Logistics Coordinator - Kempton Park at DSV

Minimum Requirements

• Grade 12
• Tertiary qualification in Logistics, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering an advantage.
• Experience in industry with in-depth experience in all job-related requirements listed below.
• Intermediate computer literacy level in MS Word, PowerPoint and Outlook 
• Advance knowledge Relevant Planning Management software/apps
• Highly proficient in Excel for data management and reporting

Job Related Requirements

•  1 - 2 years experience in expediting, planning, scheduling & balancing of workload
•  Experience in a warehousing environment
•  Intricate understanding of work balancing and capacity planning between multiple departments within an operation to find synergies to be able to achieve the highest output from a limited amount of resources
•  Sound and proven skills in Planning, Organizing, Directing, Controlling & Monitoring.
•  Must be able to meet and manage customer expectations and ensure compliance to Policies, Regulations, Work Instructions and Workloads.
•  Good interpersonal skills for client account management.
•  Very good analytical skills, and ability to think logically.

Added Advantages for the role

•  Warehouse experience & understanding  Expediting, Planning & Scheduling experience and systems exposure  The above criterial specific to Retail industry

Main purpose of the role

• This role will be responsible for the coordinating, planning and control of daily / weekly / monthly Retail Distribution Center:
•  Expediting, planning, scheduling & balancing of resources across various teams
•  Expediting, planning, scheduling & balancing of Warehouse, Transport, Inbound, Outbound and Exports orders across various customer requirements

Duties and Responsibilities

•  Understand the customer’s business
•  Understand the customer’s customer requirements
•  Develop a strong, trusting relationship with clients
•  Deep understanding of contractual SLAs & KPIs
•  Adherence to HSE compliance and responsibilities
•  Adherence to tasks not stipulated in job profile i.e. audit compliance, adhoc duties due to operational requirements.
•  Query management
•  Complete daily system checks to ensure all orders are planned and executed as per customer KPI’s
• Logistics coordinator / Planner:
•  Daily analysis of the outbound schedules and capacities, compare it to the available resources and create an optimal Warehouse, Transport, Inbound, Outbound and Exports execution plan to achieve the highest output for the facility
  •  Plan according to SLA
  •  Ensure available time to process specific lines and units to achieve required SLA
  •  Ensure execution of the load plan
  •  Communicate timeously and rectify deviation of the load plan
•  Have clear and consistent communication within and between relevant stakeholders to ensure all achievements and exceptions are managed pro-actively to ensure proper management of expectations
• o Must push back to relevant stakeholders when the targets are not achievable and create alternatives to the challenges to ensure best scenario is achieved
•  Job Rotation: Rotation amongst team members to create flexibility and personal growth.
•  Consistently reviewing data to identify areas of improvement to further improve te output of the operation, load plan and deliverables within the team