Active Jobs at Lactalis South Africa

Job Description

• Join Lactalis at our East London DC in the Eastern Cape and take on the challenging role as a Cross Dock Coordinator.
• The main responsibilities will include (however not limited to) site maintenance and upkeep with regards to operations and to customers and suppliers.
• Ensuring that all stock ordering, packaging, and management is done as per policies and procedures.

Required Skills

• Diploma in Warehouse/Distribution/Supply Chain Management
• Experience within the FMCG environment.
• R638 Certification
• Computer literacy with working knowledge of integrated warehouse optimisation management systems, and working knowledge of MSOffice (Excel, PowerPoint).
• BPCS (advantageous)
• Working knowledge of an ERP System.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Internal and external service orientated individual.
• Willingness to embrace and drive positive change in the organisation.
• Willingness to work long hours producing exceptional results while working under pressure.
• Good decision-making skills with strong leadership skills.
• Assertive, disciplined individual with strong communication (written and verbal) skills who can communicate within the matrix of different levels of all stakeholders.
• Ability to work independent as well as part of a team.
• Good understanding of Budget management and implementation
• Accountability to accept mistakes and performance improvement required from within the department
• Entrepreneurship in driving results within warehousing with personal pride
• Accessibility/modesty fitting for an employee within this Logistics function of a multi-national company
• Pragmatic approach towards execution of agreed principles
• Continuous improvement mind-set in driving better results
• Transparency in support of continuous awareness of improvement areas
• Loyalty towards the company and its objectives
• Tenacity to follow through with initiatives
• Maturity in building relationships and managing your functional area
• Compliance driven to keep our staff safe and protecting the company’s reputation
• Very responsive in nature with high levels of urgency
• Knowledge of WM9(advantageous)
• Knowledge of and/or experience in the Dairy industry

Duties & Responsibilities

• XDOC oversight (stock, warehouse and people management)
• Fleet management (fleet upkeep and compliance to the NRTA)
• Drivers and Van Assistants management (Driver meetings, communication, training and general driver behaviour)
• DRM Monitoring (Loads expediting and route debriefing)
• Distribution KPI’s (daily load plan execution)
• Time & attendance (capture and approve hours on Kronos)
• Customer Service Excellence (Attend to customer queries and enhance communication with customers for better productivity)
• Plan and coordinate the daily activities of the warehouse team through an optimised operational structure, agreed job descriptions and established measures of success
• On a daily basis analyse operational execution results, understand the reason for deviations and action corrective measures in a collaborative manner
• Continuously develop and drive strategies in collaboration with all internal and external stakeholders to achieve all required performance indicators
• Ensure adherence to OHS ACT, BCEA legislations and use the company’s disciplinary guidelines as a medium to drive improved results
• Ensure that the company is professionally represented by its ambassadors (warehouse staff relevance) through training, dress code rules and other relevant interventions
• Nurture a mature and motivated staff complement through continuous training and engagement forums, interacting with staff at all organisational levels
• Build a collaborative relationship with the regional and national sales teams to ensure the relationship drive the company’s customer service objectives with a mature ability in finding the balance between customer service and a highly cost and efficiency driven environment
• Build and maintain sustainable relationships with all customers to ensure warehouse efficiency measures and cost achievement results are at optimal levels
• Manage and control cost through analysing daily, weekly and monthly performance measurements and management report

Closing Date

• 2025/08/04

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Job Description

• Join Lactalis at our offices in Stellenbosch on the challenge role as the Senior Credit Controller.
• You will be responsible for the management of the Lactalis SA key customers with the purpose of maximising the debtor cash collection performance and reduce overdue debt whilst minimising any risk of late payment and bad debt.

Required Skills

• Grade 12 or Equivalent and further tertiary education will be advantageous
• Minimum three years’ experience in a retail finance environment.
• Working in an FMCG environment would be advantageous.
• Computer Literate (MS Office, Word and Excel).
• Knowledge of BPCS would be advantageous.
• Aptitude for figures and detailed oriented.
• Must be able to work under pressure and able to work effectively and independently.
• Must be a good team player.
• Must be bilingual and have strong communication and telephone skills.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Controlling of allocated accounts.
• Telephonic debt collections and resolving of queries with key stakeholders.
• Account reconciliation and payment processing.
• Follow-up on outstanding balances (queries).
• Creation and distribution of customer upload files, and excel statements
• Allocation of receipts from customers on a daily basis
• Collection of outstanding invoices including stock and non-stock, continuous communication with customers to resolve queries timeously
• Identify opportunities to improve internal controls.
• Distribution of invoice copies to customers, as requested
• Generation of monthly debtors’ statements and distribution thereof
• Ensure all credit notes are allocated timeously
• Co-ordination of credit applications and performing of credit checks
• Updating credit limit and monitoring of credit exposure
• Customer address book maintenance
• Follow up on potential bad debts
• Preparation of the customer account reconciliations
• Weekly/Monthly cash flow preparation
• Collating and addressing Internal and external audit requests
• Managing internal and external customer relationships

Closing Date

• 2025/08/15

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Job Description

• Join Lactalis at our site in Cape Town DC and take on the challenge of a Driver Assistant.
• Successful candidates must have Grade 10 or equivalent.
• This exciting career opportunity at Lactalis SA will enable you to play your part in ensuring that the company achieves its challenging objectives during the next phase of its growth in South Africa.

Required Skills

• Grade 10 or Equivalent.
• At least one year's experience as truck or van assistant.
• Must be able to read & write.
• Able to work in the cold room environment.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Must be willing to work shifts and overtime if required.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Punctuality and attendance reliability.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Assist the driver in checking the stock,
• Load the truck with stock, pull out orders as per the invoices for stores.
• Ensure that the correct quantities are given to the stores at the delivery point.
• Check returns against goods returns, guide the driver at the rear of the truck whilst he reverses the truck.
• Ensure that the truck is kept clean & tidy after the route is completed.
• Ensure compliance to health and safety standards

Closing Date

• 2025/08/4