Logistics, Distribution - Cape Town, South Africa - PepsiCo

PepsiCo

Verified Company

Cape Town, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

beBee Recruiter

Description

Overview:

We are PepsiCo
PepsiCo is proud to be one of the world's leading food and beverage companies.

Every day, we are dedicated to bringing our mission to create more smiles with every sip and every bite to life.

Our products are enjoyed more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world.

Our portfolio — including Lay's, Doritos, Gatorade, Pepsi and Quaker — consists of many iconic brands that generate more than US $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales, helping to deliver more than US $70 billion in net revenue in 2020.

Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive.

Through PepsiCo Positive, we are charting a new course to drive positive action for the planet and people.

PepsiCo Positive is an end-to-end strategic business transformation with sustainability at the centre of how we will create growth and value by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change.

In South Africa (SA), you will find our products across the region at breakfast, lunch or dinner. At the gym or on the field. In the office or on the go.

We refresh, restore and rejuvenate our consumers all day, every day with our key brands including Simba, Lay's, Liqui Fruit and Bokomo range of cereals.

PepsiCo SA employs more than 13, 000 people across our three business divisions:
Bakeries, Grains, Foods, Fruit, Snacks, Juice & Beverages.

Responsibilities:

What we're looking for
We are looking for a LD&T Supervisor to join our dynamic team. The role is physically located in Cape Town, Western Cape.

The purpose of the role is to provide guidance to the bakeries and their distribution depots to optimize the route to market, optimize and manage the routing & scheduling process nationally, partner with key stakeholders to ensure distribution related systems are maintained, track the daily route compliance and management KPI's and follow up non-conformances.

Facilitate the implementation and support of an industry standard for VSC/DRM across the entire bakeries supply chain.
Evaluating and optimizing the process in line with business requirements.
Provide guidance for policies and procedures for outbound distribution.
Monitoring and ensuring compliance of the highest standards and performance.
Mobilizing an effective group of distribution superusers at business unit level, mentor and train the users.
Ensures that distribution and supporting staff are engaged in the continuous improvement and performance of the route compliance and tracking to service all customers on time and cost effectively
Effectively monitor and track the route compliance across BU's.
Highlight and escalate the daily DRM management KPI's to the BU's.
Customer hit rate 95%
Planned routes (routes assigned) 95%
Unit uptime (tracking) 95%
On Time Departure at gate 80%
Sequence compliance 60% (not measured yet)
Drivers assigned 100%
Calls logged resolved within 72 hours
On Time arrival at customer 90%
Online debrief 95%
Effectively monitor and track the missed customers and provide daily feedback.
Evaluate the on time at customer, specifically for national customers.
Review the customer hit rate provided by DRM and escalate transgressions of the modern trade customers to management i.e. WW, SC, P&P, Spar etc.
Highlight and escalate any significant and unresolved variances of the KPI's.
Review the weekly variances and add commentary for DRM KPI's and ensure it is followed up by the BU's.
Prepare a monthly KPI report for the bakeries MBR meeting.
Responsible for tracking the route to market and the execution of the spatial plan:
Identification of unprofitable or underperforming routes.
Overlay of the spatial plan and identification white spaces that can be explored.
Evaluate the adjacent routes and service levels to establish if all customers are serviced and possible balancing customers on the route to improve service.
Evaluate the adherence to route planning and sequencing.
Analyze the routes for possible savings.
Validate the reasons provided for unplanned kilometres and where necessary confirm the feedback by analyzing the vehicle tracking.
Analyze and provide detail for the monthly logistics review meetings held with the bakeries.
Responsible for the DRM/VSC system.
Monitor the service levels between DRM/VSC on behalf of Sasko Bakeries
Ensure that service levels in terms of vehicle tracking are achieved.
Perform master data health checks i.e. geo fencing, delivery time slots, time at customer
Review the data provided by the BU's for accuracy and the compliance to standard.
Managing and authorising payments for the VSC managed service, route planning, vehicle tracking and integration services.
Routine tasks:
Provide backup coverage including after hours, or weekends as required.
Assist the BU's with the route