Total Family Health Organisation Job Vacancy For Logistics & Warehouse Manager

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Job Description

Leadership

• Lead and motivate the warehouse team 
• Develop and work within the warehouse budget of controllable expenses (i.e. labor, supplies, repairs, freight lanes and material damages) to achieve operational goals.
• Provide effective training and motivation as well as consistent performance feedback to warehouse employees.
• Facilitate team meetings and operational reviews. Encourage and facilitate team decision making and coach warehouse personnel and casuals in the ways of consensus building and information sharing.
• Support and drive Teams/Business Unit by setting goals and implementing action plans to reach those goals.
• Ensure Team input in goal-setting strategies and attainment plans.
• Partake in weekly/monthly meeting to update team on the progress of activities under you control.
• Manage staffing by both the most cost effective and performance efficient means possible.

Safety

• Comply with and ensure all company safety policies and procedures are being followed by teams. Lead by example.
• Take an active role to ensure personal safety and the safety of others is never compromised 

Quality

• Ensure teams are working within the guidelines of the Good Distribution Practices (GDP's) and Good Warehousing practices '
• Complete and document all safety and quality checks as required by our various quality programs and standards.
• Actively participate in preventing and correcting quality related errors.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with procurement and Third Parties to ensure uninterrupted inbound logistics
• Coordinate with sales department, regional depots, external customers and transporters to ensure cost effective deliver of outbound goods.
• Plan, coordinate and monitor the receipt, order and dispatch of goods
• Coordinate the use of automated and computerized systems for inventory management and reporting
• Respond to customer’s (customers, sales manager and the sales team) queries through email and phone communication.
• Ensure stock control systems are up to date by making sure inventories are accurate and matches with system quantities.
• Manage all inbound and outbound delivery processes to maximize on time customer order fulfillment at optimum cost.
• Planning future capacity requirements consider the rate of growth the business.
• Ensure direct staff adherence to Company policies, SOPs and regulations pertaining to good distribution and warehousing practice.
• Organize the recruitment and training of temporary staff, as well as monitoring their performance and progress
• Formulate warehouse Standard Operating Procedures and ensure they are strictly adhered to.
• Produce regular reports and statistics on a daily, weekly and monthly basis to support sales and marketing decisions.
• Encourage feedback from internal and external customers to improve service delivery.
• Effectively manager contract relating warehousing and logistics to ensure the rights and obligations of both parties are adhered to.
•  Any other duties requested by your line Manager.
• Lead stock count and reconciliation of the various TFHO’s depots and other inventory sites and assist in resolving any inventory related discrepancies.
• Assessment of depots to ensure they meet storage standards.
• Training of personnel on good distribution practices (GDP)
• Comfortable with forecasting and supply planning

Required Skills or Experience

EDUCATION

• Minimum qualification: Degree in supply chain management or related field
• Certificate in inventory and warehousing management will be an added advantage

 EXPERIENCE

• 5-8 years’ experience in logistics, warehousing, courier and freight forwarding industry. Specifically, sea freight
• FMCG experience preferred. Experience in Pharmaceutical company would be an added advantage  
• Computer literate
• Familiar with tertiary packaging processes  
• Knowledge in managing temperature-controlled products.

 REQUIREMENT

• Must have excellent communication and written skills.
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook required other ERP systems.
• Proven ability to work autonomously and maintain solid working relationships with clients and staff.