Receiving Manager ( New Role) Durban Market Related

Receiving Manager ( New Role) Durban Market Related

MINIMUM REQUIREMENT

- Grade 12/Matric certificate
- Preferable to have tertiary education / qualification within the Supply Chain and Logistics industry.
- Minimum 5 years' experience within an import / export warehousing facility (With a minimum of 3 years therein being responsible for a Receiving operation involving container unpacks).
- 3-5 Years Managerial Experience required.
- SA Drivers licence and own vehicle for transport to and from work, this item is non-negotiable and must be a maintained situation.
- Advanced knowledge for Excel and spreadsheets.
- Experience with handling and receipt of different commodities
- Understanding of unpack cautions and requirements around HAZ commodities .






- SHE/OHS site monitoring for Receiving Operations.
- Available to work weekends and extra hours as and when operations require this (weekend work is a regular occurrence).
- High level of Industrial relations knowledge required and must have the ability to discipline staff.
- Knowledge of warehouse and freight management systems is required.
- High level of attention to detail is required.
- Must be a presentable/neat person and of sober habits.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

- Managing the full day to day function of the Receiving/Imports operation.
- Managing all the staff involved in the operations (30 to 60 subordinates, excluding the daily casual labour compliment).
- Management of sub-ordinates and enforce the company disciplinary code. Handle all disciplinary aspects on staff within the operation.
- Handling the shift structure set out including the weekly updates and adjustments.
- Draft and implement new SOP's when a gap in Receiving or Operations is identified.
- Monitor and manage overtime work within the budgetary allowance.






- Maintaining all overtime schedules and spreadsheets for the entire operation across all departments.
- Implement and maintain cost saving initiatives to drive profitability of the company.
- Reporting on additional operations items undertaking and ensuring communication is clear for recovery of charges on each aspect.
- Monitoring additional schedules per customer for certain handling, wrapping, and re-working aspects.
- Handling the outsourced staffing portfolios for operational staff requirements.
- Booking the required unpack Teams daily for the operation.
- Issuing of the Monthly and Daily PO's to the labour service providers based on utilisation and verification of hours.
- Booking and monitoring of servicing and repairs within the MHE fleet.






- Issuing of respective PO's for the servicing and maintenance of MHE to service providers and monitoring additional hours beyond service contracts.
- Reporting on overall operational capacities and volumes daily
- Motivating the team to perform and constantly pushing operations to achieve desired volumes and targets.
- Monitoring staff performances and focus on upskilling.
- Ordering and maintaining stock levels of consumables for the facilities operations and ensuring orders placed timeously for delivery (Work with the consumables assistant).
- Full and constant monitoring and responsibility of adherence to HAZ/SHEQ/OHS requirements on site.
- Conducting toolbox talks with staff on a constant basis for various subjects and concerns that arise.






- Completing OHS/SHEQ checklists required for the operations for the site.
- Maintaining excellent records for all aspects of the operation.
- General additional assistance to the Operations Manager as necessary and as requirements arise.

SKILLS

- An in-depth knowledge of a Warehouse Management systems.
- Managerial skills are key. Must be able to manage a large compliment of Operations staff.
- Full understanding of Port detentions and shipping lines demurrage free days.
- Full understanding of Import operations based on shipping line empty turn-in criteria.
- Must be self-driven and be able to work un-supervised.
- Must be able to prioritise Imports receiving and container unpacks.
- Must have excellent customer service skills.






- Understanding of unpack pack key's for palletising requirements.
- Shift structures understanding in various capacities.
- Understanding of all MHE types and accessories utilised within the receiving operations.
- Full maintenance responsibility for the Receiving and Despatch MHE portfolio.
- Maintaining of all or any operational reporting schedules. Must be able to compile operations productivity reports.
- Must be a 100% Team Player and motivate the Ops teams to perform.
- Full knowledge of disciplinary processes and procedures and must lead by example.
- Advanced understanding of consumables involved within a receiving operation.
- Understanding of various unpack operations and varied commodity requirements.
- HAZ / SHEQ / OHS knowledge for unpack operations .






- Excellent attention to detail.
- Eloquent in all aspects of communication. Must be able to communicate clearly and professionally in the English language, with sub-ordinates and senior management.

Working alternating / rotating weekends with the other operational staff as needed

Permanent Position - Immediate

Salary offer is Market related

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