Team Lead: Cross Border (Gauteng - Rosebank) at Enaex Africa

Description

Oversee all aspects of Cross Border planning, execution, and administration to ensure seamless alignment with customer demand. This includes managing accurate and efficient administrative and inventory processes, driving cost-effective logistics operations.

• Contribute to the organizational strategy by understanding key strategic drivers and direction and providing informed input during the annual strategic planning process. 
• Develop the departmental strategy by aligning with the overarching business strategy, formulating strategic objectives, and presenting the plan for approval on an annual basis. 
• Contribute and adhere to Employment Equity requirements
• Formulate and manage departmental operational plan by translating strategy into actionable initiatives, including projects and performance metrics, and submitting for approval annually or as required. 
• Oversee and report on departmental performance by tracking progress against targets, identifying achievements and areas of concern, and preparing reports on a quarterly basis or as needed. 
• Manage operational performance by monitoring key performance indicators, identifying deviations, and implementing corrective actions on a monthly basis or as required. 
• Ensure Enaex Africa’s compliance with local and corporate regulations by maintaining up-to-date knowledge, implementing necessary controls, monitoring adherence, and addressing non-compliance monthly or as needed, while promoting ethical conduct and integrity
• Oversee the development and implementation of departmental business processes by guiding process mapping, assessing efficiency and relevance, and enforcing corrective measures where necessary. 
• Develop departmental policies and procedures in line with regulatory requirements, good practices, and internal standards, submitting them for approval as needed. 
• Ensure adherence to departmental policies and procedures by monitoring compliance, identifying gaps, and executing corrective measures where required. 
• Oversee the utilisation and enhancement of departmental systems and software by evaluating usage patterns, identifying areas for optimisation, and initiating improvement initiatives as needed. 
• Manage departmental compliance with regulatory requirements by staying informed of statutory changes and updating policies and procedures accordingly. 
• Manage the entire cross border sales order cycle for road and rail exports by planning, scheduling, and executing orders in alignment with customer demand, as required. 
• Lead and manage the execution of transport invoice payments by supporting resolution of transport invoice queries and ensuring timely processing. 
• Implement real-time Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) processes, encourage employee feedback for continuous improvement, and report completed obsolete items to Accounts Payable daily for invoicing. 
• Ensure compliance and inventory accuracy by conducting monthly end-to-end final product inventory reconciliations across all Enaex Africa sites, issuing timely month-end cut-off reports, recording audit sign-offs, and managing Virtual Plant Final Product Invoicing, reconciliation, and financial reporting. 
• Optimise inventory and profitability by analysing transportation health check reports and comparing actual transport costs against budgeted values to identify gaps and areas for improvement. 
• Analyse the accuracy of contract rate schedules against SAP data, maintain transport permits, and update relevant supply chain data in SAP, proposing corrective actions as needed. 
• Optimise system performance by ensuring full compliance with SAP processes, conducting data clean-up exercises, performing regular updates and system testing, resolving error logs, and aligning SAP functionality with system design. 
• Maintain strong customer relationships by collaborating with service providers, negotiating and finalising SLAs, resolving and reporting on customer complaints, identifying recurring issues and key risks, and implementing preventive and corrective actions on a daily basis.
• Develop departmental budgets by analyzing operational needs, preparing detailed financial plans, and submitting budgets for approval annually and as required. 
• Manage departmental expenditure by tracking spending against budget allocations, approving costs, identifying under- or over-expenditure, and implementing corrective measures monthly and as needed.
• Safeguard departmental information by managing security and disaster recovery protocols, assessing existing controls, identifying vulnerabilities, and deploying mitigation strategies as required. 
• Oversee departmental risk management by developing and maintaining a robust risk management framework, reviewing risk strategies, and driving the implementation of improvements quarterly and as necessary. 
• Manage SHE initiatives by ensuring effective training programs are delivered, monitoring completion, and addressing gaps or non-compliance identified during training. 
• Manage SHE compliance by setting clear standards, ensuring timely completion of all monitoring activities, and resolving any issues within specified deadlines. 
• Maintain SHE compliance through regular reviews of SHE practices, identifying instances of non-compliance, and implementing corrective actions within required timeframes. 
• Manage stakeholder relationships by engaging with key internal and external stakeholders, providing input and receiving feedback, and collaborating to ensure alignment and responsiveness. 
• Engage with industry stakeholders by identifying relevant topics of impact, representing the organization in industry forums, contributing to initiatives, and addressing challenges as needed. 
• Manage service providers by defining service level agreements (SLAs), negotiating terms, monitoring performance, and addressing delivery gaps with corrective actions on a monthly or as-needed basis. 

Requirements

• Matric / Grade 12 or equivalent 
• B Com in Supply Chain, Business Management, Logistics or similar 
• MHSA, Explosives Act, OHS Act 
• Microsoft Suite, SAP ERP System Power User - PTP, PTC and TM