Operations Controller - SAB Phuthaditjhaba Depot at The South African Breweries (SAB)

Key roles and responsibilities:

Warehouse Management:

• Ensure compliance with 5S standards and global policies, showing results evolution.
• Implement and design management cycles (SLA's, process maps, KPIs) and ensure warehouse staff adherence.
• Develop and validate SOPs, ensuring understanding through tools like LnA and SCLOWD.
• Manage team rooms and routine meetings to solve problems and drive performance.
• Track adherence to MCRS/MCL routines.
• Use problem-solving tools (5 WHY, SIC, OPLs, RACI, PDCA) to create action plans and improve PI/KPI results.
• Cascade and standardize KPIs/PI targets at the individual employee level.
• Execute best practice processes and approved projects, tracking results.
• Ensure a 75% score for warehouse KPIs using GOPs.
• Use GAPA and PDCA to address chronic abnormalities.

Inventory:

• Ensure daily inventory count compliance and adherence to inventory and quality policies.
• Manage the destruction and write-off of obsolete products per legal/environmental requirements.
• Identify root causes of inventory discrepancies and implement corrective actions.
• Reduce supply chain overhead by managing stock age and utilizing problem-solving tools.
• Track operational variances and use management tools to improve performance.

Layout Implementation:

• Ensure warehouse layout adherence (e.g., Empties, Refusal, Order Picking, Repack, Finished Goods zones).
• Track ABC compliance and safety processes through MCL routines.

Loading & Unloading Activities:

• Track loading/unloading productivity and show results evolution.
• Implement and monitor load scheduling.
• Utilise Management tools to diagnose and address route cause.
• Ensure load verification is taking place for departure and returns on T1 andT2.

Improve Quality Standards:

• Manage, track and trend warehouse cleanliness, pest control schedule adherence, cross contamination from non-food grade chemicals, daily temperature control and product exposure.
• Ensure 75% Compliance to the Global Warehouse GOP.
• Implement and adhere to a Location-Based Inventory System to identify stored product.
• Execute Action Plan to address the Stock Age Index KPI.
• Track and trend %HL near to be blocked as a PI.

Picking Standards:

• Insure Picking area has a productive ergonomic layout that allows zero-man machine interactions
• Create and monitor picking KPI's/Pi's Cas/Per man Hour, Replenishment adherence
• Create and monitor picking KPI's/Pi's Cas/Per man Hour

Sorting Standards:

• Sorting Guideline adherence & targets met -Sorting resources planned; trained & quality bottle sorting performed. Random bottle sorting inspection performed daily; gaps identified & action plans implemented
• Ensure sorting area has a productive ergonomic layout that allows zero-man machine interactions
• Create and monitor sorting KPI's/Pi's CA's/Per man Hour, show positive brewery MBFU evolution

Productivity & Capacity Managed:

• Ensure 75% Compliance to the Warehouse Labour Productivity GOP to improve the KPI.
• Design and maintain sizing simulator to address optimal labour and equipment resourcing.
• Allocate and assign labour activities utilising the SKAP tool.
• Develop and Manage the Warehouse Capacity Utilization model to improve Warehouse efficiency.
• Implement and manage waste plan and recycling operation by type of material: paper/carton, plastic by type: PET, PS, PP etc.,metal–aluminium, iron, etc., glass, food remains, other types, unrecyclable.
• Manage TCT and there are actions plans visible to improve it and it is also measured in Loading/Unloading and Replenishment.

Minimum Requirements:

• 3 years relevant diploma/degree
• 3+ years Warehouse/Logistics experience advantageous
• High level computer user (MS Office, Oasis)
• SAP proficient