Dispatch Manager, Johannesburg

• Main duty will be to ensure that the customer gets a high-quality product delivered on time every time
• Stock picking, loading, and dispatching of deliveries on time
• Communication and planning with the sales team
• Staff management and optimal productivity and efficiency
• Daily stock taking, stock rotation, and management of the electronic stock system
• Fleet management:
  • Daily vehicle inspections
  • Arrange services and repairs
  • Roadworthy and licenses
  • Delivery route and driver planning
  • Route tracking and costing
  • Diesel, tyres, oil, and sundries
  • Insurance claims management
• Comply with food safety, HACCP and OHS regulations
• All areas of responsibility must be neat and clean at all times
• Prepare for various monthly and annual audits
• Cost control management to comply with departmental budget
• Daily report back to senior manager and weekly/monthly formal reports

The ideal candidate should have a tertiary qualification and at least 5 years experience in a similar management position. The candidate must have worked in a FMCG production facility before, preferably an egg pack station.

Other requirements:

• Excellent computing and recordkeeping skills
• Excellent planning and communication skills
• Leadership skills with an ability to manage individuals as well as groups of people
• Good human relations
• Fair mechanical and maintenance skills
• Candidate must have a pro-active and attention to detail approach to his work
• Must be willing to work every second weekend and work extended hours from time to time
• The following qualities are critical in a candidate:
  • Responsibility
  • Accountability
  • Passion
  • Pride
  • Immediacy
  • Honesty