Warehouse Checker at The Beverage Company

Introduction    
Warehouse Checker (Supply Chain )

• Accountable for operation of own work area or as a member of a team, as well as for quality, standards and outputs within defined work routines and policies.

Job Purpose

• The purpose is to facilitate loading, unloading and storage of Product safely and efficiently while maintaining our governance and Customer service standards.

Key Accountabilities and Outputs

• Health, Safety and Environment
• Department of Labour stacking exemptions complied with
• Site housekeeping standards maintained and adhered to
• Appropriate personal protective equipment used as designated by site safety standards
• Effective stock quality management
• Warehouse stock age standards maintained by ensuring stock rotation principles applied
• Ensures quality control through checking packaging on warehouse floor and prior to loading
• Effective inventory management
• Participation in handover process before and after every shift
• Accurate stock counts performed when requested
• Maintain clear and effective communication with Stock Clerk, Warehouse Controller and Warehouse Supervisor
• Accurate checking, loading and unloading of vehicles
• Independent check conducted of all loads to ensure correct quantities of split and full pallets
• Accurate recording of returns
• Facilitate efficient loading and unloading of vehicles
• Maintain clear and effective communication with Warehouse Supervisor / and other team members
• All documentation accurately and comprehensively completed
• Conversant with relevant business information, policies, processes and procedures

Requirements    

Qualifications and Experience

• Grade 12 / Matric / NQF level 4, Forklift License (Essential)
• Up to 6 months experience (Operational Execution) FMCG
• MS Excel; SAP; E Mail

Key Qualities

Communication

• Routine communication in connection with instructions, requests or normal work tasks

Problem Solving

• Proactive identification of problems that are concrete and procedural, troubleshoot and apply solutions in line with guidelines provided or escalate more complex problems to superiors, providing information required to solve problems.

Relationships Maintained

• Others in own work area

Behavioural Competencies

• Interpersonal Sensitivity
• Able to interact positively with others, understanding their interests and concerns.
• Listens to others ideas and concerns and takes these into account before responding
• Comes across as open and approachable towards others
• Takes care in the choice of words used when interacting with others
• Encourages co-operation with others

Planning and Organising

• Manages time effectively, ensuring effective completion of tasks under stressful deadlines
• Able to prioritise activities and resources, ensuring that results are achieved effectively
• Able to evaluate progress and make appropriate adjustments to initial plans, ensuring a successful outcome

Verbal Communication

• Able to communicate verbally in a logical manner.
• Takes the intended audience into account when communicating verbal information.
• Makes use of appropriate business language in verbal communication
• Includes all relevant information in verbal arguments
• Demonstrates proficiency of language in verbal communication
• Interprets complex information to expresses own viewpoint in verbal communication
• Concludes verbal arguments by making reference to relevant facts

Continuous Improvement

• Increases performance expectations when success has been achieved
• Seeks out sources of information, including trade associations, “best practice” companies, customers, peers, subordinates, etc
• Finds ways to fast-adapt improvement ideas to work processes
• Proactively seeks out resources, alliances, etc., needed to quickly introduce improvements

Analytical Thinking

• Able to take a complex task and breaking it down into manageable parts in a logical, detailed way
• Thinks of multiple explanations or alternatives to a problem
• Able to identify the information needed to solve a problem effectively
• Performs tasks accurately and thoroughly, making adjustments to ensure needs are met
• Considers business priorities when making decisions or analysing the costs and benefits of various alternative solutions

Job Closing Date: 7th, March 2022