Vacancies Available at Bidvest International Logistics

Qualifications

• Grade 12
• Diploma or equivalent in Logistics or Warehousing

Experience

• 3 - 5 Years experience in similar position
• Experience of managing teams within tight quality and efficiency parameters
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office packages and in particular, Excel and Office
• Experience in Quality Systems 
• Experience in training/developing staff 
• Experience in employee relations 
• Experience in performance management systems and methods

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure all client containers are received, stored, picked and dispatched accurately and timeously as per agreed KPIs
• Ensure the client Container Yard is managed professionally in line with all BIL Safety, Quality, and profitability standards
• Ensure the client Container Yard staff receive all regulatory and developing training
• Ensure the Fleet are Managed affeciantly and adhere to all SHERQ requirments
• Reporting to the FM and the customer

Planning/Co-Ordination:

• Plan and co-ordinate, in conjunction with relevant Supervisors as required, the timely execution of daily activities
• Meeting customer requirements and expectations and to achieve CNY objectives and KPI's
• Plan meetings according to FMs diary
• Provide cover for other teams / other Supervisors during periods of absence, holiday, etc.

Quality:

• Be responsible for ensuring that the quality of the product and service within your area is maintained at the highest possible standards for the customer including 5S standards
• Ensure ISO 9001 controls and procedures are strictly adhered to.
• Meet weekly departmental/team quality targets.
• Carry out random quality inspections and ensure full checks are made on all remakes/ repairs/ special orders, etc.
• Work closely with the SHERQ department to identify recurring quality problems, agree, initiate and monitor relevant corrective action.

Health and Safety:

• Implement the company’s Health and Safety Policy, ensuring safe working conditions and practices within your area of responsibility (e.g. manual handling, use of PPE, safe use of machinery and equipment, stacking & storage, etc.).
• Carry out health & safety audits and inspections as required. Record & report findings and take, or follow-up on, relevant corrective action.
• Ensure that a high standard of general housekeeping is maintained on a ‘clean as you go basis’.
• Ensure that full pre-use & shut down checks are carried out by users of machinery / equipment
• Ensure compliance with applicable laws and company policies.

Fleet Management

• Management & maintenance of all equipment in the CNY 
• Ensure the keeping of a logbook for all vehicles under supervision. 
• Ensure daily checks of Material Handling Equipment and reporting thereof.
• Perform regular audits on fleet.

Customer & Supplier Liaison

• Act as liaison with other departments including Senior Level Management and other facilities as well as Customer and Suppliers.
• Customer liaison into resolving queries.
• Liaison with Intermodal Service Provider, Warehouses and Production control
• Corrective action to be implemented and managed for activities outside agreed parameters.

People Management

• Conduct Performance Appraisals as per HR requirements.
• Manage absenteeism and ensure BIL code of conduct are understood and not transgressed by
• Establish KPA's for subordinates and manage accordingly. 
• General well being of personnel, including discipline.

Reporting

• Ensuring that all Reports, Registers, Sheets and Systems are up to date and correct
• Esuring that Reports are completed and sent out in accordance with the client agreement
• Ensuring Accuracy of information send to customer and management
• Compliance of monthly management reports (STATS)
• Adherence and maintaining of Operational Excellence
• Daily reporting to management of all KPI's, service failures and/or customer complaints when applicable.
• Weekly reporting to management of all KPI's, service failures and/or customer complaints when applicable.

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Qualifications 

• Grade 12,
• 2 years experience as a general worker

Experience

• Proven work experience in a warehouse or Container yard
• Must have the necessary safety training and certificates, and must be safety conscious

Key Responsibilities

Operations:

• Clean the container yard, washbay, and around the Office with the ride-on scrubber and report all non-standard conditions
• Daily Inspection - Inspect container stacks for safe and secure stacking.
• Complete daily yard maintenance schedule
• Maintain a clean Ride-on sweeper
• Complete daily machine checklist
• Adhoc MHE operation (less than 5 times year)
• Observe and comply with quality, environment, health, and safety procedures
• Carry out routine checks on the MHE and other devices 
•  General yard operations assistance

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Qualifications

• Grade 12
• Computer Literacy - MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word)  

Experience

• 2+ years experience in data capturing
• 2+ years experience in Warehouse Management System or general computer systems used for invetory management
• General Administrative duties - Processing, Filing, electronic & telephonic communication 

Key Responsibilities

Administration:

• Provide general administrative and clerical support including mailing, scanning, faxing, copying and filling
• Maintain electronic and hard copy filing
• Perform data entry
• Answer calls from customers regarding their inquiries

Execution of daily administrative activities to ensure meeting customer requirements and expectations :

• Robbing & Repack
• Devanning
• Inventory Management
• Receipts & dispatching of containers
• Creating Items on the Warehouse management system                   
• Parcicipate in stock takes

Liaison:

• Liaison with Intermodal Service Provider, client Logistical team

Reporting:

• Ensuring that Reports are completed and accurately sent out in accordance with client agreement
• Compliance of monthly management reports (STATS)
• Daily reporting to management of all operations, container movements, service failures Live client Call-off Dashboard monitoring and actioning 
• Activity Report - EOS daily
• Yard Verification - Every Wednesday and last day of the month
• Container Inventory Count report - EOS daily

General:

• Acquire, retain and apply in-depth container and customer knowledge.
• Perform additional duties which may be requested from superiors from time to time.

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Qualifications

• Grade 12  or equivalent
• Code C45 - Capacity: 45 Tons

Experience

• 2 - 3 years experience in operating a Reach Stackers
• 2+ years expereince in using Warehouse Management systems (Tables for picking and Binning)

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring the receipt, putting away, and dispatch activities of Shipping Line containers are completed 
• Updating Pre-Shift & Post-shift machine registers, the maintaining thereof according to the high level of administrative requirements
• Reporting of anomalies picked up and resolving thereof
• Ensuring that all incoming and outgoing containers are checked against BIL QA standards 

Container Placement:

• Achieving daily rate per move targets
• Conduct all loading and off-loading of containers at the client Container Yard safely according to BIL QWI
• Process all transactions of container movements on the system after each placement.
• Achieving daily targets for all tasks relating to container movements as set by superior.
• Report all discrepancies on containers or Locations
• Conduct all loading and off-loading of containers from trailers safely & following BIL procedures

General:

• Handle the Reach stacker safely and responsibly as per the Machine manual and trining received
• Ensure daily checks on the Reach stacker is done and irregularities are reported immediately.
• Ensure the Reach stacker is kept clean and well-maintained.
• Must be flexible when required to work overtime.
• Assist the Supervisor in areas where and when required.
• Ensuring the maintenance of 5S in areas of responsibility - Machine and Yard
• Adherence to and completing of any lawful & safe task given to you by your superiors.
• Reporting of any incident as and when it happens.
• Be creatively involved in blue area discussions.
• Ensure compliance to correct PPE at all times.
• Ensure SHE policies and ISO standards as well as company policies are adhered to.