Brewery Logistics Manager at International Breweries

The key purpose is to manage the operations of the logistics function at the Depot, ensuring that the warehousing and transportation function in a safe, efficient and cost effective manner, ensuring alignment with the T2 Logistics Strategy and the Distribution Process Optimisation process.

Key roles and responsibilities:

Safety

• Adherence to the health, safety and environmental standards
• Department of Labour stacking exemption complied with Site housekeeping standards maintained and adhered to
• Ensure adherence to site safety standards as head of Safety, Health and Environmental Committee
• Ensure compliance to all relevant legislation
• Implement strategy in work area to increase lead indicator measures and improve safety behavior
• Minimize and manage health and safety hazard

People Management

• Ensure the Company’s Vision, Mission, Values and strategic goals are communicated and understood by all employees
• Employees are managed in accordance with the Company’s Performance Management philosophy and principles
• Input into Training needs analysis to ensure sustainability and continuation

Key roles and responsibilities:

• Provide on the job coaching and mentoring to ensure continuous improvement and high performance culture
• Manage Employees in a manner that maintains a healthy industrial relations climate
• Manage rosters to ensure adequate operational coverage
• Manage Employee’s punctuality and attendance managed to meet operational requirements
• Time and attendance SAP administration effectively managed
• Develop engagement plan / ensure all direct repots have achievable and challenging KPI’s
• Ensure that all Employees are conversant with relevant business information, policies, processes and procedures
• Distribution Process Optimisation (DPO) alignment

People Management

• Play a lead role to implement the DPO activities within logistics
• In conjunction with the site pillar specialists, develop and deliver to a plan focusing on the key site DPO areas
• Ensure full compliance with Logistics DPO Handbook
• Support social system
• Create an environment that allows for cross functional learning and integration

Key roles and responsibilities

• Regular team meetings conducted to understand performance, ensure achievement of short and long term objectives
• Support Administrators that work across functions

3rd party management

• Contractors managed against the Service Level agreement
• Ensure contractors alignment to business strategy
• Create an engaging environment to foster business partnerships and good relations
• Continuously engage contractors to extract maximum productivity responsibly
• Minimize use of temporary service providers and manage within relevant legislation

Customer service objectives achieved

• Business plans developed in line with relevant guidelines
• Business plan rolled, understood and executed by relevant stakeholders
• Customer service results analysed and detailed plans developed to widen competitor gap
• Support focus group activities to gather customer intelligence and make necessary changes to support superior customer service delivery
• Ensure internal and external review of business processes for alignment with business strategy
• Ensure that product quality is maintained and relevant stakeholders engaged

Key roles and responsibilities

Customer service objectives achieved

• Effectively handle customer complaints and ensure corrective action taken
• Ensure customer DSP’s are aligned to activity and changes communicated
• Manage On day On time In full component of customer service

Financial Management

• Develops and manages operational budgets and forecasts for resourcing across the warehouse
• Minimize overtime and temporary employee usage
• Controls expenditure against budgets and forecasts
• Authorizes expenditure and ensure adherence to the Procurement to Payment policy
• Continuously look for financial optimization opportunities internal and external
• Weekly monitoring of general ledger accounts to ensure adherence to budget and forecasts
• Monthly financial performance analysed and necessary plans put in place to correct if required

Optimal Fleet Management

• Engage fleet suppliers to maintain optimal fleet uptime to deliver on customer service commitments
• Ensure adherence to relevant road traffic legislation
• Conduct regular fleet inspections as per fleet guidelines to ensure compliance to road traffic act and internal measures
• Monitor and understand fleet key performance indicators and implement corrective action plans where required
• Ensure that fleet-mix is optimal and suitable for terrain
• Ensure fleet appearance upholds company image
• Manage fleet service provider SLA’s
• Ensure that temporary fleet service providers are engaged and SLA’s are in place

Governance

• Manage company assets in line with policy and procedure
• Review and sign off the necessary internal governance processes
• Conduct monthly stock counts in line with Inventory management procedures and processes
• Review bulk handling contracts for relevance
• Inventory & Warehouse Operation Management
• Conduct random truck counts to monitor effectiveness of internal controls
• Oversee the operational warehouse activities to ensure stock availability and quality

Key roles and responsibilities

• Manage DOC and working capital
• Manage returns to issues and weeks in trade
• Ensure that inventory management processes are entrenched
• Inventory postings need to be understood to manage gains and losses
• Maintain on-going, clear and effective communication with all employees across all facets of the operation
• Identify areas for cost savings, efficiency gains and demonstrate year on year improvements

Minimum Requirements:

• Relevant 3 year tertiary degree/diploma, preferably in Supply Chain and/or Logistics
• 3+ years of experience in an operational FMCG or similar environment
• 3+ years of experience in a warehousing environment
• Demonstrated ability to engage and inspire people
• Experience in managing IR issues, demonstrated ability to manage performance and conflict
• Ability to analyse data and make recommendations
• Knowledge of shipping, freight and forwarding practices
• Financial and legal requirements associated with exporting, VAT, EXCISE, Letters of Credit, Consignment Sales, etc
• Sound knowledge of RSA Export administration requirements
• Knowledge of banking rates, exchange control and currency exchange rates
• Basic electronic bookkeeping knowledge (via SAP)
• Strong budgeting skills (costs and revenue)
• Ability to negotiate commercial agreements
• Basic knowledge of the lasof contracts and international trading
• Knowledge of SAB Brands and packs, especially those specifically produced for exporting
• MS Office proficiency at the advanced level (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)