Junior Shift Manager at takealot.com

This position reports to the Shift Manager.
Your responsibilities will include:

• Outbound KPI's – Customer orders to be shipped by 5pm daily
• Picking and Packing Productivity – Ensure that we meet company targets
• Cost control – manage labour / heads on shift vs volumes and hours
• Packing costs – manage usage on floor
• Housekeeping – manage the team to ensure they keep area's within standards
• Goals – ensure that each individual has a clear understanding of their goals
• Review internal processes and continue to iterate and innovate to improve department continuously
• Apply our company values into daily tasks

Qualifications and Experience:

• Grade 12 – National Senior Certificate
• Supply Chain or Logistics higher certificate is preferred.
• 3-5 years Supervisory experience in logistics or distribution environment
• People management experience, good oral and written communication skills
• Decision making and problem solving ability
• Ability to manage change within a logistics operation
• Will commit and achieve targets and project timelines.
• Willing to work shifts, including weekends if necessary, in an operational 7/365 environment
• Self-starter with high energy levels a must
• Must be able to work as part of a multi-cultural team

Attributes required:

• Strong communications skills
• A structured and disciplined management style
• Ability to motivate and inspire others is critical
• Strong problem solving skills
• Self-starter with high energy levels a must
• Well-developed business and operational acumen
• Analytically minded and able to find and use data to inform decision making
• Ability to work under pressure with strict deadlines
• Good attention to detail
• Strong Customer Service orientation
• Goal orientated and motivated to succeed
• Dynamic individual with proven experience in delivering change and innovative solutions
• Preferred experience in:
• E-commerce experience
• ERP systems knowledge
• Experience in working with budgets and cost analysis
• LEAN or continuous improvement
• Performance management skills – knowledge of Industrial Relations and practices

We seek to Employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who:

• is respectful but forthright
• 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 HARD WORKING