DC Industrial Engineer

South Africas leading online retailer is looking for a highly talentedDC Industrial Engineer to join our team inJohannesburg.

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 wont be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

This position reports to the DC Industrial Engineering Manager.

Your responsibilities will include:

Procurement of equipment to support operational needs
Management and control of all project costs
Change management
Supplier contract and quotations negotiations
Evaluate core processes within the DC operation and integrate them in a unique and creativeway to solve business problems.
Design and conduct time and motion studies to develop standard work routines; bestpractises and realistic/measurable productivity expectations.
Collaborate and communicate the above mentioned with the Head of Departments (HODs)and Development team.
Performing routine audits of systems and operational processes.
Advise on improvements of Key Performance Indicators that impacts operations andprocesses with different stakeholders.
Conduct RCA to identify uncommon and everyday issues within DC operations.
Perform data analysis to identify opportunities and risks in storage optimisation; materialhandling and process conformance.
Capture; design and make recommendations to process flow through risk security andproductivity gap analysis.
Develop and maintain work standards and characteristics that promote efficient staff andfacility utilization.
Design implement and maintain 5s initiatives across all departments.
Develop inhouse forecasting models for packaging consumables assets and labour basedon volumes and budget.
Support continuous improvement projects and initiatives by actively adhering to leanprinciples design of experiments (ex: Six Sigma; Simulation design etc.)
Assist in identifying facility design requirements based on activity levels flow and businessrequirements.
Design and modify facility and process drawings using AutoCAD
Development and construction of tools to aid operations in their day to day activities.

Attributes required:

Attention to detail.
Understanding of Distribution Centre purpose function and operation at detail level
Responds quickly to changing situations and works well under pressure
Excellent communication skills both written and spoken.
Previous experience in mini project management.
Comfortable with change and excellent team player.
Comfortable with learning and adapting to new systems.
Critical and Systems thinking.
Passionate about change and improvement.

Qualifications:

BEng Industrial Engineering Logistics or similar degree.
3-5 years relevant experience within DC operations
Proven track record of delivering successful projects to meet business/ task objectives
High level of proficiency with MS Office packages
Experience with AutoCAD Solid Works etc.

The Environment:

• employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic smart customer- centric fun and have the shared ambition of 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.
• We seek to employ an Extra Ordinary Mind whois Smart has Integrityand is Hardworking.

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!

Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities to apply.