance to realize warehouse efficiencies , Time and Motion studies and show Results evolution

Improve Quality Standards:

  • Manage, track and trend 1. warehouse cleanliness, 2. pest control schedule adherence, 3. cross contamination from non-food grade chemicals, 4. daily temperature control andb5. product exposure
  • Ensure 75% Compliance to the Global Warehouse GOP
  • Implement and adhere to a Location-Based Inventory System to identify stored product
  • Execute Action Plan to address the Stock Age Index KPI
  • Track and trend %HL near to be blocked as a PI
  • Ensure adherence to blocking standards on non-conforming inventory
  • Track, trend and manage sorting processes to reduce MBFU% and to improve sorting productivity by utilizing management tools
  • Track and trend broken cases by operator, picker and sorter to develop action plan to improve total breakage costs
  • Create a quality induction programme and ensure 100% compliance on training to warehouse staff
  • Track, trend and manage the distribution returns policy to ensure alignment with the quality policy
  • Track, trend and manage repacking operation to conform to quality standards and to improve repacking productivity

Picking Standards:

  • Insure adherence to the standardised picking process and ensure compliance through management routines that ensure a safe and productive process
  • Insure Picking area has a productive ergonomic layout that allows zero man machine interactions
  • Create and monitor picking KPI’s/Pi’s Cas/Per man Hour , Replenishment adherence

Sorting Standards:

  • Sorting Guideline adherence & targets met – Sorting resources planned, trained & quality bottle sorting performed. Random bottle sorting inspection performed daily, gaps
  • Identified & action plans implemented
  • Ensure sorting area has a productive ergonomic layout that allows zero man machine interactions
  • Create and monitor sorting KPI’s/Pi’s CA’s/Per man Hour ,show positive brewery MBFU evolution

Productivity & Capacity Managed:

  • Ensure 75% Compliance to the Warehouse Labour Productivity GOP to improve the KPI
  • Design and maintain sizing simulator to address optimal labour and equipment resourcing
  • Allocate and assign labour activities utilizing the SKAP tool
  • Develop and Manage the Warehouse Capacity Utilization model to improve Warehouse efficiency
  • Implement and manage waste plan and recycling operation by type of material: paper/carton, plastic by type: PET, PS, PP etc., metal – aluminum, iron, etc., glass, food remains, other types, unrecyclable
  • Manage TCT and there are actions plans visible to improve it and it is also measured in Loading/Unloading and Replenishment

Safe Warehouse Practices:

  • Ensure & maintain a safe warehouse operation driving awareness and compliance to all the relevant safety blocks

Minimum Requirements:

  • 3 year relevant diploma/degree
  • 3+ years Warehouse and or logistics experience advantageous
  • Highly level computer user (MS Office, Oasis, Handheld devices)
  • SAP proficient
  •  Good interpersonal skills / builds good relationships
  • Superior planning ability
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Good verbal and communication skills
  • Good self-management practices
  • Strong achievement orientation
  • Ability to adapt to and implement change effectively
  • Excellent coaching capability

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