DC Champion

takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented DC Champion to join our team at the Johannesburg Warehouse.

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 Department Manager - Outbound

Your responsibilities will include:

• Ensure that the department is well organised and controlled to sufficiently support the goals of the business
• Implement improvement processes and maintain procedures and systems to minimise costs and maximise working capital
• Ensuring all work areas are clean and tidy and safe for staff to work in (Housekeeping)
• Evaluate 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 Managers
• Oversee 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.
• Assist to maintain FIFO of tasks within the department.
• Ensure escalated daily operational queries from team are resolved timeously
• Conduct daily group meetings and escalate any issues arising from it.
• Shift work when required.
• Understand all the aspects and processes related to Inbound.

Attributes required:

• Have a detailed understanding of warehouse management systems
• Problem solving skills required
• Possess 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 team
• Must be able to train staff

Qualifications:

• Matric/ Grade 12 or equal qualification
• Tertiary qualification advantageous
• Have proven relevant experience in Picking, Packing, Receiving, Supplier Collects and Inventory (in applicable departments within the DC)
• 4-5 years warehouse experience
• 2 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 forthright
• is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute
• is analytical, able to use data to make decisions
• is 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 experience
• is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster
• is business SMART. Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input;
• is curious and challenge the status quo
• is innovative and enjoys iteration
• is collaborative
• will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com
• thinks like an owner of the business
• is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARD WORKING

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!

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Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.