Warehouse Operations Manager at TradeDepot Full Time

Job Title: Warehouse Operations Manager

Location: Nationwide

Summary

• The Warehouse Operations Manager has full responsibility for TradeDepot’s warehouse operations. This involves building and improving effective and sustainable systems that guarantee that corporate fulfilment and productivity targets are met.
• The job holder is also expected to ensure that optimum / required inventory levels are properly received, stored and shipped across TradeDepot’s warehouses/depots.

Responsibilities
Warehouse Operations (70%):

• Re-engineer and lead TradeDepot’s warehouse operations structure while maintaining full understanding of the financial and operational implications.
• Ensure efficiency in receving, material handling, warehousing operations.
• Control both aggregate and individual inventory levels across all storage/pickup facilities.
• Develop and review warehouse design by planning layout, product flow and product handing systems as required while ensuring efficient space utilization.
• Overall responsibility for order processing and order fulfillment at all storage/pickup facilities.
• Maintain safety and security standards in the warehouses/depots.

Leadership Responsibilities (20%):

• Provide strong leadership role to the Warehouse Operations team, building and growing a world class team.
• Ensure the adoption of best practices to support job performance of the Warehouse Operations team.

General Responsibilities (10%):

• Provide input and realistic forecasts to the management team.
• Ensure detailed and accurate records are maintained.
• Adhere to TradeDepot’s Equal Opportunities policy in all activities and to actively promote equality of opportunity wherever possible.
• Keep abreast of all legislation and regulations and ensure TradeDepot’s adherence.
• Undertake such other duties as may be reasonably expected.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent.
• Minimum of 3 years’ work experience in a similar role preferably in the FMCG industry.
• Strong business sense and industry expertise.
• Expertise in warehouse management.
• Excellent mentoring, coaching and people management skills.
• Numerical skills and a high level of computer literacy.
• Effective problem solver.
• Strong attention to detail.

Application Closing Date
16th June, 2022.

Note: Due to volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.