Logistics Manager (Food Industry) Montague Gardens, Cape Town 55 views

The main purpose of this position:

• Manage the distribution and transportation of goods to various
• To Maintain the Fleet (cost analysis) weekly / monthly
• Be able to manage a staff compliment of 25/30 staff
• General running of the Despatch and getting all deliveries out
• General duties

 

Educational Background:

• Grade 12
• Computer Literacy
• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand Afrikaans &
• English
• Mathematical Ability

 

Knowledge/Skills:

• Minimum previous experience of 2 Years in a Warehouse Environment
• Must have own transport
• Minimum of code 8 driving license
• Must be able to work flexible hours
• Operational Agility
• Ensure Vision, Mission and Values underpin all activities

 

 

 

Duties & Responsibilities:

 

DISPATCH.

• Plan, manage and evaluate all logistics operations.
• Manage, motivate and control all the staff working in your section on a daily basis.
• Check that staff is at work and report absentees timeously to HR.
• Ensure that staff is wearing clean undamaged uniforms as per company policy.
• Ensure that your line supervisors adhere to your instructions and perform their duties as per their job descriptions.
• Co-ordinate and handle the dispatch of goods.
• Plan the daily routes of all delivery vehicles.
• Ensure the sorting of picking slips into routes and ensure that all deliveries can be made with the available trucks, if there is a problem report to Operations Manager.
• Ensure the timely loading of vehicles according to planned routes.
• Ensure that all goods are double checked for deviations from quality standards before loading.
• Double check weight of products before loading.
• Manage the dispatch of late and in between orders.
• Handle and resolve customer enquiries about deliveries.
• Liaise with internal staff and managers, suppliers, logistics providers, transport companies and customers.
• Check to see that the trucks are back in the yard in time to be loaded, report to the Operations Manager if there are problems.
• Communicate with staff regarding which trucks to load first and get invoices and sort accordingly.
• 17 Make sure that there are staff to help load and start loading trucks until
• others are able to take over.
• Manage the documentation and allocation of all products returned from customers.
• Take all measures possible to prevent stock losses or theft of company property.
• Manage and ensure that all stock produced is collected and sorted into
• the different routes in the Dispatch freezer. “STOCK CONTROL“

 

 

RECEIVING

• Co-ordinate and manage the receiving of goods plus storage of raw materials being delivered.
• Ensure the correct documentation of all goods received.
• Ensure that the weights and quantities of all goods received are checked and documented.
• Ensure the immediate labelling of all products received for traceability purposes.
• Manage the receiving of late and in between deliveries from suppliers.

 

QUALITY / FOOD SAFETY AND HEALTH & SAFETY

• Manage, maintain and enforce food safety procedures and requirements.
• Manage, maintain and enforce quality policies, procedures and requirements.
• Manage, maintain and enforce health and safety legal requirements plus company procedures.
• Ensure that all food safety and quality documents are completed timeously and handed to the HACCP section every end of the week.
• Ensure that new templates for all food safety and quality documents are sourced from the HACCP section every start of the working week.

 

VEHICLES

• Check and inspect all trucks for damage, cleanliness, general maintenance and refrigeration of all vehicles daily.
• Ensure that drivers do not idle any vehicle unnecessarily for long periods while on the premises.
• Check that trip sheets are completed daily.
• Check that all necessary equipment is available i.e. spare wheel, jack and
• emergency triangle.
• Ensure that all trucks are serviced within specified schedules.
• Ensure that all vehicles’ licenses are renewed prior to expiry.
• Ensure that all service records for all vehicles are completed / filed.
• Ensure that a petrol log is kept for each vehicle
• Monitor vehicle movement on a continuous basis during the day and address deviations.
• Make sure that all drivers have valid PDP licenses and are renewed annually prior to expiry.
• Keep all truck & drivers’ documentation on file.

 

GENERAL

• Attend weekly management meeting with Operations manager, section managers and supervisors.
• Identify and resolve problems concerning transportation, logistics systems, imports or exports or customer issues.
• Implement and maintain best practice logistics principles, policies and procedures to improve operational and financial performance.
• Ensure that all expenses are documented and keep track of budget limits.
• Negotiate rates and contracts with transportation, fuel and logistics providers.
• Review impact of logistics changes, such as routing, shipping modes, product volumes or carriers and report results to senior management.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives, identify inefficiencies, and cost optimization opportunities.
• Identify and resolve any inventory discrepancies and ensure inventory and system records are in agreement.
• Continuously ensuring vehicles, drivers and assistants are neat.

 

HOUSEKEEPING

• Ensure that the Dispatch area, Dispatch freezer and yard areas are clean, neat and tidy at all times.
• Do the cleaning sign off daily, to agree that the cleaning was done properly.
• Ensure that the Dispatch area, Dispatch freezer and yard areas are left in a neat condition at the end of every working day.
• No stock is allowed to stand on the floor or left in the Dispatch area after hours, it must be sorted and packed in the fridges.

 

CRITICAL LIMITS

• All stock must be dispatched on time.
• Ensure that there is no wastage or damage when dispatching the products.
• Ensure that there are no stock shortages when dispatching orders and report shortages to Management.
• Ensure that collections are handled as fast as possible.
• No stock to be dispatched without correct paperwork in place.
• All customer queries on delivery times to be handled as fast and professionally as possible.

 

 

OTHER

Perform any other reasonable tasks as instructed and requested by Management

Proving Fleet cost analysis on a weekly / monthly basis