takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented DC Champion to join Supply Chain our team in Cape Town DC. 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.
Reporting to the Inventory Ops Manager. Your responsibilities will include: Ensure that the department is well organised and controlled to sufficiently support the goals of the businessImplement improvement processes and maintain procedures and systems to minimise costs and maximise working capitalEnsuring all work areas are clean and tidy and safe for staff to work inEvaluate daily operational reports to ensure key critical areas of the department are controlled and any discrepancies addressed and resolved.Manage control measures to ensure mistakes, inaccuracies and discrepancies are highlighted, addressed and resolved.Ensure that all processes are completed on the same day.
Daily planning with line ManagersOversee the DC Assistants and motivate attention to detail, for constant accuracy and turn-around times.Assist with managing outputs within the department.
Maintaining quality and quantity of work.Ensure productive targets are metAssist to maintain FIFO of tasks within the department.Ensure escalated daily operational queries from team are resolved timeously Attributes required: Have a detailed understanding of warehouse management systemsProblem solving skills requiredPossess excellent verbal and written communication skills for a demanding and customer focused working environment.Possess excellent personal organisation and business administration skills in accordance with modern best practice methods.Possess the ability to work productively, efficiently & effectively with initiative and drive under tight timescales and pressure whilst maintaining attention to detail and quality.Possess the willingness to learn, improve and adapt.Good team player, hard worker, willing to be flexible with a positive attitude Must be able to work as part of a multi-cultural teamMust be able to train staff Qualifications: Matric or equal qualificationTertiary qualification advantageousHave proven relevant experience in Picking, Packing, Receiving, Supplier Collects and Inventory (in applicable departments within the DC)4-5 years warehouse experience2 years supervisory experience/exposure would be advantageous 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, it's all in the execution after all.We love what we do and what we are creating. We seek to Employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who:
is respectful but forthrightis an expert at doing, who can not only design but also executeis analytical, able to use data to make decisionsis competitive, self-directed 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 e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experienceis entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and fasteris business SMART.
Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input;is curious and challenge the status quois innovative and enjoys iterationis collaborativewill be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.comthinks like an owner of the businessis SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARD WORKING