takealot a leading South African online retailer is looking for a highly talentedOutbound Managerto join our team in Johannesburg..
We are a young dynamic hyper growth company looking for smart creative hardworking 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 wont be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.
The purpose of this role is to provide comprehensive administrative support to our Springbok branch. This role is responsible for handling all essential administrative tasks ensuring smooth and efficient branch operations. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting daily activities maintaining accurate records coordinating office functions and assisting the team to meet objectives.
The position reports to: GM Operations.
Your responsibilities may include:
- Overall management and coordination of all warehousing function in the Outbound area.
- Outbound operations will include Inventory management picking packing stagingand handover/dispatching of stock.
- Ensuring returned damaged stock is processed and ready for collection on time andin full
- Introduce and maintain daily productivity metrics to ensure that staff structures arerunning efficiently
- Collaborate with other departments to coordinate outbound activities and ensuretimely delivery of goods to customers.
- Process and operational improvements within the return to supplier function
- Strategic reviews of departmental KPIs and SLAs
- Daily weekly & monthly commercial reporting management
- Liaise with and work with other departments.
- Optimizing all workflow activities within the different stakeholders and departments.
- Collaborate with line managers to identify staff training and development needs forimproved performance.
- Demonstrate train and enforce Operational Best Practices
- Assist in the coaching of staff towards meeting and exceeding performanceexpectations for quantity quality timeliness and efficiency
- Identify areas that need the most improvement and report to GM Operations forquality and performance enhancement.
- Manage performance with all staff within the department
- Train and support the understanding of operational KPIs
- Work on ad hoc projects and events.
- Preparation of management reports
- Collaborate with project and operations managers
Qualifications and attributes:
- Tertiary qualification / Diploma preferred in Logistics/Operations Management/Supply Chain Management / Engineering or Business/Commerce Preferred
- 3 5 years field experience in operations
- Experience in the management of stock
- Strong People management
- Full understanding of a WMS application troubleshooting and reporting dashboards
- Minimum 3 years experience in management role in operations
The Environment:
- takealot employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic smart customercentric fun and have the shared ambition of takealot being the leading ecommerce 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 after all.
- We love what we do and what we are creating.
We seek to Employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who:
- is forthright but respectful
- is an expert at doing who can not only design but also execute
- is analytical able to use data to make decisions
- is competitive selfdirected 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 ecommerce and delivering a worldclass 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.
- thinks like an owner of the business.
- is SMART has INTEGRITY and is HARDWORKING
If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!
Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities to apply.