Warehouse Controller Stores at AVI Limited

Job Specification:
Key Performance Areas:

Capacity requirement planning

• Manage daily available capacity of staff and machinery across Consumable & Aerosol stores
• Ensure that all the warehousing and stores activities linked to the following functions are correctly and timeously performed:
• Goods Receiving, Stacking, Picking and Cycle counting.
• Monitor workload both scheduled and unscheduled and make recommendations on how to overcome any short-to-term capacity constraints.
• Identify and analyse resources, which are bottlenecks and make recommendations on how these bottlenecks and constraints can be overcome.
• Identify potential skills shortages and recommend a plan of action to remedy this threat.
• Identifying specific areas within the process, which, if improved, would enhance productivity.

Human Resource Management

• Ensure on an ongoing basis that all training requirements for subordinates are identified, planned, scheduled, executed and training records updated once training has been completed.
• Regularly review the performance of sub ordinates to ensure that the minimum requirements for all their relevant Key Performance Areas are met. Submit reports of these review meetings.
• Inform sub ordinates regarding ways of improving productivity in their work areas.
• Draw and review the relevant reports on an appropriate frequency to ensure that tasks are being carried out by the storemen timeously.
• Effective time management and prioritising of tasks to meet the operational objectives.
• Conduct investigations and initiate disciplinary procedures as and when required.

Hygiene and Safety and Good Manufacturing Practice

• Identify, write and maintain any necessary procedures applicable to a particular store.
• Ensure that all procedures and training is relevant and managed through Q-pulse.
• Ensure that the Hygiene and Safety policies and procedures are being adhered to at all times.
• Ensure that the working environment reflect a world class warehousing environment.
• Ensure that all materials handling equipment are in a good working condition and regularly maintained.
• Ensure that non-conformances of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) audits are actioned timeously to eliminate the problem and its possible recurrence.
• Ensure that all incidents and accidents are reported, investigated, documented and submitted to the relevant persons.
• Ensure that the non-conformances of Safety and Company Risk Management (CRM) audits are actioned timeously to eliminate the problem and its possible recurrence.

Problem solving and trouble shooting

• Liaise with the different internal departments and suppliers to resolve problems, which affect the efficient and productive running of the department.
• Facilitate meetings between individuals and groups on matters of mutual interest, to the benefit of the efficient and productive running of the department.

Inventory Management

• Ensure the secure, accurate and safe storage of inventory.
• Ensure that all Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) are strictly adhered to.
• Ensure that all relevant SAP transactions are completed accurately and timeously.
• Ensure that cycle counting is conducted at the appropriate interval and that variances are investigated and resolved in a timeous manner.

Minimum Requirements:

Experience:                                                                  

• Minimum 3-4 years’ work experience in a logistics, distribution or warehouse environment
• Minimum 2 years’ experience managing a team

Qualifications:

• Grade 12 / Matric
• Minimum NQF5 qualification in Logistics, Supply Chain or Warehousing

Additional Requirements:

• SAP knowledge