Distribution Manager

7 months ago

Germiston, South Africa PepsiCo Full time

Overview:
**We are PepsiCo**

PepsiCo is proud to be one of the world’s leading food and beverage companies. Every day, we are dedicated to bringing our mission to create more smiles with every sip and every bite to life. Our products are enjoyed more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. Our portfolio — including Lay’s, Doritos, Gatorade, Pepsi and Quaker — consists of many iconic brands that generate more than US $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales, helping to deliver more than US $70 billion in net revenue in 2020.

Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive. Through PepsiCo Positive, we are charting a new course to drive positive action for the planet and people. PepsiCo Positive is an end-to-end strategic business transformation with sustainability at the centre of how we will create growth and value by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change.

In South Africa (SA), you will find our products across the region at breakfast, lunch or dinner. At the gym or on the field. In the office or on the go. We refresh, restore and rejuvenate our consumers all day, every day with our key brands including Simba, Lay's, