Warehouse Manager/Logistics Supplychain  (FMCG )

• GRV
• Accurate Stock/Inventory Control
• Continuous Improvement/Planning
• Ensure that orders are correctly picked and packed.
• Ensure timeous delivery of stock to various customers.
• Cycle counts
• Managing policy and procedures
• Vehicle trip sheets
• Receiving/Logistics
• IR issues – Disciplinary hearings
• Health & Safety Officer
• Managing staff performance
• Daily monthly reports of warehouse.
• Shipments/Containers.
• Managing securities
• KPI – Key Performance Indicators
• KPA – Key Performance Appraisals
• Manage and control all packaging and raw materials in the warehouse.
• Ensure correct stock is received and dispatched
• Ensure stock is correctly received and allocated to bins
• Ensure stock is correctly picked out of bins from pick slips and dispatched to the factory.
• Manage stock levels maintain open isle so picking can be done
• Manage complete stock count.
• Maintain all documentation as per audit requirements.
• Manage ERP and MRP system to control inventory in the warehouse.
• Manage warehousing cost to a minimum.
• Negotiate contracts with suppliers.
• Develop and monitor cost-reduction strategies.
• Manage vendors.
• Buying of raw material
• Communicate with suppliers internationally and locally
• Manage and Control workers overtime, attendance, and absenteeism.
• Manage all Forklift/Reach truck driver training and licence renewals.
• Manage Toyota Forklift maintenance and service contract.
• Manage monthly stock count.
• Manage costs of pallet purchasing for finished goods.
• Manage and control accurate loading of stock to customers as per order.
• Manage services of Warehouse racking.
• Manage damages; rework all products to keep losses to a minimum.
• Manage effective order completion to customer.
• Ensure FIFO is adhered to in warehouse.
• Dangerous hazardous goods.

Procurement :

• Review procurement documents and prepare orders.
• Negotiate contracts with suppliers.
• Develop and monitor cost-reduction strategies.
• Develop and monitor inventory control procedures.
• Develop and monitor purchasing policies.
• Manage vendors.
• Buying of raw material
• Communicate with suppliers internationally and locally

Supplychain Operations

• Manage Health and safety levels in and around the warehouse ensure safe working environment for all employees.
• Ensure PPE is allocated to all employees and is kept in good order.
• SHE committee member.
• Regular training conducted to keep employees motivated and up to date on day to day happenings in the work area.
• Manage and Control workers overtime, attendance, and absenteeism.
• Manage all Forklift/Reach truck driver training and licence renewals.
• Manage Toyota Forklift maintenance and service contract.
• Manage and control stock accuracy from production to finished goods and ensure correct quantity and flavour as per production slip.
• Manage stock transfers on Oracle system.
• Manage and control stock from production into warehouse and bin locations
• Provide monthly stock reports to management.
• Manage monthly stock count.
• Manage costs of pallet purchasing for finished goods.
• Manage and control accurate loading of stock to customers as per order.
• Manage services of Warehouse racking.
• Manage damages; rework all products to keep losses to a minimum.
• Manage effective order completion to customer.
• Ensure FIFO is adhered to in warehouse.
• Run In transit report daily
• Reconciliation on FG report together with manufacturing analyst
• Manage and control CCTV system to eliminate stock losses.
• Contribute to yearly Strategic management to overall improve efficiencies and maximise customer satisfaction and profits.
• Manage vehicles and stock to Third party warehouse
• Manage and Control Distribution trucks
• Manage customer claims and complaint.
• Ensure full utilisation of vehicles.
• Daily Mass balance
• Ensure FG stock produced at Coso 3PL is captured on oracle
• Maintain all documentation as per audit requirements.
• Monitor drivers trip sheets and tracking system
• Load ten tautliners trucks per day of finished goods.

Inbound Raw material and packaging warehouse side

• Manage and control all packaging and raw materials in the warehouse.
• Ensure correct stock is received and dispatched
• Ensure stock is correctly received and allocated to bins
• Ensure stock is correctly picked out of bins from pick slips and dispatched to the factory.
• Manage stock levels maintain open isle so picking can be done
• Ensure Oracle jobs are done correctly and on time daily.
• Ensure receipt of goods are done
• Manged and control call offs from suppliers
• Manage complete stock take every month.
• Maintain all documentation as per audit requirements.
• Ensure all GRV’s transfers on the system is completed daily
• Run daily/weekly/ monthly activity report on Oracle system
• Run stock accuracy report daily on ERP system
• Daily scheduling of deliveries from suppliers
• Monitor inter org report for 3rd Party (Coso) on bulk produced and packing sent to.
• Daily cycle count
• Manage Call Offs
• Engage with Raw material / Packaging material suppliers daily basis
• Manage ERP and MRP system to control inventory in the warehouse.
• Manage OEM spares for workshop

Duties performed for Third party Warehouse 1 Transit

• Manage stock levels at TP warehouse
• Manage and control stock replenishing at TP warehouse to effectively load out orders without stock shortages.
• Manage transport to and from TP warehouse maximize truck utilization per day to ensure cost per pallet moved is at a minimum.
• Ensure stock take is done monthly.
• Ensure FIFO is adhered to in warehouse.
• Manage warehousing cost to a minimum.

