Application Engineer, Solutions - Kempton Park at DSV

Minimum Requirements

• Grade 12
• A diploma or degree in Logistics, Supply Chain or Industrial Engineering (or other engineering qualification) and Advantage
• Excel Intermediate tadvanced is required.
• All other Microsoft office applications experience is advantageous
• Key user of Warehouse Management Systems preferably JDA Dispatcher (Red Prairie)

Job Related Requirements

• Minimum of 1 years’ experience in Logistics or Business / Data Analysis.
• Unendorsed license & own transport;
• Ability ttravel around Gauteng, South Africa & International;
• Excellent written & verbal communications skills;
• Strong interpersonal skills & able twork in a collaborative & team-based environment;
• Aptitude tmulti-task & employ effective problem solving abilities;

Added Advantages for this role

• 1+- years working in the Logistics/ Supply chain environment will be beneficial. Exposure and /or a keen interest in the following areas would be advantageous: Experience with WMS (Blue Yonder Dispatcher) (JDA, Red Prairie) Industrial engineering Business analysis CIP / Lean methodologies Production logistics and warehousing Retail / FMCG warehousing Good working knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite, specifically Excel. Exposure tthe Microsoft Power Suite will be a big advantage Good understanding of Databases Ability twork with data Robotic Process Automation Warehouse process optimization Process gap analysis Warehouse Best Practices: w.r.t. warehousing processes and inventory management, e.g. WERC, SCOR, etc.

Main purpose of the role

• Form part of the team responsible for designing, planning and implementing warehousing and production logistics solutions.
• This role directly supports company objectives and contributes tidentifying, analyzing & developing value-adding and robust solutions for current & prospective customers.
• Supporting current implementations of WMS and performing the interactive role between operations, the client and the WMS supplier/ vendor.
• The successful candidate will be involved in business analysis and solution design in various industries.
• It is vital for the success of this position for the candidate teffectively align customer needs and solutions, with DSV values, policies and Solutions strategy tdirectly support sustainable and profitable business.

Duties and Responsibilities

• To form part of a WMS implementation team throughout the implementation process including the following activities:
• Warehouse process analysis
• Warehouse process optimization
• Process gap analysis
• Implementation documentation creation
• WMS modification design
• Interface mapping
• Data setup
• Data build and data loading
• System setup
• System and modification testing
• Business readiness testing
• Interface testing
• Training documentation
• User Training
• Travel: Reasonable local and international travel requirement tuse knowledge, skills and experience in support of relevant DSV business objectives.
• Warehouse Management Systems: Knowledge of key functions and features of systems used by DSV, in support of solutions development, sales activities and implementations;
• Support: Support current instances of WMS implementations;
• Assessments of current WMS solutions
• Liaison with various global IT teams including EDI. IT Solutions and support, Global BCM application engineering