Cold Store Controller at Astral Foods Ltd

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