Warehouse Lead

About the role

SAB is hiring a Warehouse Lead, based in SAB Chamdor Depot. The key purpose of this role is to execute all requirements relating to Safety, Quality, Governance, Inbound Logistics, Outbound Logistics, and interfaces with Packaging and Brewing Process Areas (where applicable) to satisfy internal and external stakeholder service levels through effective reporting, problem solving, and compliance with operational standards.

Responsibilities

• KPI Management
• Effective KPI management through reporting and problem solving using 5 WHY, Abnormality Reports, SIC, OPLs, RACI's, OWD's, and PDCA's.
• Excellence Programmes
• Ensure implementation and compliance of VPO and DPO Excellence Programmes.
• Safety
• Territorial safety ownership within logistics operations.
• Conduct shiftly stacking inspections as per legal requirements.
• Monitor fleet systems (e.g. FMX) and investigate transgressions.
• Conduct safety behaviour observations.
• Set and track SIF precursor targets.
• Conduct OWDs on safety and operational standard operating procedures.
• Ensure Department of Labour stacking exemptions are complied with.
• Quality
• Ensure quality standards are adhered to as per VPO and DPO requirements.
• Manage batch traceability of raw materials where applicable.
• Conduct quality checks on inbound and outbound finished goods.
• Ensure no out-of-specification or inferior quality stock is received or dispatched.
• Ensure stock is stored correctly and complies with FEFO requirements.
• Ensure food safety requirements are adhered to.
• Perform salvage transactions in ERP following quality sign-off.
• Stock Count
• Execute daily stock counts using HHT.
• Perform recounts based on variance tolerance.
• Resolve stock discrepancies between physical stock and ERP.
• Inbound Logistics
• Verify inbound loads against ERP records and documentation.
• Record returns accurately prior to unloading.
• Receive, check, unload and GRN loads in SAP.
• Monitor delivery schedules and inbound plans.
• Escalate risks timeously.
• Complete all documentation accurately.
• Outbound Logistics
• Verify outbound loads against ERP records and documentation.
• Update shipment status in SAP.
• Dispatch loads in SAP upon verification.
• Monitor outbound plans to manage warehouse capacity, FTCT and OTIF.
• Process returns transactions in ERP.
• Complete all documentation accurately.
• Packaging and Brewing Process Area Interfaces
• Issue materials to Packaging and Brewing Process Areas/Staging Locations.
• Receive finished goods from packaging lines.
• Issue empties to packaging lines.
• Control documentation for all movements.
• Ensure ERP accurately reflects all movements.
• Conduct shiftly and daily reconciliations and resolve discrepancies.
• DCBL sign-off
• Trace and resolve DCBL impacts.
• MBFU sampling results sign-off and review.
• FRI planning, testing, sign-off and review.
• Sorting Operation and Sampling
• Communicate daily priorities.
• Manage productivity and safety.
• Ensure MBFU results are reflected in the portal.
• Conduct quality checks on sorting standards.
• Analyse MBFU results and participate in problem solving.
• Process sorting adjustments, write-offs and write-ups in ERP.
• Picking Operation
• Ensure replenishment according to FEFO.
• Manage productivity, picking accuracy and safety.
• Pallet Repairs
• Manage productivity, safety and overtime.
• Control movement documentation.
• Ensure ERP accurately reflects movements.
• Breakages Management
• Populate and report the breakages register daily.
• Process breakages and salvages in ERP.
• Ensure salvages are repacked according to VPO and DPO standards.
• Decanting Operation
• Control movement documentation.
• Communicate daily priorities.
• Manage productivity and safety.
• Ensure adherence to VPO, DPO and 5S standards.
• Overpacking
• Communicate daily priorities.
• Manage productivity and safety.
• Ensure adherence to VPO, DPO and 5S standards.
• Process overpacking transactions in ERP.
• Blocked Stock and FEFO Management
• Manage stock blocking in SAP according to VPO/DPO standards.
• Apply FEFO principles.

Requirements

• 3 year diploma highly advantageous
• 3+ years Warehouse and or logistics experience advantageous
• Highly level computer user
• SAP proficient