Senior Logistics Coordinator - Kempton Park at DSV

Main purpose of the role

This role will be responsible for the coordinating, planning and control of daily, weekly and monthly tasks within Distribution Centers:

• Expediting, planning, scheduling & balancing of activities and resources tensure internal & external requirements are met.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Understand the customer’s business
• Understand the customer’s customer requirements
• Develop a strong, trusting relationship with clients
• Deep understanding of contractual SLAs & KPIs
• Adherence tHSE compliance and responsibilities
• Adherence ttasks not stipulated in job profile i.e. audit compliance, adhoc duties due toperational requirements.
• Query management
• Complete daily system checks tensure all orders are planned and executed as per customer KPI’s

Senior Logistics Coordinator:

• Daily analysis of the outbound schedules, and capacities, compare it tthe available resources and create an optimal warehouse and transport execution plan tachieve the highest output for the facility
• Plan according tSLA
• Ensure available time tprocess specific lines and units tachieve required SLA
• Ensure execution of the load plan
• Communicate timeously and rectify deviation of the load plan
• Ensure master data is accurate and up tdate
• Have clear and consistent communication within and between relevant stakeholders tensure all achievements and exceptions are managed pro-actively tensure proper management of expectations
• Must push back trelevant stakeholders when the targets are not achievable and create alternatives tthe challenges tensure best outcome is achieved
• Job Rotation: Rotation amongst team members tcreate flexibility and personal growth.
• Consistently reviewing data tidentify areas of improvement tfurther improve the output of the operation, load plan and deliverables within the team

Minimum Requirements

• Grade 12
• Tertiary qualification in Logistics, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering an advantage.
• Experience in warehouse -and transport industry.
• Intermediate computer literacy level in MS World and Outlook
• Knowledge in Warehouse Management Systems
• Highly proficient in Excel and PowerPoint for data management and reporting

Job Related requirements

• Experience in expediting, planning, scheduling & balancing of workload
• Experience in a warehousing environment
• Intricate understanding of work balancing and capacity planning between multiple departments within an operation tfind synergies tbe able tachieve the highest output from a limited amount of resources
• Sound and proven skills in Planning, Organizing, Directing, Controlling & Monitoring.
• Must be able tmeet and manage customer expectations and ensure compliance tPolicies, Regulations, Work Instructions and Workloads.
• Good interpersonal skills for client account management.
• Very good analytical and -problem solving skills, and ability tthink logically.
• Be able tlead and manage a team
• Comfortable presenting & communicating tall levels of management