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  • Posted: Jul 1, 2025
    Deadline: Not specified
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  • Astral Operations Ltd. is a food production company based out of Calle Laguna del Marquesado N 19, Nave 16 Edificio Adriana 1 Planta, Polgono Industrial La Resina (Villaverde), Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain.


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    Cold Store Controller

    Key requirements for the position:

    • Minimum Grade 12 with relevant Supply Chain / Warehousing qualification will be a great advantage
    • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in end-to-end supply chain, with a focus on processing, wholesale and retail environment
    • 5 years’ experience in logistics, warehouse, cold storage, stock control and administration experience within the FMCG environment
    • Microsoft Office (MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook, MS Word, MS PowerPoint and MS Excel)
    • MS Excel at an advanced level (able to generate pivots, conditional formatting, V-Look-ups, SUMIF, Dashboards, Charts – understanding waterfall charts, overall in-depth of formulae and data analysis)
    • Vantage Mobile logistics planning system
    • INFOR LN system, or any other ERP system experience
    • MyChep pallet and lug management system

    Key activities and responsibilities of this position: 

    • Responsible for physical and financial system stock control of finished product stock at Internal and and External Cold Storage facilities
    • Report back on a daily, weekly and monthly basis to Management on all operational related activities.
    • Responsible for internal and outbound logistics function to and from the Cold Store including co-loading, ensure that all stock movements are controlled, thereby ensuring compliance to County Fair / Astral Operations policies and applicable laws are adhered to
    • Management of subordinates and coordinating functions thereby ensuring accurate and timeous holding of the correct stock at all times across all shifts
    • Managing the integrity of stock through ensuring that all stock movements have the required paperwork (managing the administration function through the allocated resource)
    • Ensuring that the required stock cycle counts are performed accordingly, in conjunction to monthly stock counts that must be in accordance with policies and SOP’s
    • Manage relationships with service providers
    • Ensure service levels to internal (Epping / Hocroft / Outside Cold Storage facilities) and external (retail / wholesale / trade) customers, > 98% on-time delivery strike rate
    • Enforcing best practice via implementation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) and management of entire staff complement accordingly
    • Report to management on daily / weekly / monthly logistics / distribution issues and opportunities for improvement via KPI measurement and reporting, assisted by using 20 Keys
    • report on cold store operations highlighting exceptions and continuous improvements initiatives
    • Achievement of KPI’s
    • Generating relevant reporting reports that ensures proper management of the Cold Store 
    • Assist management with monitoring and reporting on activities and performance of the 3 PL service (DP World / Hestony)
    • Preparation of budgets and targets for the Cold Store
    • Monitor and manage operational expenditure within approved budget
    • Ensure effective utilization of staff on all shifts within the department

    Other key requirements:

    • Experienced in warehouse operations activities, material handling equipment, warehouse systems and pallet management software.
    • Must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
    • Honest, high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
    • Must be numerate and literate (apply mathematics calculations)
    • Able to communicate well in both English and Afrikaans languages
    • Must be honest, self-driven, responsible and able to use own initiative
    • Ability to work under pressure and swift resolving of employee and management queries;
    • Basic understanding of the 20 Keys concept is essential;
    • Must be able to work independently and cope well under pressure;
    • It is essential that the successful candidate be self-motivated with the ability to meet strict deadlines.
    • Valid driver’s license and own transport

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    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Astral Foods Ltd on www.trending-talent.com to apply

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