Despatch Manager

**Reference: NB 7544**

**Consultant: Nine Broodryk**

**Descriptions**:

- Manage daily functioning of Dispatch Department by ensuring the correct operation of systems.
- Implement and maintain system and procedures to ensure the efficient and effective management of this function
- Negotiate SLA’s including the services of two transport service providers. SLA’s to be reviewed bi-annually.
- Physical control of goods/products stored in the Finished Goods Warehouses at Somerset West and N4.
- Ensuring that only goods/products Invoiced to the customers are packed and dispatched.
- Ensuring courier/delivery fees are invoiced before any goods are dispatched
- Monitor product quantities in Finished Goods Warehouses in conjunction with Sales & Planning departments.
- Transferring of available stock to N4 where required to ensure customer orders are satisfied and arrange transport accordingly.
- Overseeing loading and off-loading of transporters and courier vehicles and ensuring that BlueNova Health and Safety regulations are complied with.
- Responsible to calculate and control load weight with transporter to ensure that load will pass any weigh bridge test and no penalties paid.
- Control and manage periodic stock counts at Finished Goods Warehouses.
- Ensure company stock count procedures are followed.
- Daily warehouse stock availability reports
- Orders Received against Open Sales Orders and distributed to Sales Executive.
- Open Sales Order report reviewed (provided by Sales Department), confirming orders for which stock has not been allocated and generate Job Cards for New Sales Orders.
- Receipt of Finished Good stock transfer order from Production into Finished Goods Warehouse and transfer orders to be processed on ZOHO Books.
- Tracking and updating of battery serial numbers on ZOHO Books.
- Daily, weekly, and monthly reports checked and signed off
- Reporting weekly on transfer volume to N4 and dispatch volumes to customers from SW & N4

**Qualifications**:

- Relevant tertiary qualification in logistics, supply chain
- + 5 years’ experience in relevant position
- Solid understanding of logistics and inventory management
- Computer literate
- Excel Advance
- ERP systems management

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time