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DC Champion

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Job Description - 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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