Consumers everywhere are increasingly conscious of the quality of the food they eat. Puratos develops, produces, and distributes a unique range of ingredients for bakers, pastry-chefs and chocolatiers who demand the very highest quality.
Founded in Belgium in 1919, Puratos is growing rapidly with over 9000 employees in 75 countries, with a consolidated turnover of over 2 billion in 2019. Our passion for innovation, pioneering spirit and core value our communities, is what makes working at Puratos so magical.
Position Overview
Based at Bloemfontein Branch, to further strengthen our local Operations team, we are currently seeking a:
OPERATIONS MANAGER (Bloemfontein Branch, South Africa)
II. MISSION
- To provide customer service through efficient delivery of products to customers.
- Manage delivery of products to customers
- Assess daily transport requirements based on Truck Routing done on the previous day by Route Planners
- Oversee and assist in loading of products onto trucks
- Supervise Pullers in cleaning of cages after loading of trucks is completed
- Ensure transport availability
- Hold Meetings with Transport Supervisor to schedule vehicles for service
- Attend to logistic enquires and vehicle breakdowns
- Attend to queries from Telesales, Sales Reps, Drivers and Customers regarding deliveries
- Respond to Bidtrack Vehicle Tracking enquiries regarding delivery trucks
- Attend to all Vehicle Breakdowns reported
- Manage staff and admin related matters
- Compile Timesheets for all staff in Warehouse and Distribution department
- Process all staff leave application forms submitted by Warehouse & Distribution staff and forward to Payroll Office
- Attend to all staff queries from Warehouse & Distribution staff
- Recruit casual staff
- Arrange transport for all delivery drivers arriving after 7PM
- Complete night-out Allowance forms for country drivers
- Supervise duties of staff reporting directly to Distribution manager
- Attend and Conduct Key Operations Meetings
- Attend Sales meeting every 2nd week
- Hold departmental meetings with Drivers and Truck Assistants every weeks on Monday mornings
- Hold departmental meetings with Pullers every week
- Manage Food Safety
- Implementation and control of the food safety system
- Coordinate the work of warehouse staff in relation to food safety tasks.
- Ensure that all records in relation to food safety are maintained
- Carry out Food Safety training sessions
- Act as food safety representative during audits.
- Follow up on all Audit Non-Conformance
- Manage Health and Safety
- Ensure that the requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act are complied with
- Ensure all health and safety precautionary measures are implemented
- Carry out Health and Safety training for staff
- Perform other duties as per operational requirements.
- Matric (Grade 12) and knowledge of Freight Transport Systems; National Diploma in Logistics is preferred.
- 3-5 years in a logistics environment.
- Computer literacy: MS Office suite (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word), SharePoint and WMS.
- Communicate with staff at all levels; communicate with persons outside the organisation; negotiate with customers; establish and maintain interpersonal relationships.
- Written comprehension the ability to read and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Good communication skills - English is a prerequisite.
- Ability to read and write in English and any other language(s)
- Good personality, hardworking, teamwork, service orientated, creative, innovative, trustworthy, open to learn from feedback.
Puratos provides a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment that encourages our people to take initiatives and bring ideas that will contribute to the success of the company. Of course, Puratos offers a competitive package (salary, and market related benefits) but additionally, offers you a position that you can further develop and shape.
Interested internal employees who meet the requirements may apply @
SuccessFactors & for external employees, please visit our website for your application:
www.chipkinspuratos.co.za
Closing Date: 23 May 2023
