The purpose of a Warehouse Assistant is to receive, check, put away, count, pick and dispatch boxed goods of Aluminum Hardware for speedy delivery to customers.
Responsibilities Relating To Warehousing
- Accurate picking, packing and dispatching
- Preparation of transport documentation
- All electronic and other warehouse equipment to be maintained, cleaned and kept in working order
- Receiving stock and accurate checking of stock from Suppliers
- Ensure orders are dispatched efficiently
- Assisting counter customers with accuracy and speed
- Housekeeping - Monitor of Warehouse shelves to ensure neat and tidiness at all times
- Stock from Suppliers and Pretoria branch to be checked and shelved with accuracy and speed
- Clean bay regularly
- Ensure that shelves are neat and clean
- All stock to have labels
- Monthly Stock take done with accuracy (No assumptions tolerated - Boxes to be opened to ensure accuracy when counting)
- Stock take Target - 2% Line variance and 0.015% Value variance
- Monthly stock take preparations carried out as per head office regulations
- Daily cycle counts done with accuracy and target for the week to be met
- *** Target - 7 lines each day = 35 lines per week per warehouse team member
- Ensure Supplier and Interbranch documentation is sent to Office Manager for filing
- Compliance to and enforcing all policies and procedures within area of responsibility
- Accurate counting of stock at all times
- Shelving of Stock in logical, neat and tidy manner according to set layout of the Warehouse as discussed with the Manager
- Work with Manager in the identification and management of slow moving stock.
- Ensure FIFO method applied on all stock.
- Adherence to health and safety procedures at all times (Shelving of stock, Wearing of Personal Protective Equipment)
- Assisting with ad-hoc duties as per request from Management
- Ensure sound communications with all internal and external customers (Staff & Clients)
- Responsible for raising any circumstances/issues that will influence the management of the warehouse.
- Sense of urgency
- Attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills verbal and written
- Able to follow instructions
- Honest and reliable
- Problem-solving
- Be able to recognize and report mistakes
- Deadline orientated
- Thorough and meticulous
- Energetic and willing
- Team player
- Matric or equivalent
- Robust Product knowledge an advantage
- Problem-solving
- Experience with stock within a warehouse
- Experience with stock takes
- Be able to recognize mistakes
- Be able to follow instructions
- Pick and pack stock correctly
- Physically capable of moving around and lifting at least 25Kgs
- Be able to operate a forklift and have a forklift drivers license - advantage
- Computer literacy basic level
- Be able to train new warehouse assistants
- Comprehend customer expectations and the costs and effects of failure to deliver on promises.
- Cooperate and communicate with other team members
- Dexterity
- Equipment Usage
- Fitness
- Flexibility and Mobility
- Organization
- Self-motivation
- Speed and Precision
- Be able to work within a team.
- 15 days leave during December shut down
- Monday to Thursday 08h00 16h30 ; Fridays 08.00 to 15h30
- Health 4 me day to day medical individual benefit funded by company
- Old Mutual Pension Fund 3% company contribution
- Old Mutual death benefit funded by company
