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Your responsibilities will include:

• Overall management and coordination of all warehousing functions
• Responsible for efficiently managing all aspects of stock handling from receipt from suppliers.
• To dispatch to customers including the returns department.
• Ensure daily, weekly and monthly planning is done for all warehousing operations and  manage adherence to plan.
• Manage adherence to plan
• Effective management of housekeeping
• Management of resource to be effective and efficient at lowest cost and according to  changing needs
• Effective leadership and direction for the operation team through involvement and communication to deliver on the relevant key business drivers.  
• Manage customer liaison process and ensure that warehouse queries are resolved timeously.
• Ensure that warehouse space, equipment and warehouse flow is optimised and that future.
• warehouse requirements are planned.
• Effective management of housekeeping
• Management of resource to be effective and efficient at lowest cost and according to changing needs
• Effective leadership and direction for the operation team through involvement and communication to deliver on the relevant key business drivers
• Manager customer liaison process and ensure that warehouse queries are resolved timeously and exception trends are addressed
• Ensure that warehouse space, equipment and warehouse flow is optimised and that future warehouse requirements are planned
• Ensure stock accuracy through disciplined stock control and implement stock accuracy
• Implement initiatives
• Ensure that all business processes, procedures and job profiles are documented and updated
• Management reporting in terms of operational performance, productivity, stock control and budgets
• Manage projects according to stipulated time frames
• Liaising with suppliers
• Operate an efficient Distribution Centre by identifying, implementing and managing optimal processes and procedures, to minimise costs and maximise working capital

Qualifications and Experience :

• Grade 12
• Relevant tertiary education.
• 5+ years’ experience in directly and indirectly managing people to deliver continuous improvement
• E-commerce experience
• ERP systems knowledge
• Experience in working with budgets and cost analysis
• LEAN or continuous improvement 
• Performance management skills - knowledge of Industrial Relations and practices

 Attributes:

• Strong communications skills. 
• A structured and disciplined management style.
• Ability to motivate and inspire others a must.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Self-starter with high energy levels a must.
•  Well-developed business and operational acumen.
• Analytically minded and able to find and use data to inform decision making.
• Ability to work under pressure with strict deadlines.
• Good attention to detail
• Strong Customer Service Orientation Goal orientated and motivated to succeed;
• Dynamic individual with proven experience in delivering change and innovative solutions.

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Purpose of the role:

• Responsible for the project management of automation and mechanisation projects within the Distribution Centres (DC’s) in the Takealot and TFS network, with reporting responsibility to the Head: Infrastructure and Automation
• The function of the role is to evaluate technology, execute the planning, designing and implementation of new systems and automated infrastructure improvements in the DC’s from start to completion, inclusive of hand over to the operational team and distant support thereof. The responsibility will also include TFS fulfilment facilities as well as TFS clients.
• The role is required to, on an ongoing basis, evaluate existing processes and infrastructure to ensure that maximum efficiency is extracted through improvement projects. The role manages project expenditures against budget allocation for specific projects, under the guidance of the Head: Strategy and Infrastructure.

Key responsibilities: (What are you directly responsible to achieve within the scope of your role)

• Designing and implementing mechanisation infrastructure to either support the business growth or bring optimization to an existing process
• Procurement of equipment to support operations and processes
• Ability to draft request for proposal (RFP) documents
• Analyzing and implementing new automation within the distribution center operations, under the guidance of the Head: Strategy and Infrastructure
• Management and control of costs for specific projects
• Build viability study for new projects, that proves ROI based on elements that will be improved or affected by the project implementation
• Supplier engagement and management in accordance with contractually agreed terms
• Stakeholder engagement with Operational staff

Minimum Required Qualification:

• Bachelors Degree / B-Tech Engineering qualification – Mechatronic, Electrical or Mechanical
• Previous experience in a project space in Distribution Centres, production environment or warehousing on a large scale with complex operations
• 3-5 years Automation experience

Skills, knowledge & abilities:

• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Understanding of Distribution Centre purpose, function and operation at a detail level
• Responds quickly to changing situations and works well under pressure
• Logical thinker
• Strong attention to detail
• Good interpersonal skills - works well with others, able to motivate a complex team with diverse skills
• Focused, self-motivated and target driven; determined to succeed
• Self-starter able to initiate new projects
• Strong communication skills
• Strong technical knowledge of systems, electrical and mechanical components
• Excellent project management skills, both planning and document control
• Working knowledge of complex automation projects
• Working knowledge, and experience with, PLC implementation and programming
• Working knowledge of industrial communication protocols and networking
• SQL database management and querying experience
• Process mapping experience
• Project cost control and CAPEX budget planning