Warehouse Supervisor Vacancy at AB InBev

Warehouse Supervisor Vacancy at AB InBev

Warehouse Supervisor

AB InBev

Dreaming big is in our DNA. It’s who we are as a company. It’s our culture. It’s our heritage. And more than ever, it’s our future. A future where we’re always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life’s moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential. The power we create together – when we combine your strengths with ours – is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

The key purpose of this role is to ensure the effective implementation and upholding of AB Inbev safety standards while overseeing warehouse inventory and operations. Responsible for supervising the safe receipt, storage, retrieval, and timely dispatch of goods to optimize customer service levels and achieve benchmarked productivity standards.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Adherence to health, safety and environmental standards

To ensure that company and legal stacking regulations are adhered to

Adherence to and maintenance of site housekeeping standards

Wearing the correct PPE always as designated by site and area

Full implementation and adherence to VPO and DPO protocols

Warehouse Supervision

Ensure compliance to 5s standards within and around the warehouse operations and show evolution

Cascade all global policies and ensure compliance to them

Continuously validate SOP’s through management routines by using tools and ensure understanding by all warehouse employees (SCL, OWD etc.)

Update and use of team rooms for routine meetings and problem solving

Maintain SCL routines and track adherence thereof

Ensure and maintain a safe warehouse operation driving awareness and compliance to all the relevant safety blocks. Track compliance to all safety related processes in the warehouse function

Use problem solving tools such as 5Why, Abnormality Reports, SIC, OPL’s, RACI’s, OWD’s, PDCA’s etc. to develop action plans to show improvement in PI’s and KPI” s

Cascade KPI’s and PI’s to individual warehouse employees, standardize the KPI/PI achievements and monitor individual results

Ensure adherence to best practice generation process and execute approved projects and show results evolution

Ensure adherence to warehouse layout such as empties zone, refusal zone, order picking zone, FG zone etc

Ensure and track ABC compliance to realize warehouse efficiencies

Loading & unloading activities

Load summary is used to load correct quantities of split and full pallets

To ensure loading/unloading of products is done as per processes, all products are counted, both at load location and unload locations, and delivery documents are duly signed and issued

Stock quality management

Ensure adherence to warehouse stock age standards by means of applying stock rotation principles

Ensures quality control through checking packaging on warehouse floor prior to loading

Ensure FEFO for all sales orders and LIFO for all inter depot transfers

Ensure no blocked stocks are loaded for customer deliveries and that daily updates are shared on blocked stocks

Full implementation and adherence to VPO and DPO protocols

Inventory management

Participate in handover processes before and after every shift

Accurate daily stock counts, duly signed off before and after each shift

Supervise containers handed over to production and ensure its of good quality to avoid DCBL

Receive full beer from production and ensure agreement between all parties on quantity received

Control warehouse breakages and inventory losses and show continuous improvement in tracking of these losses

Credit empties returns into warehouse in time per the SOP

Maintain clear and effective communication with Inventory Analyst/Clerk and or Stocks and Settlement Officer

Implement and maintain picking & sorting standards

Ensure adherence to standard picking process through use of management routines

Ensure picking & sorting area has a productive ergonomic layout that allows zero-man machine interactions

Create and monitor picking & sorting KPI’s/PI’s per man hour and track replenishment adherence, inclusive of MBFU with positive trend

Monitor and track adherence to sorting guidelines and sorting targets

Train all resources and ensure quality sorting inspections are taking place regularly. Open gaps and implement actions to close them

Cost control

To observe standard provided for fuel usage per hour, reduce idling time, no excessive breaking etc

To ensure breakages and missing bottles are eliminated to zero by following safe driving principles

Reports

To ensure pre-trip inspection forms are filled out accurately daily

Accurate fuel records are kept, and fuel reports submitted on time as per process

On time submission of any DPO related reports and requirements, such as reporting of SIO’s

Accurate stock count sheets are submitted on time and duly signed

People Management

Ensure that the Shop Floor are aligned in terms of goals and meeting routines to drive continuous improvement

Ensures that Monthly One on Ones are conducted in line with the target review process

Follow up on Engagement Survey results with clear actions to correct areas of concern

Recruitment of talent and building of pipeline

Perform 180 reviews and address poor performance where required by means of improvement plans and or disciplinary hearings

Minimum Requirements:

• 3 year relevant diploma/degree
• 2+ years Warehouse and or logistics experience
• Highly level computer user (MS Office, Oasis, Handheld devices)
• SAP proficient
• Good interpersonal skills / builds good relationships
• Superior planning ability
• Ability to work under pressure
• Good verbal and communication skills
• Good self-management practices
• Strong achievement orientation
• Ability to adapt to and implement change effectively
• Excellent coaching capability

Additional information:

Band: VIII

ABInBev is an equal opportunity employer and all appointments will be made in line with ABInBev employment equity plan and talent requirements. The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/ relevant information as criteria for short listing.

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