DC Champion

takealot.com, South Africa's leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented DC Champion to join our team in Cape Town.

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 needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great

This position reports to the Shift Manager

Purpose of the role:

• To Ensure that the department is well organised and controlled to sufficiently support the goals of the business


• Implement improvement processes and maintain procedures and systems to minimise costs and maximise working capital


• Ensuring all work areas are clean and tidy and safe for staff to work in


• Evaluate daily operational reports to ensure key critical areas of the department are controlled and any discrepancies addressed and resolved


• Manage control measures to ensure mistakes, inaccuracies and discrepancies are highlighted, addressed and resolved


• Ensure that all processes are completed on the same day


• Daily planning with line Managers


• Oversee the DC Assistants and motivate attention to detail, for constant accuracy and turn-around times


• Assist with managing outputs within the department


• Maintaining quality and quantity of work


• Assist to maintain FIFO of tasks within the department


• Ensure escalated daily operational queries from team are resolved timeously

Your responsibilities can include:

• Ensure that the department is well organised and controlled to sufficiently support the goals of the business


• Implement improvement processes and maintain procedures and systems to minimise costs and maximise working capital


• Ensuring all work areas are clean and tidy and safe for staff to work in


• Evaluate daily operational reports to ensure key critical areas of the department are controlled and any discrepancies addressed and resolved


• Manage control measures to ensure mistakes, inaccuracies and discrepancies are highlighted, addressed and resolved. Ensure that all processes are completed on the same day


• Daily planning with line Managers 


• Oversee the DC Assistants and motivate attention to detail, for constant accuracy and turn-around times


• Assist with managing outputs within the department Maintaining quality and quantity of work 


• Assist to maintain FIFO of tasks within the department


• Ensure escalated daily operational queries from team are resolved timeously 

Qualifications and experience:

• Matric (grade 12) certificate or similar


• Have proven relevant experience in Picking, Packing, Receiving, Supplier Collects and Inventory (in applicable departments within the DC)


• 4-5 years warehouse experience


• 2 years supervisory experience/exposure


• Have a detailed understanding of warehouse management systems


• Problem solving skills required


• Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills for a demanding and customer focused working environment


• Possess excellent personal organisation and business administration skills in accordance with modern best practice methods


• Possess the ability to work productively, efficiently & effectively with initiative and drive under tight timescales and pressure whilst maintaining attention to detail and quality


• Possess the willingness to learn, improve and adapt


• Good team player, hard worker, willing to be flexible with a positive attitude


• Must be able to work as part of a multi-cultural team


• Must be able to train staff

Attributes required :

• 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 develop

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