Warehouse Supervisor - ABInBev

Our Dream is to bring people together for a better world. Beer, the original social network, has been bringing people together for thousands of years. We are committed to building great brands that stand the test of time and to brewing the best beers using the finest natural ingredients. Our diverse portfolio of well over 400 beer brands includes global brands Budweiser, Corona and Stella Artois; multi-country brands Beck’s, Castle, Castle Lite, Hoegaarden, and Leffe; and local champions such as Aguila, Bud Light, Jupiler, Klinskoye, Modelo Especial, Quilmes, Skol, and Victoria.

Our brewing heritage dates back more than 600 years, spanning continents and generations. From our European roots at the Den Hoorn brewery in Leuven, Belgium. To the pioneering spirit of the Anheuser & Co brewery in St. Louis, US. To the creation of the Castle Brewery in South Africa during the Johannesburg gold rush. To Bohemia, the first brewery in Brazil. Geographically diversified with a balanced exposure to developed and developing markets, we leverage the collective strengths of approximately 200,000 employees based in more than 50 countries worldwide.

Job Description

The primary function 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.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Manage and drive improvements in daily warehouse operations – Receipt, Storage, and 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 transfers
• Manage all critical products affecting Downtime Caused by Logistics eg 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
• Supervise Daily Stock Counts
• Manage internal and external customer complaints

Own & 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