Logistics 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) - Advantageous
• Excel Intermediate to advanced is required.
• All other Microsoft office applications experience is advantageous
• Key user of Warehouse Management Systems preferably JDA Dispatcher (Red
• Prairie/ Blue Yonder)

Job Related Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in Logistics or Business / Data Analysis.
• Unendorsed license & own transport;
• Ability to travel around Gauteng, South Africa & International;
• Excellent written & verbal communications skills;
• Strong interpersonal skills & able to work in a collaborative & teambased
• environment;
• Aptitude to multi-task & employ effective problem solving abilities;

Added Advantages for the role

• 3 +- 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
• Experience in Automotive Warehousing (Auto Parts)
•  Experience in Just in time (JIT) and Just in Sequence (JIS) supply to Automotive Production Line
• Good working knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite, specifically
• Excel. Exposure to the Microsoft Power Suite will be a big advantage
• Warehouse Best Practices: w.r.t. warehousing processes and inventory management.

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 to identifying, analyzing & developing valueadding
• 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 with
• focus in the Automotive industry.
• It is vital for the success of this position for the candidate to effectively align customer needs and solutions,
• with DSV values, policies and Solutions strategy to directly 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, including sequenced supply to Automotive production lineside
• System and modification testing
• Business readiness testing
• Interface testing
• Travel: Reasonable local and international travel requirement to use 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