Warehouse Team Leader at International Breweries

• The key purpose of this position is to directly supervise, manage and optimize warehouse operations (Receipt, Storage, Replenishment, Shipping and Returns) to meet and exceed set goals.
• This function oversees and coordinates daily warehousing activities by implementing quality, productivity, production, and customer service standards.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Manage and drive improvements in daily warehouse operations – Receipt, Storage, Offloading, Loading
• Optimize all warehouse processes to ensure satisfactory and on-time delivery to customers
• Manage warehouse Inventory with focus on driving inventory accuracy
• Process customer receipts and pass customer credit
• Process inter-depot and inter-warehouse transfer
• Manage all critical products affecting Downtime Caused by Logistics e.g. Sorting and FLT availability
• Manage the inflow and outflow of products (Full Products and Containers)
• Drive achievement of warehouse PI’s and KPI’s
• Participate in annual target setting and cascading
• Cascade Team and Individual Goals and Manage Team Performance (Daily Performance Tracking, Monthly One on One’s)
• Develop and Implement process standards: SOPs, OPL’s OWDs etc.
• Manage Warehouse stock to ensure quality and availability to customers (Internal and External)
• Maintain and improve safety by driving the correct safety behaviors on the shop-floor
• Ensure optimal asset utilization (Warehouse, Forklifts, Human Resources
• Ensure accuracy of inventory and shipments
• Facilitate Team dynamics
• Supervise Daily Stock Counts
• Manage internal and external customer complaints.

Own and Drive Implementation of VPO/DPO:

• Engage with the Plant regarding their VPO/DPO dream by driving VPO/DPO on the shop floor. Representation during milestone audits will be necessary to support the Plant’s VPO/DPO dream

Warehouse KPI Reporting:

• Collate and Submit daily PI/KPI data as per requirement by the Warehouse Controller.

Key Attributes and Competences:

• Computer Literate 
• MS Office/Excel
• Strong and assertive
• Compliance driven
• Creativity
• Strong work ethic: Setting and achieving goals
• Dependable: Consistently following through
• Positive attitude: Creating a good environment.
• Self-motivated: Working effectively with little direction ​Team-oriented: Making the most out of collaboration.

Minimum Requirements

• Min. of B.Sc./ B.Tech /HND in a related field
• 2 years’ experience in Logistics and Supply Chain Management.