Associate, Logistics

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The Associate, Logistics is responsible for duties in the incoming and outgoing movement, distribution and storage of supplies, materials and product at the company.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES:

As an employee of Lindsay Sulama, the employee’s responsibilities are, but not limited to:

• Planning and Scheduling of goods
• Arrange transport of work in process goods and items to and from sub-contractors.
• Ensure SOP and quality processes are followed.
• Responsible for assembling and preparation of the order to be dispatched to the customer and that the correct order is delivered timeously, by liaising with the relevant Distributors.
• Arrange for the Dispatch and checking of export finished goods.
• Research ideal shipping techniques, routing, and carriers.
• Ensure that order dispatched meet quality standards to customer.
• Control of raw materials going and coming from sub-contractors
• Arrangement of transport of working process items to and from sub-contractors.
• Control of company delivery vehicles
• Control the Company delivery vehicles by ensuring that raw materials are received timeously, and finished goods are delivered locally when required.
• Customer Service/Enquiries
• Assist with customer request in terms of product packaging and shipping.
• Assist Customer Service with investigating customer enquiries to provide Customer Service and Marketing Manager with feedback or solutions.
• Warehousing and Transit Stores
• Control of the Company’s warehouses
• Support for maintaining safety standards at the warehouses
• Organize warehouse, label goods, plot routes, and process shipments.
• Drive continuous improvement of warehouse SOP’s, picking and packing procedures, safety.
• Responsible for the accuracy of Stock Levels in the Warehouse/factory
• Support and oversee alongside the SC Manager the yearly stock take process.
• Any stock discrepancies will be communicated to the Supply Chain Manager and the Operations Manager.
• Stock discrepancies will be communicated and  investigated with the Supply Chain Manager and Operations manager to determine root cause and rectify.
• Compliance and Auditing
• Ensure that all shipping documentation is correct and forwarded to the Commercial department for processing
• Auditing of safety systems on internal audit plan
• Ensure all operations adhere to the relevant legislation, guidelines, and ISO requirements.
• Effective planning of inventory in terms of stock keeping is ensured. Following stock controlling methods like FIFO (“First in first out”).
• Shipping time

Potential issues have been identified in the order fulfillment process

• Order Accuracy

The degree of incidents has been monitored

• Delivery Time

Average delivery time has been tracked in detail.

• Transportation Costs

All costs from order placement to delivery has been tracked.

• Warehousing Costs

Expenses of warehouse has been optimized.

• Number of Shipments

Up to date knowledge and understanding of how many orders have been shipped

• Inventory Accuracy

No logistical challenges or issues recorded due to inaccurate inventory.

• Inventory Turnover (split responsibility between Supply Chain Manager, Procurement and Commercial Department)

Effective planning of inventory in terms of stock keeping is ensured.

• Inventory to Sales Ratio (split responsibility between Supply Chain Manager, Procurement and Commercial Department)

Potential overstock has been identified and highlighted.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Team-work
• Results orientation
• Technical expertise to some degree
• Hands-on

Skills (Technical, Behavioural and other):

• High attention to detail, ability to spot errors and rectify timeously
• Excellent organizational skills
• Good interpersonal skills in dealing with 3rd party Distributors
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Skilled in MS Office packages (MS Navision (NAV); ERP)

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of freight transport industries, importing, exporting and forwarding and warehousing.
• In-depth knowledge of the consumer goods industry
• Solid understanding of logistics and inventory management software.

Education/ Qualification:

Preferred/Recommended: A Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Logistics, Warehousing, Supply Chain or related qualification.

Experience:

Preferred/Recommended: New Graduate

AUTHORITY:

• Approval of staff timesheets, purchasing amounts (e.g. repairs, maintenance of machines or equipment) within the parameters set by Finance and Legal business units. May sign delivery notes.

ADDITIONS OR EXCLUSIONS:

The job holder may be required to perform other duties that may reasonably be required and which is associated with his/her skills from time to time by his/her direct manager.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. 

Lindsay Corporation does not accept unsolicited referrals or resumes from any source other than directly from candidates. We will not consider unsolicited referrals and/or resumes from vendors including and without limitation, search firms, staffing agencies, fee-based referral services and recruiting agencies. Lindsay Corporation will not pay a fee to a recruiter or agency that does not have a signed vendor agreement with Lindsay Corporation. Any resume or CV submitted to any employee of Lindsay Corporation without having a vendor agreement in place will be considered property of Lindsay Corporation. Lindsay Corporation will not be held liable to pay a placement fee.

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