Duties performed for Third party Warehouse 2 Teralco.

• Manage stock levels at TP warehouse
• Manage and control stock replenishing at TP warehouse to effectively load out orders without stock shortages.
• Manage transport to and from TP warehouse maximize truck utilization per day to ensure cost per pallet moved is at a minimum.
• Ensure stock take is done monthly
• Ensure FIFO is adhered to in warehouse.
• Manage warehousing cost to a minimum.
• Dangerous hazardous goods.

• GRV
• Accurate Stock/Inventory Control
• Continuous Improvement/Planning
• Ensure that orders are correctly picked and packed.
• Ensure timeous delivery of stock to various customers.
• Cycle counts
• Managing policy and procedures
• Vehicle trip sheets
• Receiving/Logistics
• IR issues – Disciplinary hearings
• Health & Safety Officer
• Managing staff performance
• Daily monthly reports of warehouse.
• Shipments/Containers.
• Managing securities
• KPI – Key Performance Indicators
• KPA – Key Performance Appraisals
• 3PL (Third Party Logistics)
• Monitor receiving to ensure that receiving clerk check quantity and quality are correct and good condition.

• Manage the movement and storage of stock and manage cost of inventory
• Optimizing and utilization of warehouse through floor lay out. (Space)
• Ensure that all KPI’s are monitored on a quarterly basis but monitoring all performances.
• Do cycle counts on a weekly basis to ensure FIFO (first in first out) are applied.
• Monitor receiving to ensure that receiving clerk check quantity and quality are correct and good condition.
• Dispatch finish goods on time and according to deadlines.
• 3PL (Third Party Logistics)
• Implement and oversee security procedures for stock.
• Monitor Warehouse staff with regards to kitting from batch picking slips.
• Liaise with Procurement on relevant matters.
• Liaise with the Supply Chain Manager on all issues.
• Do random checks/audits on the kitting area and bins.
• Ensure picking and packing are done timeously and correctly.
• Customer interaction – Handle queries and communicate with sales department.
• Ensure health and safety procedures are adhere to and identify any risk to the company and employees and take preventive measure.
• Manage security.
• Monitor drivers trip sheets and tracking system
• Maintain all vehicles by checking vehicles to ensure that it is clean and that services are done as scheduled.
• Lead the Warehouse team through planning of work and develop and motivate staff.
• Ensure that all policies and procedures are adhere to.
• Report monthly to management.
• Involved in disciplinary hearings. LRA & CCMA.
• Financials - Budgets & CAPEX of warehouse.
• Ensure employees follow SOP (Standard Operating Procedures)
• Ensure that Warehouse Management Systems are updated.
• Manage ERP system through Unibase, Forward and SAP.
• Communicate with all departments involve in all operations of the Warehouse.

• GRV’s control
• Accurate stock
• Inventory control
• Continuous improvement
• Manage all delivery trucks
• Demand Planning                                                    
• Ensure that orders are correctly picked and packed
• Ensure timeous delivery of stock to various customers
• Wall to wall stock take
• Cycle counts
• Dispatched 
• Managing policy & procedures                                                                                 
• Maintenance of vehicles      
• Customers complaints
• Receiving/logistics transport
• IR issues – disciplinary hearings
• Health & safety officer
• Managing staff performance
• Daily monthly reports of warehouse
• Shipments
• Managing securities
• Kpi’s - key performance indicators
• Kpa’s – key performance appraisal

• Ensure all components are assembled and packed properly.
• Ensure targets are meet for the day and month.
• Ensure picking and packing are done correctly.
• Day to Day running of daily duties, output/throughput.
• Project Charters – Cost saving.
• Lean Manufacturing/Kanban
• Fire Fighting
• Health & Safety Officer
• Wall to Wall Stock Take
• Buyer – Buying of material.
• Disciplinary Hearings
• Counselling Sessions
• Stock Control
• Maintenance Schedule
• Manage Drivers
• Involve in recruiting of staff.
• Cycle Counts.

Production Manager
Feb. 1997 –Mar. 2002

• Maintain daily production
• Targets
• Planning
• Oversee quality (TQM)
• Day to day output/
• Throughput
• Scheduling of overtime
• Controlling of absenteeism
• Disciplinary hearings
• Control inbound & outbound
• Maintenance schedules
• Create a production schedule.
• Train new employees.
• Schedule regular maintenance for equipment.
• Oversee operations to ensure safety
• Develop plans that help operations run smoothly
• Manage production
• Create and manage budgets
• Recruit, train and onboard new employees
• Planning, organizing, directing and running optimum day-to-day operations to exceed our customers’ expectations
• Increasing production, assets capacity and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs and maintaining current quality standards
• Responsibility for production output, product quality and on-time shipping
• Reason for leaving: Promoted to the Warehouse

• Industrial Engineer Skills gained during my career:
• MS Office computer: MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint MS Outlook
• Warehouse Management System – Unibase, Forward & SAP basic
• Supervisory & Management Skills
• Health & Safety
• Able to motivate a variety of different people to achieve goals.
• Persuasive, persistent, mature, and responsible.
• Adaptable and tactful when dealing with people.
• Able to work under pressure.
• Able to work well within a team.
• Able to identify, analyses and solve problems and contribute towards continuous improvement