Warehouse Manager 1 - Johannesburg, South Africa - ALSTOM

ALSTOM

Verified Company

Johannesburg, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Req ID:442298

We create smart innovations to meet the mobility challenges of today and tomorrow.

We design and manufacture a complete range of transportation systems, from high-speed trains to electric buses and driverless trains, as well as infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility solutions.

Joining us means joining a truly global community of more than
75 000 people dedicated to solving real-world mobility challenges and achieving international projects with sustainable local impact.

Department:
Supply Chain

Vacancy:
Supply Chain Engineering Manager

Key responsibilities include the following:

Communicate daily with suppliers sharing procurement plan & challenging suppliers' stock items Implement, manage standard packaging solutions (purchase, design, prototype, validation) and monitor the budget followup.
Save money & cash (calculate ROI Return On Investment, design standard packaging, reduce transport costs,and make business case to justify any investment (returnable packaging).
Contribute with Regional Logistic Engineering to identify potential improvements in the whole value chain and capture the added value.
Reduce work labor time in the warehouse (picking, kitting hours) & in production.
Improve ergonomics at workstation (internal kitting trolley) and reduce waste packaging (zero unpacking).
Manage the Project Supply Chain specifications and negotiate with the suppliers at site and project level.
Design internal logistic processes and ensure that the parameters in the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) are correct (stock strategy, Activity Based Costing ABC classification).
Put in place actions to align physical flow and system flow and to improve the stock accuracy in compliance with the standard process.

Operational activities:

Design packaging solutions (define flow, calculate batch size, optimize packaging costs, calculate ROI and logistic loop, realize business case returnable vs lost packaging).
Manage packaging at all levels from business award to maintenance including purchase order and budget monitoring.
Define warehouse layouts, its internal/external flows and storage policy (define Cclass storage management, create & implement mirror area, put in place visual management, Kanban flow, First In First Out, First Expired First Out, lean management).
Participate to ABC classification and contribute to C-Class* activity according to the standard rules in place.
Participate with Project Supply Chain Leader (PrSCL) to the different Procurement Gates Review by negotiating terms of Project Supply Chain Specification
Reduce logistic costs and make business case (optimize packaging & transport costs, analyze milkrun, calculate ROI realize business case returnable vs lost packaging).
Optimize the line feeding (design standard kitting trolley, warehouse & production line footprint and sequencing).
Work closely with industrialization or Process & Manufacturing Engineering (PME), material planning, warehouse, sourcing, manufacturing teams.

Management:

Manage logistics engineers and technicians: provide a longterm vision to the team, set yearly objectives and targets, support and coach in achieving these targets and objectives, perform performance appraisals, reward and recognize merits, set and follow up team members development plans and induction program for newcomers.
Manage logistics engineers & aligned team members activities to the workload. To warn the Regional Logistics Engineering if the workload is temporary too high.
Ensure site logistics engineers and technicians follow Logistic processes.

Main Competence Area:

Physical flows (warehouse management and line feeding flows)
Production order flows and stock consumption
Optimal use and deployment of resources
Industrial relations
Warehouse & Inventory Management Systems & implementation
Packging Design and Optimization
Warehouse Design
ERP Knowledge

Requirements:

National Diploma in Industrial Engineering or equivalent
Similar experience of 58 years in an industrial/manufacturing environment
Experience of min 5 years in Team management
Advanced knowledge of SAP
Proven project management experience
Analytical
Sound knowledge of Industrial and Supply chain processes
Proven industrial (labour) relations experience
Excellent and concise communication and leadership skills
Active team player, deadline driven, process driven
Customer centricity
Strategic and methodical vision
Good communication, negotiation, leadership, and initiative skills
Strategic and methodical vision
Problem solving skills
An agile, inclusive, and responsible attitude
Priority & risk management

Closing Date 26 February 2024

An agile, inclusive and responsible culture is the foundation of our company where diverse people are offered excellent opportunities to grow, learn and advance in their careers.

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