Siding/Inventory Manager at Tongaat Hulett

Roles & Responsibilities

• Control of stock, raw materials animal feed ingredients.
• Receiving and storing of bags, bulk raw materials, premixes, liquids (molasses, CMS) and Voermol packaging (bags stores).
• Ensure smooth and efficient operation of Siding or raw material plant.
• Efficiently and effectively supply raw materials to production plant and proper control of all inventories.
• Ensure compliance with procedure to receive raw materials by Supervisors is performed accordingly in liaising with the line supervisor.
• When receiving the product load, he or she must ensure that ensure quality and quantity checks are done properly.
• Check that proper documentation in terms product quality is approved by the   Laboratory.
• Check if the line supervisors store the raw materials in appropriate place as marked.
• Ensure compliance of the OSH Act, Quality systems and OSH systems and good housekeeping.
• Manage FIFO compliance and Raw materials issuing procedure .
• Liaise with procurement team for raw materials planning and scheduling of deliveries.
• Ensure compliance with trucks turnaround time from entering the weighbridge to offloading area and back to the weighing out.
• Manage molasses stock levels from Sugar Maidstone and molasses from other sugar mills to enable acceptable storage in Tanks and bladder.
• Set and manage line supervisors key performance area as per set standard.
• Manage and investigate stock variances continuously.
• Manage monthly stock take and stock losses.
• Ensure continual improvement of department as a whole.
• Manage department budget, head counts and overtime.
• Develop work procedures and closing off all Audit findings and CAR.
• Ensure proper management of staff and low-level workers.
• Ensure compliance with the legislations governing workplace.
• Ensure quality control, procedures are adhered to and communicate to the relevant line managers and continuously review progress.
• Count checks and reconcile stock on daily basis with daily usages.
• Manage and control silo stock levels, cleaning, and fumigation of all silos.
• Approve Siding employees’ time and attendant records in order to ensure adherence to time keeping standards and for payments of salaries.
• Identify employees training needs and make recommendations to attend training that enable employee to be effective on duty.
• Attend to Human capital issues and ensure that plant level issues are resolved.
• Ensure staff leave administered according to Company policy.
• Attend to all siding department safety related issues and give feedback.
• Will be required to obtain three quotations, generate purchase requisition, receive invoices, verify against the initial quotation, and sign off.
• Manage pith from Maidstone and from external mills.
• Collaboration with procurement on weekly/monthly raw materials requirement.
• Perform pith reconciliation and facilitate weekly performances with the mills.

Dimensions

Financial

• Will manage and control siding department expenses, such as employees’ refreshments orders, necessary working tools or equipment and safety PPE.
• Manage and control over time expenditure in an effective manner.
• Controls and agree on budget and provide explanation where there are variances.
• Control consumption of consumables within production.

Leadership

• Ability to plan, organise, control and receive raw materials as per schedule.

Top 3-6 Accountabilities

Operations Management

• Ensure that the department is appropriately resourced.
• Manage the day to day receiving and issuing of raw materials.
• Monitor and conduct staff performance and talent identification.

Planning and Scheduling

• Ensure that raw material weekly receiving plan is executed accordingly.
• Plan and rearrange movement of raw materials/ stock rotations as per FIFO procedures.

Continuous Improvement Projects

• Identify and initiate projects.
• Champion, drive and follow-on projects.
• Monitor project progress, milestones and impact,
• Manage the change process as a result of the project.

Safety, health, and environment

• Participate in safety meeting and provide feedback on area results and progress.
• Ensure compliance to all requirements.
• Execute specific actions to address legal compliance requirements, e.g. audit findings to non- conformances, maintenance of training records and skills matrix, checking and verifying training materials is up to date and relevant. etc.

People engagement, management and development

• Interact, provide and/ or clarifying instructions and work procedures in relation to the Operations and, checks the implementation and/ or execution of responsibilities.
• Monitor and conduct, performance and implements corrective measures to align behaviours and activities.
• Participate in the recruitment process to enable proper identification and appointment of key skills to specific roles within the Department.
• Identifying training needs and proposing specific training interventions to improve skills and capabilities; Performance Management System applications, conducting performance review sessions with the line management/coordinators.

Qualifications, Experience and Personal Qualities/Skills

The ideal candidate would meet the following qualifications and requirements:

• Grade 12, and Diploma in Supply Chain Management.
• Minimum of 5 to 8 years managerial skills in an animal feed manufacturing environment.
• Must have sound knowledge of SAP in materials management (MM).
• Computer skills/literacy
• Be able to work efficiently as a self-starter, possess integrity, reliable, assertive and a good team player.

Closing date
28 Nov 2025