Manufacturing

Warehouse Coordinator

The South African Breweries (SAB)·Gauteng, south-africa·Full Time·Contract
ManufacturingFull TimeContract
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Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Excellence Programmes

  • Ensure implementation and compliance of VPO and DPO Excellence Program

Safety

  • Conduct Risk Assessments to identify and mitigate potential hazards
  • Work with Fleet & Safety Supervisor to ensure maintenance schedules are adhered to for Forklifts
  • Analyse safety performance to identify trends and improve safety
  • Lead by example and foster an environment where safety is a shared responsibility
  • Investigate incidents to determine root causes and prevent recurrence
  • Organise and oversee onboarding and training of new and existing employees
  • Ensure emergency preparedness of Warehouse

Quality

  • Quality Standards are adhered as per the VPO and DPO requirements including GOPs
  • Ensure 75% Compliance to the Global Warehouse GOP
  • Product quality induction programme conducted
  • Quality Standards on all Inbound and Outbound Logistics (FEFO , BB date, Batch Management etc) including receipts from Packaging are adhered to
  • Ensure Stock Stored correctly and compliance to the Freshness and Rotation Policy (FEFO) as per VPO Standards
  • Collaborate with quality teams to quarantine, inspect and release goods. SLA and Routines with QA department managed
  • Track and Trend Quality issues to identify root causes - Work with other departments to improve quality related KPIs
  • Track, trend and manage repacking operation to conform to quality standards and to improve repacking productivity

Contractor/3PL Management

  • Standardises Supplier and Internal Customer Management through SLA reviews
  • Ensure Contractors/3PL alignment to Business Strategy
  • Create an engaging environment to foster business partnerships and good relations
  • Continuously engage Contractors/3PL to extract maximum productivity responsibly
  • Ensure Contractors comply with SAFE requirements

Statutory

  • Adherence to the Health, Safety and Environmental Standards
  • Department of Labour Stacking Exemptions complied with
  • Site housekeeping standards maintained to ensure adherence to site safety standards
  • Ensure compliance to all relevant legislation

Financial Management

  • Minimize overtime and temporary employee usage
  • Warehouse shift sizing conducted & resources aligned to weekly & daily activity
  • Minimize use of Contractors/Temps and manage within relevant legislation
  • Continuously look for financial optimization opportunities internal and external
  • Weekly monitoring of general ledger accounts to ensure adherence to budget and forecasts
  • Monthly financial performance analysed and necessary plans put in place to correct if required
  • Optimises SCOH Management and ensures Problem Solving approach is followed
  • ZBB & VLC budgeted / LE costs understood vs actuals and actions plans to improve

Stock Count

  • Ensuring daily counts are completed to ensure ERP vs Physical are aligned and where variances these are investigated and closed to ensure all movements
  • 100% of all material and SKUs is counted monthly as per MICs requirements
  • Ensure Obsolescence write offs risks are mitigated
  • Manage KPIs and PIs linked to Inventory (E.g. Stock Posting Time , Inventory Accuracy , OOR , DIO)
  • Reduction in Supply Chain Overheads through the utilisation of Problem Solving Tools

Inbound & Outbound Logistics

  • Ensuring any escalations of Delivery Schedules and Inbound Retpack Plans not materialising takes place timeously with Supplier and T1 Control Room before risk materializes
  • Monitoring Outbound Plan is sufficient to manage Warehouse Capacity , FTCT and OTIF
  • Manage KPIs and PIs linked to Inbound and Outbound Process (E.g. FTCT and all related PIs, DLPA )
  • Reliable Supply of Quality Raw Materials to ensure no production stoppages. OOR KPI Managed
  • Track loading/unloading productivity and show results evolution
  • Implement and monitor load scheduling

Packaging Line and Brewing Process Area Interfaces for Raw Materials, Finished Goods and Returnable Containers

  • Process Control Owner to ensure Bin Card Process is managed to meet LCA requirements and reconciliation between two parties takes place shiftly and discrepancies are resolved timeously
  • Problem Solving Stock Discrepancies and ensuring route cause is identified and resolved
  • Actions developed to improve process control together with packaging and brewing process area owners

Additional Interface Requirements

  • Management of DCBL Process and Problem Solving DCBL impacts to ensure Sites and Customers not adhering to sorting standards are held accountable
  • Review MBFU and FRI Results Captured and drive Problem Solving on gaps identified

Operations (Picking, Sorting, Pallet Repairs, Decanting, Overpacking)

  • Management of Daily Priorities and efficiencies based on Operational Requirements. Management encompassing the PI/KPI results, Safety, Problem Solving to Improve Payment for Services etc)
  • Some important KPIs/PIs E.g. DOC, Packaging and Brewing Plans , OTIF , T1 vs T2/DS , Export Requirements , WNP , WQI , FNP etc
  • Make use of GOP's linked to warehouse KPI's and insure 75% score is achieved
  • Ensure 75% Compliance to the Warehouse Labor Productivity GOP to improve the KPI
  • Design and maintain sizing simulator to address optimal labor and equipment resourcing
  • Develop and Manage the Warehouse Capacity Utilization model to improve Warehouse efficiency

Bottle Loss

  • ERP transactions reflect all Loss Points in the Logistics Operation (Breakages , MBFU from Sorting , Inbound Losses etc.) to ensure GL losses in ERP match Mass Balance Results
  • Packaging Interface Processes and Routines as detailed above to ensure losses are reflected in the correct areas to drive problem solving
  • Problem Solving Inventory Counting discrepancies to minimise swings

SCOH Management

  • ERP transactions reflect all Loss Points in the Logistics Operation (Breakages , Inbound Losses etc.) to ensure GL losses are reflected timeously in ERP
  • Reduce Supply Chain Overheads through the utilization of problem solving tools.
  • Gate Control SOPs on Inbound and Outbound Loads are followed to ensure Un-accountable Losses are negated

Forklift Management

  • Permit to Work Management
  • Supplier Management vs SLA

5S

  • 5S Compliance within Logistics Operations
  • Conduct 5's Audits, consolidate results and use management tools to improve results

LCA

  • Ensure implementation and compliance of LCA Audit Requirements

PTP Process

  • GRIR/VIM Query Management

General

  • Liason with Internal and External Customers
  • Support Team Goals and VPO Principles
  • Ensure strong routines for both Finished Goods and Raw Materials Warehouses to ensure KPIs are reviewed and managed
  • Team rooms managed and updated through routine meetings to solve problems and drive performance
  • Security cameras in key points on site & random verification conducted
  • Implement and manage waste plan and recycling operation by type of material: paper/carton, plastic by type: PET, PS, PP etc. metal - aluminum, iron, etc., glass, food remains, other types, unrecyclable

Minimum Requirements:

  • 3-year relevant diploma/degree
  • 3+ years Warehouse and or logistics experience advantageous
  • Highly level computer user.
  • SAP proficient
  • Good interpersonal skills / builds good relationships
  • Superior planning ability
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Good verbal and communication skills

At a glance

Company

The South African Breweries (SAB)

Location

Gauteng, south-africa

Employment

Full Time

Experience

Valid until

Not specified

Created

June 25, 2026

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