Distribution Manager at RCL Foods

Job Description    
The RCL FOODS Talent Acquisition Team is searching for an experienced Distribution Manager to join our Baking business unit, based in Benoni.

• As the Distribution Manager, You will report in to the General Manager, and will be responsible for organizing the storage and distribution of goods as well as managing and controlling a Cost-Effective Distribution Systems for the Bakery and depots (Witbank, Welkom and Secunda depots).
• You will also manage the bakery and depot bread receiving and dispatch departments effectively to ensure no stock losses and ensuring all policies and procedures are strictly adhered to.

Minimum Requirements    

• Diploma/Degree in Logistics /Supply Chain Management preferred
• 4-7 years Distribution and/or FMCG Supply Chain experience
• At least 4 years’ experience managing large teams
• Continuous improvement, quality and safety experience in a manufacturing/warehouse environment
• Exposure to shop floor within a unionized environment
• Valid Code EB drivers' license

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Enhance High performance culture in the Distribution/Dispatch Environment
• Management of Staff to ensure they deliver on their set targets
• Control Driver cash Shorts and keep them to the minimum
• Control all Waste (Stock in Van & Write Offs) to acceptable levels
• Implement all safety procedures and ensure adherence
• Use IT systems to manage stock levels, delivery times and transport costs.
• Use associated information systems to coordinate and control the order cycle.
• Use data from IT systems to evaluate performance and quality and to plan improvements.
• Allocate and manage staff resources according to changing needs;
• Ensuring all trucks are dispatched timeously and in full.
• Ensuring that there is sufficient Distribution/dispatch Resources daily
• Ensuring that the dispatch recon document is completed daily and balances, any variances to be investigated.
• Ensure that Dispatch and depot teams maintain prescribed records of goods received and dispatched.
• Enhance excellent customer service in the dispatch/depot departments
• Ensure all trucks are profitable by optimizing all the routes and ensuring that routes run with the most cost-effective cents per kilometer possible.
• Develop business by gaining new contracts, analysing logistical problems and producing new solutions.
• Continually try to improve and develop business performance within the constraints of legislation, fuel costs and rising environmental pressures.
• Use specialist knowledge, such as mechanical-handling systems, to provide consultancy services.
• Continuously strive for Innovation ways through technology
• Conduct risk management processes to improve the risk profile of distribution/dispatch and depot departments.