Job Opportunities at Southern Oil (Pty) Ltd

Responsibilities

Artisan Performance:

• Effectively deploy artisans to expedite the repair of plant breakdowns.
• Conduct thorough quality assessments on equipment repairs and ensure timely closure of job cards.
• Cultivate, motivate, and lead teams to achieve optimal performance and productivity.

Root Cause Analysis:

•  Investigate breakdowns and equipment failures to identify root causes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and implement effective solutions to prevent recurrence.

Maintenance Optimization:

• Work closely with maintenance teams to develop, implement, and refine maintenance  strategies  that  align with industry best practices to minimize downtime.
•  Monitor and analyze maintenance processes to identify areas for improvement.

Predictive Maintenance

• Assist the Reliability Supervisor in implementing predictive maintenance techniques, including vibration analysis, thermography, and oil analysis, to proactively identify potential issues and mitigate risks.

 Quality:

• Implement and enforce housekeeping practices to uphold a high standard of work quality.
• Lead daily discussions on performance and safety to analyze equipment performance, identify trends, and enhance plant reliability.

Spare Parts Management:

• Collaborate with procurement and inventory teams to ensure the availability of critical spare parts, thereby minimizing equipment downtime.
• Maintain accurate records of spare parts usage and inventory levels.

Employee management and development:

• Ensure compliance with relevant procedures and policies across the team.
• Define clear job profiles for all team members and regularly review goals to assess achievement  of results.
• Provide ongoing support, coaching, and mentoring to ensure objectives are met.
• Develop individual development plans for each employee to support their career growth.
• Allocate resources effectively to meet operational demands.
• Communicate team events and activities effectively to ensure everyone is informed.
• Ensure adequate succession planning to meet ongoing and anticipated business needs.

Health and Safety

• Participate in safety forums and attend relevant training/programmes
• Report all safety incidents to the relevant people
• Comply with safety policies and procedures
• Wear protective clothing (where applicable) at all times

Requirements

• N4 or equivalent
• Qualified and trade tested mechanically
• BTech Mechanical or equivalent (advantageous)
• Minimum 5 years supervisory experience in an engineering or a similar role in an industrial setting
• Production background (advantageous)

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Responsibilities

• Analyse sales data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Develop and present management with reports that highlight key insights and recommendations.
• Serve as the primary contact for the retail segment distribution centre of the customer
• Ensure on-time and in-full delivery, in-stock availability in stores and distribution centres, and correct pricing within the customer's operational side
• Collaborate with both internal and external stakeholders to manage and optimize sales operations.
• Work closely with and support the Retail Key Account Manager and National Sales ManagerMRP Planning: Take internal and external sales data to provide sales forecasting for the business, as well as measure the performance of the forecasting.
• DC SOH Reporting: Check orders placed on low stock levels or products out of stock (OOS) and inform planners on which lines to order.
• Service Level Reports / Market Share Reports: Generate and analyse report
• Follow up and reporting of information to external stakeholders
• Liaison with buyers relating to stock levels
• Keep relevant planning department up to date on OOS products and back-in-stock dates to place orders, then follow up on these dates for the orders.
• Provide replenishment dates for OOS lines to assist planning
• Responsible for the tracking of all orders

 Health and Safety

• Participate in safety forums and attend relevant training/programmes
• Report all safety incidents to the relevant people
• Comply with safety policies and procedures
• Wear protective clothing (where applicable) at all times

Requirements

Qualification and Experience

• Grade 12 or Equivalent, coupled with a relevant tertiary qualification
• Proven experience as a Sales Business Analyst or in a similar role
• Strong proficiency in Excel
• Computer Literacy in MS Office Suite
• Relevant working experience in data analysis, reporting and forecasting

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Responsibilities

• Stock Accuracy minimizing stock adjustments
• Manage Stock Levels ensuring external warehouses have sufficient stock
• Stock take reconciliations
•  Audit stock movement
• Documentation for all movements in and out of external warehouses
• Coordinate Sales, Quality, Finance and Logistics
• Stock code transfers
• Data validation and analysis
• Sales Orders and Delivery notes and returns
• Distribute stock from external suppliers not packed by Southern Oil

 Employee management and development

• Ensure overall compliance to relevant procedures and policies
• Ensure that all team members have clearly defined job profiles
• Regular goal reviews are completed to assess achievement of results
• Support, coaching and mentoring is continuously provided to ensure that objectives are met
• Appropriate allocation of resources to meet operational demands
• Ensure adequate succession planning in order to meet ongoing and anticipated business requirements

Health and Safety

• Participate in safety forums created by Soill for example safety meetings and safety talks
• Follow-up on any activities assigned through safety meetings / committees / representatives / management
• Report all safety incidents to the relevant people
• Attend safety education and refresher programmes
• Comply with safety policies and procedures at Soill
• Distribute safety information as and when required
• Wear protective clothing (where applicable) at all times

Requirements

Qualification and Experience

• A tertiary qualification in Warehousing, Supply Chain Management/Cost Accounting or related (preferred)
• SAP Experience highly recommended
• Computer literate in MS Office packages
• Previous stock Management experience essential
• At least two years’ relevant working experience coupled with supervisory experience

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Responsibilities

• Responsible for all related capturing of data and processing thereof – items include but not limited to invoices, COA’s, trip sheets, stock transfers, sample requests, inventory
• Responsible for relevant payment allocation and administration thereof
• Assist walk-in clients where applicable
• Assist with telephonic queries
• Responsible for ensuring sufficient stock levels
• Responsible for stock takes
• All administrative duties relating to stock
• Assist with cycle counts and spot checks
• Managing SAP
• Responsible for various reporting – daily, weekly and monthly
• Responsible for all rework and related administration
• Housekeeping

Health and Safety

• Participate in safety forums created by Soill for example safety meetings and safety talks
• Follow-up on any activities assigned through safety meetings / committees / representatives / management
• Report all safety incidents to the relevant people
• Attend safety education and refresher programmes
• Comply with safety policies and procedures at Soill
• Distribute safety information as and when required
• Wear protective clothing (where applicable) at all times

Requirements

Qualification and Experience

• Relevant tertiary qualification recommended
• Relevant working experience within a warehouse environment recommended
• Working experience pertaining to stock management essential
• Forklift License would be advantageous
• Computer literacy – MS Office Packages
• Knowledge of Qwix
• Knowledge of SAP would be advantageous

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Responsible for all relevant administration

• Maintain the shift roster and shift changes
• Management of team PPE requests
• Compile relevant required reports
• Responsible for the drafting of procedures and SOP’s

Responsible for relevant control measures    

• Check relevant controls for deviations
• Conduct monthly spot checks to ensure that the functions performed by the Weighbridge Administrators are up to standard

Incident reporting and investigation

• Responsible for the investigation and reporting incidents 
• Provide support to other departments pertaining to investigations

Health and Safety

• Participate in safety forums and attend relevant training/programmes
• Report all safety incidents to the relevant people
• Comply with safety policies and procedures
• Wear protective clothing (where applicable) at all times

Employee management and development

• Ensure overall compliance to relevant procedures and policies
• Ensure that all team members have clearly defined job profiles
• Regular goal reviews are completed to assess achievement of results
• Support, coaching and mentoring is continuously provided to ensure that objectives are met
• Appropriate allocation of resources to meet operational demands
• Ensure adequate succession planning in order to meet ongoing and anticipated business requirements

Requirements

Qualification and Experience

• Grade 12
• Minimum of 3 years relevant working experience
• Previous weighbridge experience would be advantageous
• Demontrated ability to manage a team