Depot Manager

6 months ago


Durban, South Africa RCL FOODS Careers Full time

**RCL Foods** is recruiting for a driven, highly energized, distribution and people orientated **Depot Manager** within the baking business unit.

This role will be based in **Kokstad** and reporting to the Regional Operations & Procurement Manager.

**Duties & Responsibilities**:
**Operational Duties**
- Managing the day to day operations of the depot
- Ensure compliance to Standard Operating Procedures in terms of dispatch, cash office, logistics and sales
- Ensure depot adheres to food and health and safety requirements
- Ensure adherence to storage and transportation legislation

**Logistics**
- Plan delivery routes to ensure optimal efficiency
- Liaise with Fleet Manager to ensure company fleet is in good working condition at all times
- Ensure company fleet is clean at all times
- Ensure good record keeping for company fleet

**Sales**
- Work with sales team to set targets and encourage sales growth in the region
- Ensure excellent customer service and swift resolution of customer complaints and problems
- Visit key customers and prospective new customers to increase sales volumes
- Work with sales team to minimize returns
- Work with sales team to prevent crate losses and ensure full crate recovery

**Administration**
- Investigate driver shortages on cash up
- Administer disciplinary action on driver cash shortages where neccessary
- Assist to prepare annual budget
- Monitor actual verses budgeted spend and take action when out of line
- Present monthly report of Depot KPI’s and explain variances
- Implement action plans to improve performance indicators.
- General office administration which includes filing and employee administration

**People Management**
- Set daily objectives for staff, ensuring full productivity and value add to the business
- Manage staff performance weekly and give regular feedback, taking disciplinary action when necessary and giving recognition where it’s due.
- Conduct formal performance reviews twice yearly
- Hold weekly meetings with staff
- Leave planning, ensuring no leave is lost

**Ensure rosters in place for team**
- Participate in recruitment of new employees
- **General**
Attend monthly meetings with Durban management team

**Minimum Requirements**:
**Education**
- Grade 12
- Tertiary qualification in Logistics or Supply Chain Management is advantageous

**Skills**
- Ability to read, write, understand and communicate in English.

**Good numeracy**
- Minimum 5 years supervisory/management experience in distribution
- FMCG experience
- Experience working with JDE advantageous


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