Warehouse manager, Operations manager, Supply Chain Management

Managing a 21 000 square feet warehouse with a capacity of 16 000 pallets.
Managing all permanent and contract labour.
Auditing staff performance.
Investigate and resolve all queries.
Stock control.
Health & safety spot checks.
Compiling of statistical on standard operating procedures.
Staff appraisal and training.
Compiling risk reports.
Managing annual budgets.

Vericon Outsourcing Warehouse in Boksburg
Business Unit Manager & Assistant Warehouse Manager
2003 - 2007
Managing two supervisors and double checking complement in receiving and dispatch
Managing three supervisors and security officer complement regarding security issues
Motivating staff complement
Maintain discipline of complements and effect disciplinary measures
Coordinate shift change over
Ensuring stock is checked and picked correctly
Reconciling stock against pick tickets
Ensure that Hauliers receive correct documentation i.e. pallet slips, invoices etc
Check Haulier stock loads correspond against documentation
Auditing inbound invoices and checking stock capture on computer
Compile discrepancy reports in receiving and dispatch
Daily spot checks on fast moving stock items
Investigate delivery queries
Stock taking
Safety and health spot checks s well as attending regular safety meetings
Taking of safety minutes and preparation of the forthcoming agenda
Monitor daily diesel levels and usage
Compile monthly statistical operation reports
Prepare daily damages reports
manage timesheets and overtime
coordinate Export loads and loading of stock into containers
Reconciling of export documentation before forwarding to export department
Supervise casual labour
Sealing of loads and reconciling seal Numbers against documentation seal register
Reconcile documentation and ODS returning Haulier vehicles inclusive of empty pallet controls
Filing of all documentation
Regular updates of standard operating procedures
Training staff on standard operating procedures
On the job staff training
Staff appraisals/assessment
Managing 156 staff members

• Managing day to day picking
• Maintaining stock levels
• Investigate deliver queries.
• Managing all permanent and contract labour
• Stock control
• Compiling of statistical reports and standard operating procedures 
• Staff appraisal and training
• Back-order control
• Equipment maintenance

• • Managing all permanent and contract labour.
  • Inbound – Managing functional outsource partner (80 – 150 incoming loads a day) at a turnaround time of 1:25.
  • Outbound – Receiving an average of 120 vehicles per day. 
  • Picking – Managing contract labour (50 to 140 pickers per shift) to achieve all KPI’s. (Picking 900 000 to 1,2 Million cases per week) Maintaining pickers at a 75-pick rate per hour
  • Manage productivity of put-away of stock and replenishments of pick bins. 60 Reach truck drivers per shift
  • Post pick audits monitoring
  • Managing Functional outsource partners.
  • Manage balance loads and lane returns.
  • Manage a Claim KPI of -0.1 %
  • Manage a Shrinkage of 0.05%
  • Risk management
  • Manage Operational budgets & targets.
  • Allocating and managing staff resources according to changing needs
  • Maintain equipment and facilities.
  • Score cards with all 3PL.
  • Meet all deadlines – SLA adherence.
  • Improving picking efficiencies
  • Improving pick paths
  • Improving turnaround of incoming and outgoing vehicles
  • Implementing disciplinary trackers

• Managing day to day picking
• Maintaining stock levels
• Investigate deliver queries.
• Managing all permanent and contract labour
• Stock control
• Compiling of statistical reports and standard operating procedures 
• Staff appraisal and training
• Filing of all documentation
• Maintain discipline of 3PL and effect disciplinary measures
• Compile monthly and weekly statistical operations reports.
• Compile discrepancy reports in receiving and dispatch.
• Route planning
• Customer liaisons
• Daily dispatch and vehicle tracking
• Doing al buy outs for the group
• Daily dispatching of all vehicles and manage the tracking. 
• Oversee the book ins of all POD and GRV’s
• Assisting in managing other depots in the group
• Assisting with depot startups. 
• Back-order control
• COD Procedures
• Customer Service controls
• Responsible for Dispatch and Receiving
• Equipment maintenance
• Monitor goods returned.
• Quality control
• Trip Sheet and Vehicle management
• Report on outstanding order reports

Monitor daily Diesel levels and usage.
Compile monthly statistical operation reports.
Prepare daily damage reports.
Manage timesheets and overtime.
Co-ordinate Export loads and loading of stock into containers.
Reconciling of Export Documentation before forwarding to Export Department.
Supervise casual labour.