takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Junior Shift Manager to join our Supply Chain team in Johannesburg Warehouse.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

This position reports to the Outbound Shift Manager.

Your responsibilities will include:

Outbound KPI’s – Customer orders to be shipped by 5pm daily
Picking and Packing Producitiviy – 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

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

Qualifications:

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

In addition to the Environment below, please past whatever else you think would be useful for an interviewer to know in order to sell the job to the candidate.

The Environment:

takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.
We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.
We are short on ego and high on output.
We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all.
We love what we do and what we are creating.

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  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
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