Job Opportunities at DSV

Minimum Requirements

• Degree in Law: LLB, Bproc or BUirus Degree
• Intermediate computer literacy in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Contract management systems

Job Related Requirements

• 5 Post Qaulification years relevant experience in a senior position
• Wholistic knowledge of law, including Contract, Corporate, Civil, Interpretation of statutes
• Admission as an Attorney
• Experience in Drafting, Reviewing, and Negotiating Commercial Agreements and Contracts, locally and internationally
• Technical knowledge of legal structures and agreements within logistics industry
• Strong analytical skills and demonstrated ability to understand complex legal concepts
• Knowledge and Experience of Privacy Laws and Regulations with the ability to provide training to key stakeholders
• Proven history of representation and interaction with External Legal Counsel in collections and other matters
• Excellent fluency in English years exposure to business processes
• Leadership Skills
• Problem Solving
• Excellent Communication skills (verbal and non-verbal)
• Must be able to self manage (includes effectively communicating with stakeholders)
• Proven track record of dealing with people at all levels within the organization
• Effective time management

Added Advantages for this role

• LLM, MBA preferred
• Industry knowledge
• Strong personality with an ability to get the necessary messages across

Duties and Responsibilities

• Draft/vet and review a variety of corporate legal contracts.
• Keeping abreast of new/changed legislation and informing the business to ensure understanding of risks and commercial implications.
• Protecting the company’s interest, risk management and compliance with corporate governance, guidelines and procedures.
• Negotiation on behalf of the business in order to attain value.
• Negotiation with third parties to ensure appropriate contractual relationships and minimise risks.
• Identify matters requiring specialist legal input and instruct and liaise with appropriate external counsel.
• Liaise with external attorneys and prepare comprehensive brief to attorneys where necessary.
• Co-ordinating litigation matters with external attorneys and counsel, and interpreting recommendations for the business.
• Drafting legal opinions.
• Conduct legal research of significant legal issues.

OTHER DUTIES

• Timely and comprehensive response of assigned tasks
• Execution of projects and day-to-day tasks
• Focus on performance and deadlines
• Build and maintain  strong relationships with internal stakeholders

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Minimum Requirements: (non-negotiable when screening)

• 2-3 years customer communication skills.
• 2-3 years experience in liaising effectively with clients, both telephonically and via e-mail.
• Detail orientated and ability to work under pressure.

Qualifications: (please specify if the qualification is essential or advantageous)

• Matric (essential)
• Qualification in Logistics or Supply Chain an added advantage 
• Computer packages (please specify whether essential or advantageous)
• Office 365 (Teams, OneNote, Forms), MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
• Cargowise understanding and previous experience would be beneficial.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Answering of incoming calls on the switchboard and diverting of calls.
• Receiving of guests.
• Offering and preparing of refreshments to guests.
• Arranging gate access for guests and deliveries.
• Arranging of courier collections and deliveries.
• Purchasing of office refreshments and consumables.
• Invoicing.
• Filing.
• Assisting in the archive room.

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Minimum Requirements

• Grade12
• Degree: Industrial Engineering or Information Technology or Information Systems or Computer Science Essential
• Advance Excel and PowerQuery
• AutoCAD
• Microsoft Office: PowerPoint, Visio and Project

Job Related Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar role or environment preferable. AND Own vehicle with driver’s license required.
• Advanced Excel;
• Detail oriented, high work rate, quality of work and time management to meet deadlines.

Beneficial:

• Experience in Warehouse Design and Costing/Pricing for RFQ’s and existing clients
• Data Cleaning & Analytics

Added Advantages for the role

• Highly adaptable to change
• Sound knowledge of engineering economics and fundamental accounting principles
• Experience in automation and mechanisation with warehouse environment.
• Customer service/ relations experience
• Project management skills and experience
• Innovative
• Team involvement
• Leadership ability   
• Good people skills required

