Loading Supervisor

JOB Description
Loading Supervisor

Reports to: Approved by: Version:
Logistics Manager Logistics Manager

Date:
Job Purpose:
The purpose of Loading Supervisor is to coordinate loading activities, manage warehouse operators, and ensure load stabilization. Their role is crucial in maintaining accuracy, quality, and safety during the loading process, resulting in efficient and secure transportation of goods.

**Responsibilities**:

- Supervising and managing the loading and counting activities performed by warehouse operators, providing guidance, and ensuring adherence to established procedures and safety protocols.
- Ensuring that the loaded items are properly secured and stabilized within the trucks or containers to prevent shifting or damage during transportation, using appropriate loading techniques and equipment, as necessary.
- Conducting thorough checks and inspections of the loaded items to verify their accuracy and integrity, ensuring that they meet the required quality standards and comply with customer specifications.
- Ensure vehicle temperatures are set within specification.
- Maintaining accurate records of the loaded items, including quantities, condition, and any relevant documentation, for inventory control, tracking, and verification purposes.
- Conduct equipment spot checks and staff PPE checks
- Ensure sufficient loading consumables are available: pallet wrap, cello-tape, seals
- Coordinating with other teams, such as logistics and inventory control, distribution, to resolve any issues or discrepancies identified during the loading process, ensuring smooth operations and timely order fulfilment.
- Training and development: Providing training and coaching to warehouse operators to enhance their loading and counting skills, promoting consistent and accurate execution of tasks, and fostering continuous improvement.
- Problem-solving: Identifying and resolving loading-related issues promptly, such as equipment malfunctions, inventory discrepancies, or loading constraints, to minimize disruptions and maintain efficient loading operations.
- Ensuring effective pre-use inspection of loading equipment, and ongoing care of such by loading staff
- Ensuring compliance with safety regulations and guidelines during the loading process, implementing measures to prevent accidents, and promoting a safe working environment for the loading team.
- Monitoring the performance of the loading team, tracking key performance indicators such as loading efficiency, accuracy, and productivity, and implementing strategies to optimize performance and meet operational targets.
- Establishing and fostering a safe work environment by enforcing PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) usage and overall safety compliance.
- Operate within safety standards.
- Managing the team, including organizing daily, weekly, and monthly meetings, overseeing time and attendance, planning and managing leave, and addressing industrial relations and providing relevant coaching and training.
- Conduct team meetings.
- Monitor and contribute to the overall achievement of the team's goals.

Behaviours & Skills Qualification & Experience How am I measured?
- Load accuracy
- Team leadership, people management, attention to detail, **Grade 12 ** Loader productivity problem solving, safety **Computer Literacy ** Loading productivity consciousness, communication and **Must be able to read, write, speak, and ** Pre-load % collaboration, reporting,, customer understand Afrikaans & English **Truck TAT focus, integrity, resilience and ** Minimum 2 years warehousing and **Recons: IBT and retail effective self-management skills. logístical experience ** Invoice corrections
- In transit breakages and
- Embody the values (HO HOLA) damages

**Job Types**: Contract, Permanent
Contract length: 3 months

**Salary**: R28.21 - R40.71 per hour

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Greenstone Hill, Gauteng: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- loading supervisor: 3 years (required)

Application Deadline: 2023/08/04