Yard Supervisor at The Coca-Cola Company

Job Description    

• Supervising the Yard activities such as container sorting and Truck washing so that internal customers receive correct quantity and quality materials at the right time in a cost effective manner. The successful candidate will report to the Operations Manager.

Key Duties & Responsibilities    

Key Outputs and Accountabilities

• Allocated and monitored work activities
• Supported, guided and coached team members
• Supervised and monitored yard activities and output
• Completed and issued reports and documentation
• Maintained safe and healthy work environment

Competencies

Distribution/Warehousing/Fleet principles:

• Demonstrates a sound understanding of warehousing and distribution principles when supervising and monitoring activities in the yard.
• Directs drivers in respect of where to offload empties and pallets
• Directs drivers in respect to where to park trucks for washing
• Coaches team members on sorting and truck washing principles
• Identifies and rectifies out of line warehousing and distribution issues.

SHE policies and procedures:

• Enforces adherence to SHE policies and procedures in accordance with the OHS Act
• Performs inspections to identify safety hazards and to determine conformance of the work area to SHE regulations
• Communicates important SHE issues to team
• Reports safety hazards, accidents and incidents to maximise safe working conditions.

Customer orientation:

• Understands the impact of poor internal customer service.
• Constantly strives to better customer service excellence standards.
• Considers the impact of his/her decision on the customer and to the customer as a whole.

Perception:

• Monitors yard activities, performance and problems in his/her area of responsibility
• Makes observations at appropriate times and places
• Inspects completed work for quality
• Detects patterns and out of line situations early
• Is aware of people and machine movements in working area
• Pays attention to small detail

Organising:

• Prioritises, co-ordinates and organises resources and people to accomplish team goals
• Schedules specific team members with specific competencies to specific tasks or areas
• Assigns others to resolve problems that typically would be above the team’s capability

Conceptualisation:

• Sees relationships between events, circumstances and forces and draws insightful conclusions
• When presented with seemingly isolated bits of information and data, combines them as part of a bigger picture
• Uses information gathered from several sources to understand problems, trends or opportunities
• Understands the inter-relationship between own area of responsibility and the rest of the department

Calculations:

• Demonstrates ability to work with figures and numbers with ease, speed and precision
• Performs numerical calculations accurately under pressurised circumstances
• Prepares, understands and interprets numerical information

Excellence orientation:

• Sets and achieves high standards of excellence and drives ongoing improvement of tasks
• Meets and exceeds customer requirements, consistent with business priorities
• Strives to ensure that work completed by team is of a high quality and completed on time
• Encourages team members to look for ways to do things better

Skills, Experience & Education    Qualifications and Experience

• Grade 12
• 2 years warehousing experience in a FMCG environment
• Good understanding of Health and Safety related legislation

Deadline:28th April,2026