DC LOGISTICS MANAGER Tzaneen

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 implement and uphold ABInBev safety standards. Manage the Brewery Distribution so that customer service levels can be optimized and that benchmarked productivity standards are met. Implement standard operating processes in line with DPO standards. Manage VLC, ZBB and FLC budgets in line with annual flexed targets.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Safety

• Ensures a safe and healthy working environment for internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensures that legislative requirements are met in line with the Section 16.2 appointee requirements.
• Maintains a robust system of SIO and SHO generation and close out.
• Quarterly Safety reviews are conducted with the RLM and RSD to identify risk trends and mitigation plans.
• Completes an annual risk review of internal and external processes, identifying relevant mitigation plans and implementing them.

Quality

• Ensures that logistics teams adhere to Quality guidelines specified by the Zone so that customers receive stock as per ABInbev Quality guidelines.

DPO

• Ensures that Daily, Weekly and Monthly Meeting routines are adhered to in line with mandatory DPO guidelines (OWD's, SCL, MCL, Mandatory meetings).
• Conducts the Daily Logistics Meeting as per the specified TOR's listed in the DPO framework.
• Tracks KPI's on a daily, weekly and monthly basis in line with DPO Terms of Reference. Ensures that appropriate problem solving tools are applied for out of range KPI's in line with DPO Methodology.
• Ensures that Processes are standardized via SOP's and work standards are monitored and improved upon using Operational Work Diagnostics.
• 5S routines and improvement exercises are conducted on a weekly and monthly basis to uphold standards in Trucks and Work Areas.
• Annual Business Descriptions are developed per functional area, taking into account SWOT Analysis and key business imperatives.
• Lead DPO Implementation at the Brewery.

Continuous Improvement

• Fosters a culture of continuous improvement by ensuring that routines and processes are aligned to best in class standards through effective benchmarking.
• Engages with HRBP and ensures that the Training Needs Analysis (TNA) document is maintained in line with ongoing operational requirements for staff development.
• Ensures that TNA weekly and Monthly training schedules are adhered to.
• Drives a problem solving culture through the use of DPO Problem solving tools (e.g. 5 Why, Abnormality Reports, OWD's, GAPA, PDCA) from frontline to senior management.
• Vehicle contingency plans exist for the replacement of contracted vehicles and drivers.
• Delivery fleet size and mix calculated to ensure optimum cost and customer service effectiveness and delivery within the Distribution area.
• Obsolescence Risks taken up with commercial for action plans.
• Manage Full Beer Returns Process.
• Plan and Manage Trade Visits and Drive Compliance.
• Develop Peak sizing and Planning for all critical periods.
• Manage Customer and Driver master data.
• Conduct bi-annual Customer service evaluation and analyses customer feedback with actions.
• Management of SLAs (Planning, Commercial, Dedicated Carrier/3PL Teams etc).

IR

• Maintains a healthy IR climate by conducting documented monthly engagements with Union representatives.
• Ensure that the frontline 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.
• Maintains a healthy IR climate with Partners (Owner Drivers, Temp Labour, Outsourced Services) through documented SLA Meetings.
• Communication channels are open to relevant stakeholders via Monthly All Employee meetings.

Governance

• Ensures that internal compliance controls are adhered to in terms of Vendor payments, SOX and CSA controls.
• Ensures that management teams are trained on the Code of Business Conduct and strict adherence is in place.
• Effective use of the Compliance Channel is maintained.
• Delivery fleet and drivers consistently comply with the statutory requirements.

Service Level

• Engages with Sales to ensure RTI's are maintained to minimize packaging downtime.

Budgets

• Drives a strict adherence to flexed budgets with the Delivery teams.
• Ensures that Management teams conduct sizing on a weekly and monthly basis in line with the Sales plan. Sizing risks are identified and relevant actions taken to mitigate.
• Accounts for over/underspends on a weekly and monthly basis dependent on the GL Frequency.
• Manage Budget Process and Develop Budget.

Develop People

• Create an operational environment that inspires positive organizational effectiveness through the development of team members within Dream People Culture and the Leadership Capability Model.
• Recruits diverse talent.
• Develops people through knowledge sharing and insights.
• Provides timely and constructive feedback while effectively coaching for performance.
• Manage Own and Team Development and Performance.
• Manage Dedicated Carriers and 3PL Contractors and Drive performance improvement.
• Set, Cascade Team & Individual goals.

Minimum Requirements:

• 3 year Degree in Logistics or any other related field.
• Minimum 4 years experience including Management, Logistics, Distribution/Warehousing and Finance.
• Familiar with local market environments.
• Knowledge of all relevant legislative requirements.
• Knowledge of customer service principles.
• Good interpersonal skills / builds good relationships.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Good verbal and communication skills.
• Good self-management principles.
• Excellent coaching capability.
• Strives for continuous improvement.
• Demonstrates leadership skills.
• Good decision making ability.
• Excellent numerical ability.
• Good analytical ability.

Additional information:

Band: VII

SAB/ABInBev is an equal opportunity employer and all appointments will be made in line with SAB/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.