Job Vacancies at DSV

Minimum Requirements (non-negotiable)

• Grade 12 / Matric
• Bachelors degree in Industrial Engineering
• At least 5 years experience as an Engineer within the Logistics environment with key focus areas being:
• Continuous Improvement Management: Manage and Report on Cost Saving and Sigma Initiatives
• SIGMA: Identify and Implement SIGMA Initiatives
• Engineered Solutions: Identify, analyse & develop value-adding solutions for current & prospective clients
• Tools: Application of the following tools and/or methodologies as appropriate and when required: 
• Big data analysis
• Simulation Modelling
• PYTHON (advantages)
• Sensitivity Analysis
• Theory of Constraints
• Analysis and recommendations:
• Data (analysis, comparison, sense checking),
• Processes (supporting business objectives, complete, accurate, relevant, error proofed, common exceptions covered, measurable),
• Facilities (best practices, flow, flexibility, compliance); 
• Business cases / feasibility studies: Develop as required depending on financial investment required and risk profile. Tools and aspects to consider include ROI calculations, quantified value, opportunity for productivity improvements and future growth / revenue potential
• Advanced Computer skills - Excel, SQL, TMS,Python (advantages).
• Travel: Reasonable local travel requirement to use knowledge, skills and experience in support of relevant DSV business objectives

Duties and Responsibilities

• Designing, planning and implementing logistics solutions, whilst managing stakeholder (internal & external) expectations throughout the solution design and implementation phase.
• Supporting the company objectives of improving customer service, reducing operational costs and driving operational excellence within the business.
• Proactively identifying opportunities, developing solution design approaches, getting buy-in from stakeholders and implementing solutions. 
• Driving continuous improvement and innovation with a robust engineering approach (Big Data, Analytics, Simulation etc).
• Utilising current models and practices to perform support functions to the business
• Identify Continuous Improvement Initiatives in Road Logistics.
• This includes Operations, Support Functions and Terminal Operations
• Develop Business Case(s) for Identified Initiatives
• Implemented S&P (Solution and Pricing) initiatives
• Measure / Track Impact
• Change Management

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ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manager the delivery of the organizations objectives through communication, measurement and motivation of the staff
• To interface with shared functions ensuring continues cooperation and interactions with these functions
• To manage and deliver on clients commitments based on local, national and global strategy
• To manage cost and productivity within the branch ensuring that efficiency and effectiveness is at the order of the day
• To ensure compliance to internal and external controls and other KPI’s set at global and local level
• To deliver on the bottom line budget commitment to ensure that the business unit budget is met
• To identify opportunities and risks within the business that may impact the business environment and ability to deliver to shareholder commitments
• Managing people’s performance and growth to create a sustainable business environment
• Adherence to deadlines and schedules.
• Managing and controlling resources and risk management.
• Administrative duties relevant to the position.
• Interacting with customers at all levels – in person and telephonically.
• Maintain existing systems processes and controls with continuous improvement. 
• Operational Performance
• Actively managing daily operational performance to consistently achieve performance metric targets 
• Delivering on client and internal requirements.
• Internal stakeholder communication management, ensure agreed to meetings, conference calls and forums are planned  and conducted internally as agreed to by all stakeholders, this is an ongoing requirement.
• Customer dissatisfaction process, analyze failures with regards to deliveries, client complaints, damages etc to determine root cause and corrective actions. 

QUALIFICATIONS  

• Completed Matric / Grade 12
• B.Comm or equivalent diploma or post graduate diploma Logistics 

COMPUTER SKILLS 

• Advanced Excel skills
• WMS and Tracking Systems 

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

• Financial, Sales, Operational, HR and IR skills are essential
• 5 years experience in the Logistics and Road Transport environment in an operational management position
• Excellent admin skills required
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to motivate and lead staff
• Ability to do MS Excel Spreadsheets with Pivot Tables, charts and formulas
• Experience in managing own P&L
• Comprehensive knowledge of the LRA and BCEA and hands on experience in IR
• Ability to work in cross-functional teams
• Must have own reliable transport
• Be able to work overtime / shifts should it be needed
• Flexible to travel

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Key Responsibilities include:

• You will manage selected projects including their risks and deadlines
• You will work to gather business requirements that are later to be implemented in SAP SuccessFactors in collaborating with the rest of HR and other business stakeholders
• Your projects will implement new functionality by either improving existing processes or perhaps introduce system support for new processes altogether by utilizing HR technology
• You will be managing the full end-to-end implementation, test phases as well as any training as required
• From a systems perspective you will mainly be focusing on SAP SuccessFactors
• In projects you will typically work with our Local HR teams and our Global IT organization as the main stakeholders. External vendors might sometimes be important parts of your projects as well

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in business, human resource management, information systems, or a related field is required.

Minimum Requirements

• Familiarity with HR concepts and systems, with at least two years of experience in HR-related systems administration, preferably SAP SuccessFactors
• Advanced skills in MS Excel are essential, along with proficiency in English (spoken & written)
• Passion for problem-solving
• Organizational skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Must be able to drive correct behaviour and organizational compliance