Duties and responsibilities

• Engineered Solutions: Identify, analyse & develop value-adding solutions for current & prospective clients;
• Analysis and recommendations
• Data (analysis, comparison, sense checking, cleaning)
• Process (supporting business objectives, complete, relevant, error-proofed, measurable)
• Facilities (best practices, flow, flexibility, compliance)
• Costing Model – comprehensive understanding of the Solutions Costing Model
•  All costing inputs to be signed off or supported by quotes,
•  Effective use of programs like AutoCAD, MS Visio and Power BI, etc to ensured detailed and accurate designs related input into the costing model.
•  Good understanding of labour regulations (24hrs operations, shift allowance, shift patterns etc)
•  Develop relationships with key suppliers (racking, packaging, sprinklers, MHE etc)
•  Verify all productivities used in costings
•  Conduct research to ensure productivities used are in line with industry standards
• Tools: Application of the following tools and/or methodologies as appropriate and when required:
• Material flow mapping
• Warehouse and layout design
• Qualitative flow measurement
• Manning requirements calculations
• Material handling equipment selection
• Storage density calculations
• Productivity calculations
• Work sampling
• Value stream mapping
• Problem Solving
• Warehouse Management Systems – knowledge of key functions and features of systems used by DSV in support of solutions development and implementations. Detailed understanding of cost implications and correct allocation of related costs when completing costing models.
• Business cases/feasibility studies – develop as required depending on financial investment required and risk profile. Tools and aspects to consider include ROI calculations, quantified value, opportunity for product improvements and future growth/revenue potential
• New product development – develop as required new products, tools and solutions that will enhance the Solutions business and ensure future growth. This can include but is not limited to e-commerce, collaborative niche products in Healthcare & Beauty sectors and industry solutions in Automotive.
• Client Relationship management – To develop and maintain sound client relationships based on competence, respect and trust
• Sales Support – Assist with the technical and financial selling to the client with the development and documenting of proposals, response to tenders, RFQs and RFPs
• Operation Review – Evaluate operation against proposed solutions in terms of –
• Solution and Operations review (volumes, resource, MHE, process etc)
• Commercial (revenue, cost, etc)
• Staff Reports: Directly support: 
• selection and recruitment, 
• training and development, 
• performance
• management, 
• mentorship, motivation and leadership aligned to DSV culture of people values;

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Duties and responsibilities

• Support business in the scoping, designing, costing, implementing and maintaining small Warehouses across SSA.
• Evaluate and analyse data, processes and material flow related to existing operations in order to identify improvement opportunities.
• Implement initiatives and monitor quantitative benefits of changes.
• Develop business cases for financial investments where required, including ROI calculations, quantified value, productivity improvements, etc.
• Documenting, monitoring, and communicating project timelines, milestones and objectives.
• Follow disciplined change management process to ensure that implemented changes that are sustainable.
• Problem solving facilitation and training where required.
• Working closely with Project & Implementation, Solutions & Pricing & Applications Engineering teams to ensure standardization of best practices in DSV.
• Training on Lean, Six Sigma & Change Management.
• Implement automation and mechanization initiatives.
• Support major changes (tactical) within the warehouse with regards to processes, MHE, WMS, automation and mechanization.
• Warehouse/X-Dock Design and Costing;
• Solution Requirements gathering;
• Layout and Flow design and implementation;
• Good people skills required;
• WMS / ERP Systems skill and experience: > 1 year;
• Stakeholder Engagement: > 1 years;
• Highly adaptable to change
• Sound knowledge of engineering economics and fundamental accounting principles
• LEAN and/or Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt
• Data Cleaning & Analytics
• Experience in the logistics industry advantageous
• Lean / CIP methodology.
• Introduction to Change Management

Job related requirements

• Industrial Engineering Experience: > 1 ½ years;
• Assist in project management, contributing to project setup and managing processes from initiation to completion.: >1 Years
• Advanced Excel: > 1 years’ experience.
• Analytical & Detail oriented.
• High work rate and quality of work
• Ability to learn new software applications.
• Ability to train staff on new processes and software from White collar to Blue collar

Added advantages 

• Must have advanced Office 365 skills – essential.
• Must be able to work under pressure.
• Must be very organized, deadline driven with the ability to apply attention to detail.
• Must be adaptable to change.
• Must be culturally sensitive and able to work on various levels with different cultures and languages.
• Must demonstrate leadership qualities.

Tertiary Qualifications

• Degree in Industrial Engineering (Preferably a 4yr BEng/BSc)