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DC Manager
Job Location:
Job Location:
Roodepoort - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
25 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
22 October 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Our client in Manufacturing is seeking to employ a DC Manager to join their team based in Roodepoort Johannesburg.
Exciting Opportunity:
Join a dynamic and forward-thinking team where your skills will make an immediate impact and your career can thrive.
Exciting Opportunity:
Join a dynamic and forward-thinking team where your skills will make an immediate impact and your career can thrive.
Requirements:
Safety and Security:
- Grade 12 / Matric.
- Bachelors degree or equivalent operations qualification.
- Recognised qualification in Production Supervision and Management Logistics or Operations Management.
- Minimum of 5 years experience in the Manufacturing or Logistics environment.
- 3-5 year supervisory/managerial experience with relevant Experience in managing a distribution centre.
- Through knowledge and understanding of the companys products policies and procedures.
Safety and Security:
- Assume 16.2 accountability for the Johannesburg DC.
- Provide and maintain a workplace which is safe and without risk to health.
- Oversee and review safety statistics providing improvement recommendations around equipment processes and site layout to maintain safety standards.
- Use best practices within the company to provide recommendations for improvement in safety team development and equipment.
- Provide appropriate supervision instruction training and information to employees so that they perform their tasks in a manner that ensures the health and safety of all personnel.
- Liaise with EHS Department on matters of safety and ensure the effective promotion of safety awareness.
- Plan weekly production and distribution requirements ensuring most efficient utilization of plant and resources.
- Ensure SLAs are adhered to and improved on where necessary.
- Ensure that all site providers/suppliers are regularly reviewed and enforce strict adherence to SLAs.
- Achieve production standards i.e. OEE. (Casesar Targets).
- Use of ELS tools to continuously investigate and implement means to improve production capacity and capability.
- Address non-conformances assuring necessary corrective action is taken.
- Resolve production problems to minimize cycle times.
- OTIF (Zero service misses).
- Manage equipment availability downtime and planned maintenance for the site.
- Ensure products are slit and packed and distributed according to work instructions and procedures.
- Propose improvement recommendations at quality improvement meetings; improve production process to reduce non-conformances.
- Ensure ISO 9001 compliance.
- Investigate all non-conformances by using leadership diagnostic tools (ELS).
- Communicate quality related issues with the workforce.
- Investigate alternate means of recycling/reworking non-conforming products at minimum cost while maintaining quality standards.
- Responsible for overall management of production in the Distribution Centre.
- Produce a quality product.
- Reduce scrap.
- Lead and motivate operations team by establishing expectations providing regular feedback and establishing development plans for direct reports.
- Provide daily weekly monthly production data and SHEQ reports.
- Ensure that the highest quality products are received and produced to customers specification.
- Maintain good industrial relations within DC.
- Maintain systems to monitor and control inventories taking corrective action in terms of system parameters subordinate practice and logistics decisions.
- Accurate management of inventory through cycle counts monthly cycle count audits Stock Counts and Investigating stock variances i.e. losses and gains.
- Manage accurate and prompt distribution to customers and inter branches.
- Manage the accuracy and proper recording of administration in dispatch.
- Manage the maintenance of the delivery vehicles.
- Manage reducing cost of the dispatch department.
- Ensure that the operations team is adequately resourced trained and developed in order to meet departmental objectives and in line with GPS plans.
- Monitor performance of supervisors aligned to the organisations leadership take corrective action where necessary.
- Development and career planning.
- Monitor and improve communication amongst plant personnel.
- Support the employee engagement program to improve employee relations.
- Develop and monitor engineering PMS on machines equipment and building.
- Carry out equipment audits and reporting variances or defects.
- Ensure the overall look and image of the DC is maintained in with company standards.
- Ensure sufficient house-keeping in the DC.
- Responsible for the implementation of 5S process.
Required Experience:
Manager
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