Regional Manager: Logistics at Nedbank

Job Purpose

• Ensuring the optimal, efficient and cost-effective movement and storage of goods throughout Nedbank, meeting the business requirements of internal stakeholders.  Oversee all aspects of logistics, including transportation, archiving, warehousing and  inventory management, to meet business goals  and align with Nedbank’s strategic intent. Guaranting customer satisfaction and experience is a top priority

Job Responsibilities
Strategic Planning:

• Developing and implementing logistics strategies that align with the company's overall business objectives.

Supply Chain Management:

• Overseeing the entire supply chain process, from sourcing commodities to delivering requested goods to customers. 

Inventory Management:

• Managing inventory levels to ensure optimal stock availability while minimizing storage costs. Ensure no over0ordering of stock items to obviate write off and obsolesces.

Transportation Management:

• Coordinating and optimizing transportation as per the existing  schedules utilised by branches to facilitate efficiencies and collaborate with freight forwarders, carriers, and other logistics providers to ensure optimal value proposition at Nedbank. 

Warehousing Operations:

• Managing warehousing facilities, including storage, Picking; Packing and distribution of goods. All goods to be tracked end-to-end. All cost of stationery to be recovered from consignee.

Procurement:

• Play and SME role with the Procurement Team when they are negotiating with suppliers to secure competitive pricing and ensure timely delivery of freight to customers.  

Team Leadership:

• Leading and mentoring a team of logistics professionals to achieve departmental goals and aligning same to company values and strategy. 

Cost Reduction:

• Identifying and implementing strategies to reduce logistics costs while maintaining service levels. 

Compliance:

• Ensuring adherence to relevant regulations and industry standards. 

Performance Analysis:

• Monitoring and analysing logistics performance metrics to identify areas for improvement.
• Develop Manage operational expenditure against budget 
• Ensure alignment of team/departmental targets to cluster targets.
• Enable performance against budgeted targets by evaluating and assessing existing performance against desired outcomes.    
• Identifying and implementing strategies to reduce logistics costs while maintaining service levels. 
• Drive process management, service delivery and continuous improvement of service, processes and procedures through compliance and conformance to frameworks, standards and policies.
• Initiate and implement project improvements by enhancing service delivery, reducing costs and creating efficiencies across end-to-end processes.
• Identify and plan resource requirements to achieve targets.
• Align and adapt business processes to deliver best practice customer experiences through consulting and collaboration with business stakeholders.
• Manage relationships with clients, service providers and internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate with business partners by sharing expert. knowledge and information though participation in relevant internal and external forums.
• Communicate relevant business information.
• Identify and mitigate risks within business unit.
• Implementing  and ensuring compliance with business risk management framework.
• Implement internal procedures, processes and standards.
• Drive operational excellence across all teams through optimising resource utilisation and continuous improvement in processes and procedures.
• Collaborate with team memeber and staff to leverage team strengths.
• Manage performance of reports and hold them accountable for managing the performance of their reports.
• Identify relevant development needs.
• Drive to execute own and direct reports planned development.
• Maintain a capable high performing team.
• Ensure continuous improvement goals are achieved by creating an environment whereby self, managers and team are encouraged to challenge the status quo.
• Improve productivity and reduce costs by improving work processes through offering innovative ideas and input and soliciting input from managers and teams.
• Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals and support business strategies that improve the corporate image by ensuring self, managers and team participation in Nedbank culture building initiatives.
• Participate and ensure managers encourage staff to participate and support corporate social responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy (e.g.Green Strategy).
• Ensure issues raised in culture survey are addressed and results are improved.
• Deliver a world class service through others.
• Identify areas of resource inefficiencies and promote optimisation through promoting multi-skilling and addressing capacity gaps by reviewing and improving work processes.
• All obsolete warehouse stocK to be recycled to enhance and improve Nedbank’s Carbon emissions. Same to be measured and recorded to ensure CRE has a good story to narrate.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Minimum Experience Level

• Minimum 3 – 5 years in a logistics management role 
• Minimum 3 – 5 years’ experience as manager of others 
• Understanding of electronic communication legislation and compliance 
• SAP experience would be an advantage
• Diploma / Degree in Logistics would be an advantage 

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Strategic planning
• Financial Accounting Principles
• Business administration and management
• Communication Strategies
• Governance, risk and controls
• Principles of project management
• Talent management
• Management information and reporting principles, tools and mechanisms
• Business writing and presentation skills
• Relevant regulatory knowledge

Behavioural Competencies

• Decision Making
• Driving for Results
• Planning and Organizing
• Building talent
• Aligning Performance for Success
• Inspiring others

Deadline:27th June,2025