DC Manager

Reference PE003695
Location Gauteng, Roodepoort
Salary Interval Monthly
Package None-negotiable
Description Requirements:
  • Grade 12 / Matric.
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent operations qualification.
  • Recognised qualification in Production Supervision and Management , Logistics or Operations Management.
  • Minimum of 5 years experience in the Manufacturing or Logistics environment.
  • 3-5 year supervisory/managerial experience with relevant Experience in managing a distribution centre.
  • Through knowledge and understanding of the company’s products, policies and procedures.
Responsibilities:
Safety and Security: 
  • Assume 16.2 accountability for the Johannesburg  DC. 
  • Provide and maintain a workplace which is safe and without risk to health. 
  • Oversee and review safety statistics, providing improvement recommendations around equipment, processes and site layout to maintain safety standards. 
  • Use best practices within the company to provide recommendations for improvement in safety, team development, and equipment. 
  • Provide appropriate supervision, instruction, training and information to employees so that they perform their tasks in a manner that ensures the health and safety of all personnel. 
  • Liaise with EHS Department on matters of safety and ensure the effective promotion of safety awareness.
Achieve DC Operation targets 
  • Plan weekly production and distribution requirements ensuring most efficient utilization of plant and resources. 
  • Ensure SLA’s are adhered to and improved on where necessary. 
  • Ensure that all site providers/suppliers are regularly reviewed and enforce strict adherence to SLA’s.
  • Achieve production standards i.e. OEE. (Casesar Targets).
  • Use of ELS tools to continuously investigate and implement means to improve production capacity and capability. 
  • Address non-conformances, assuring necessary corrective action is taken. 
  • Resolve production problems to minimize cycle times.
  • OTIF (Zero service misses).   
  • Manage equipment availability, downtime and planned maintenance for the site.  
Ensure Production meets identified quality standards 
  • Ensure products are slit and packed and distributed according to work instructions and procedures. 
  • Propose improvement recommendations at quality improvement meetings; improve production process to reduce non-conformances. 
  • Ensure ISO 9001 compliance. 
  • Investigate all non-conformances by using leadership diagnostic tools (ELS). 
  • Communicate quality related issues with the workforce. 
  • Investigate alternate means of recycling/reworking non-conforming products at minimum cost, while maintaining quality standards. 
Production Management: 
  • Responsible for overall management of production in the Distribution Centre. 
  • Produce a quality product.  
  • Reduce scrap. 
  • Lead and motivate operations team by establishing expectations, providing regular feedback and establishing development plans for direct reports.
  • Provide daily, weekly, monthly production data and SHEQ reports.
  • Ensure that the highest quality products are received and produced to customers specification.
  • Maintain good industrial relations within DC. 
Inventory Management: 
  • Maintain systems to monitor and control inventories, taking corrective action in terms of system parameters, subordinate practice and logistics decisions. 
  • Accurate management of inventory through cycle counts, monthly cycle count audits,  Stock Counts and Investigating stock variances i.e. losses and gains. 
Fleet management and Distribution 
  • Manage accurate and prompt distribution to customers and inter branches. 
  • Manage the accuracy and proper recording of administration in dispatch. 
  • Manage the maintenance of the delivery vehicles. 
  • Manage reducing cost of the dispatch department. 
Staff Management and Development. 
  • Ensure that the operations team is adequately resourced trained and developed in order to meet departmental objectives and in line with GPS plans.  
  • Monitor performance of supervisors aligned to the organisations leadership  – take corrective action where necessary. 
  • Development and career planning. 
  • Monitor and improve communication amongst plant personnel. 
  • Support the employee engagement program to improve employee relations.  
Engineering: 
  • Develop and monitor engineering PMS on machines, equipment and building. 
  • Carry out equipment audits and reporting variances or defects. 
Housekeeping: 
  • Ensure the overall look and image of the DC is maintained in with company standards. 
  • Ensure sufficient house-keeping in the DC. 
  • Responsible for the implementation of 5S process.
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