Inbound Shift Manager bei takealot.com

 takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Inbound Shift Manager to join our team at Our Johannesburg Warehouse.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us.  We offer a market related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your 

The Inbound Shift Manager has complete responsibility for Inbound/Outbound functional processes within the fulfillment centre, managing all aspects of stock handling from receipt from suppliers to filing the stock in inventory locations. This position requires a candidate with the proven ability to drive process improvements and the ability to keep pace with TAKEALOT explosive growth while motivating others to meet the challenges of an extremely deadline-driven and fast-moving environment of E-commerce

The position reports to the : DC Outbound/Inbound Manager

Your responsibilities will include:

• Overall management and coordination of all warehousing functions
• Responsible for efficiently managing all aspects of stock handling from receipt from suppliers.
• To dispatch to customers including the returns department.
• Ensure daily, weekly and monthly planning is done for all warehousing operations and  manage adherence to plan.
• Manage adherence to plan
• Effective management of housekeeping
• Management of resource to be effective and efficient at lowest cost and according to  changing needs
• Effective leadership and direction for the operation team through involvement and communication to deliver on the relevant key business drivers.  
• Manage customer liaison process and ensure that warehouse queries are resolved timeously.
• Ensure that warehouse space, equipment and warehouse flow is optimised and that future.
• warehouse requirements are planned.
• Effective management of housekeeping
• Management of resource to be effective and efficient at lowest cost and according to changing needs
• Effective leadership and direction for the operation team through involvement and communication to deliver on the relevant key business drivers
• Manager customer liaison process and ensure that warehouse queries are resolved timeously and exception trends are addressed
• Ensure that warehouse space, equipment and warehouse flow is optimised and that future warehouse requirements are planned
• Ensure stock accuracy through disciplined stock control and implement stock accuracy
• Implement initiatives
• Ensure that all business processes, procedures and job profiles are documented and updated
• Management reporting in terms of operational performance, productivity, stock control and budgets
• Manage projects according to stipulated time frames
• Liaising with suppliers
• Operate an efficient Distribution Centre by identifying, implementing and managing optimal processes and procedures, to minimise costs and maximise working capital

Qualifications and Experience :

• Grade 12
• Relevant tertiary education.
• 5+ years’ experience in directly and indirectly managing people to deliver continuous improvement
• E-commerce experience
• ERP systems knowledge
• Experience in working with budgets and cost analysis
• LEAN or continuous improvement 
• Performance management skills - knowledge of Industrial Relations and practices

 Attributes:

• Strong communications skills. 
• A structured and disciplined management style.
• Ability to motivate and inspire others a must.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Self-starter with high energy levels a must.
•  Well-developed business and operational acumen.
• Analytically minded and able to find and use data to inform decision making.
• Ability to work under pressure with strict deadlines.
• Good attention to detail
• Strong Customer Service Orientation Goal orientated and motivated to succeed;
• Dynamic individual with proven experience in delivering change and innovative solutions.

The Environment

• We like to work hard but also enjoy ourselves. We love what we do and what we are creating.
• You must possess a sense of urgency with the ability to manage multiple duties simultaneously with various deadline.

Hours

• Shift work when required.
• Candidates must be flexible to work weekends and/or overtime regularly.

We seek to Employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who:

• is respectful but forthright
• is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute
• is analytical, able to use data to make decisions
• is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours
• is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience
• is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster
• is business SMART. Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input
• is curious and challenge the status quo
• is innovative and enjoys iteration
• is collaborative
• will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com
• thinks like an owner of the business
• is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARD WORKING

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!

Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities, to apply.