Durban: Raw Materials Stores Manager posted by Boardroom Appointments

• Overall supervision of offsite Raw Materials Store, including secondary packaging and divider cleaning
• Batch and FIFO all material, including cataloging regrind and issuing oldest bags first
• Overseeing the Goods Returns process for secondary packaging
• Return from customer
• Inspections for damages and scrap
• Notify business of damages
• Return to stock
• Identifying control risks and implementing measures to mitigate or eliminate risk (eg stock counts, stock movements, processes)
• Supplying main site secondary packaging and ensuring that all requirements are distributed on time
• Conducting weekly, monthly and yearly stock takes, including unplanned spot checks on stock
• Receipting and administration of raw materials stock, transactions through SAP
• Overseeing divider cleaning and ensuring sufficient dividers are available to the business
• Responsible for stock variances in raw materials and packaging
• Incoming inspection checks for packaging, when required ensuring specifications are met
• Pallets – dimensions
• Secondary packaging – dimensions and artwork
• Ensuring stock is handled correctly and all spillages and breakages are reported
• Maintenance of offsite equipment, divider cleaner, floor cleaner and operating equipment
• Ensuring shuttle truck is loaded timeously
• Ensuring internal and external customer satisfaction
• Overseeing waste management team
• Collection from plants
• Supplier collections
• Separation in conjunction with waste partners
• Ensuring correct documentation pertaining to invoicing, receipts and all other relevant documentation as per ISO standards (ISO 9001 and FSSC 22000)
• Day to day team management, divider cleaners, GRV processors, forklift drivers, packers and cleaners
• Continuous training and development of people, managing individual and team performance, compliance with HR and IR policies and procedures, adherence to training plans
• Ensure a safe work environment with excellent housekeeping standards maintained

Key Competencies

• Be in possession of a post Matric qualification in supply chain or relevant qualification
• Proven track record in the FMCG supply chain environment
• Knowledge of SAP would be advantageous
• Computer literacy, Excel, Word, Outlook
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, with high levels of attention detail and accuracy
• Self-discipline and driven to succeed
• Ability to build relationships quickly and effectively

RAW MATERIALS STORE MANAGER 
JOB SPECIFICATION
Key Performance Areas

• Overall management of raw materials stores, on site and off site, including secondary packaging and divider cleaning
• Batch and FIFO maintenance of HDPE and all material, including cataloging regrind and issuing oldest bags first
• Management of GRV process
• Identifying control risks and implementing measures to mitigate or eliminate risk (eg stock counts, stock movements, processes)
• Management of raw material shuttle truck
• Conducting weekly, monthly and yearly stock takes, including unplanned spot checks on stock
• Responsible for stock variances in raw materials and packaging
• Incoming inspection checks for raw materials and packaging, ensuring specifications are met
• HDPE and PP – bag weights
• Pallets – dimensions
• Secondary packaging – dimensions and artwork
• Bags – dimensions and microns
• Decoration – colour and artwork
• Administration of raw materials stock, transactions through SAP
• Ensuring that raw materials are distributed on time and correctly to production departments
• Ensuring stock is handled correctly
• Maintain adequate buffers of secondary packaging to ensure ongoing supply and keeping procurement informed of decoration stock balances on a weekly basis
• Maintenance and management of offsite equipment ensuring due care is taken of assets, divider cleaner, floor cleaner and operating equipment
• Ensuring internal and external customer satisfaction
• Accountable for waste management
• Collection from plants
• Separation in conjunction with waste partners
• Supplier collections
• Selling to various third parties
• Waste reconciliations to SAP scrapping
• Ensuring correct documentation pertaining to invoicing, receipts and all other relevant documentation as per ISO standards (ISO 9001 and FSSC 22000)
• Departmental budgeting and forecasting, in conjunction with supply chain executive, wages, consumables, maintenance and projects
• Driving departmental projects to closure and ensuring efficiency gains are realized
• Managing department budget
• People management, continuous training and development of people, managing individual and team performance, compliance with HR and IR policies and procedures, adherence to training plans
• Ensure a safe work environment with excellent housekeeping standards maintained

Key Competencies

• Be in possession of a BCOM degree in supply chain or logistics
• Proven track record of warehouse management and performance excellence in the FMCG supply chain environment
• Well versed in SAP, able to troubleshoot easily in the system
• Solid understanding of the plastics and packaging industry
• Computer literacy, Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, with high levels of attention detail and accuracy
• Self-discipline and driven to succeed
• Ability to build relationships quickly and effectively