Regional Logistics Manager (1050697) at The Beverage Company

Job Purpose

• The purpose of this role is to provide strategic leadership and operational management across regional warehousing and logistics functions, ensuring the alignment of primary and secondary distribution with customer service objectives, financial efficiency, and corporate governance. The RLM will drive the execution of warehousing excellence, ensuring stock accuracy, minimization of losses, and efficient space utilization, while leading cost optimization initiatives and ensuring the safety, security, and well-being of all logistics operations.
• The Regional Logistics Manager is ultimately accountable for managing the Distribution Centre and regional logistics network to align with business strategy and contribute to The Beverage Company’s Customer Service, Volume Growth, Market Share, and Cost Optimization aspirations. This must be achieved through sustainable, compliant, and risk-averse practices within a dynamic FMCG environment.

Key Accountabilities and Outputs:
Optimize Product Fulfillment and Distribution:

• Lead and coordinate primary and secondary distribution processes, ensuring timely and costefficient delivery to meet On-Time-In-Full (OTIF) targets.
• Ensure alignment of Distribution Service Packages (DSPs) with customer agreements, with ongoing review mechanisms to guarantee adherence and responsiveness to customer needs.
• Implement advanced distribution planning and forecasting tools to optimize stock replenishment and ensure no service interruptions.
• Collaborate with transport partners to ensure service level agreements (SLAs) are maintained, and operational performance is reviewed regularly to enhance customer satisfaction.
• Establish a consistent process for Sales Order Management, ensuring that internal and external customer requirements are met in line with pre-defined service level agreements (SLAs).

Warehousing Operations Excellence:

• Oversee the efficient operation of regional Distribution Centres, ensuring inventory accuracy, optimal space utilization, and continuous flow of goods across the supply chain.
• Implement best-in-class warehousing standards, with a focus on reducing damage, shrinkage, and stock obsolescence.
• Monitor the performance of warehousing teams, ensuring adherence to safety, efficiency, and quality standards.
• Lead process improvement initiatives focused on warehouse layout optimization, picking accuracy, and minimizing stock movement times.
• Ensure stock cycle counts are conducted at regular intervals, with a focus on eliminating variances and managing shrinkage within acceptable limits.
• Collaborate with manufacturing teams to align production schedules with warehouse capacity, ensuring minimal stockouts or overstocking situations

Financial Management and Reporting

• Drive regional logistics financial management, ensuring accurate and timely reporting on all financial aspects of logistics operations, including budgets, forecasts, and expenditures.
• Develop and implement cost optimization initiatives, focusing on reducing operating costs (overtime, temporary labor, fuel, and vehicle maintenance) while improving service levels.
• Lead the region’s month-end close process, ensuring precision in financial reporting and variance analysis for logistics-related activities.
• Monitor and control regional logistics expenditure to ensure adherence to budgetary guidelines, identifying opportunities to streamline costs and increase financial efficiency.
• Ensure a continuous focus on financial discipline across all logistics activities, with detailed costbenefit analysis on any new initiatives or operational changes.

SHEQ, Security, and Compliance:

• Ensure full compliance with Safety, Health, Environment, and Quality (SHEQ) standards within all regional logistics and warehousing operations.
• Develop and implement safety protocols to mitigate risk and ensure the well-being of all employees, contractors, and visitors to the warehouse.
• Lead the identification and management of operational risks, with a focus on safety, security, and environmental sustainability.
• Oversee security protocols within warehousing and logistics, ensuring the safeguarding of inventory, personnel, and assets.
• Regularly audit logistics operations to ensure adherence to corporate governance, regulatory requirements, and ethical business practices.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives in SHEQ, ensuring that best practices are shared across the region and any incidents are managed with a view to root cause analysis and future prevention.

Customer Service Excellence (Internal & External):

• Drive both internal and external customer satisfaction, ensuring logistics operations are aligned with broader customer service objectives and provide value across the supply chain.
• Engage with key internal stakeholders (sales, marketing, and manufacturing) to ensure logistics functions are aligned with the broader business strategy and customer expectations.
• Establish service-level agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure logistics performance and address any gaps in customer satisfaction.
• Implement a structured approach to customer feedback, ensuring service issues are addressed promptly, with root cause analysis to prevent reoccurrence.

Strategic and People Leadership:

• Develop and execute regional logistics strategies, ensuring alignment with overall business goals, market trends, and evolving customer requirements.
• Ensure the logistics workforce is capable, motivated, and well-managed, with clear performance management processes in place to drive accountability and continuous improvement.
• Play an active role in succession planning, mentoring, and developing the talent pipeline within logistics operations.
• Embed a culture of continuous improvement, fostering collaboration and innovation across all logistics and warehousing teams.
• Engage in strategic planning and business development initiatives, contributing insights into logistics capabilities and capacities that can drive market share and cost optimization.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree (3 years) / NQF Level 7 (Essential)
• 7+ years of operational execution experience within an FMCG environment, with a strong focus on logistics and warehousing.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, ERP systems, and logistics software solutions.

Deadline:22nd March,2026