Team Leader - Milkrun

takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Team Leader to our team in Johannesburg.

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 Fleet Manager.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Ensure that all dispatches are correctly scanned out of the hub.
• Ensure that all dispatches are visually inspected for defects.
• Ensure that all outbound vehicles are loaded and released timeously.
• Ensure that dispatch documentation is checked, signed and copies distributed and filled accordingly..
• Ensure that all staff comply with SOP’s..
• Address all deviations.
• Complete and report on all KPI measures and provide reasons for deviations.
• Ensure that all equipment under your control is used correctly and stowed away safely.
• Assist staff with administrative and operational requests.
• Manage PPE and stationary requirements effectively.
• Ensure that all staff is using the correct PPE for the task being performed.
• Ensure that operational areas are kept clean.

Attributes required:

• Be flexible
• Being punctual
• Being reliable and trustworthy
• Having good concentration
• Having interpersonal abilities
• Being able to work under pressure
• Being able to meet deadlines
• Having good communication skills
• Must be able and willing to work shifts.
• Must have investigation  experience 

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification With in Supply Chain or logistics.
• 3 years in Supply Chain or Logistics
• Fleet admin and Team leader Position. 
• Sound Computer Skills including MS Word, Excel and Email Software.

The Environment:

• takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.
• We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.
• We are short on ego and high on output.
• We are doers and not only thinkers, it’s all in the execution after all.
• We love what we do and what we are creating.

We seek to Employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who:

• is forthright but respectful
• 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 HARDWORKING

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

Thank you for applying.

Your application has been received and if there is a fit, someone will be getting back to you. Should you not hear from us within 2-4 weeks, please see your application as unsuccessful.

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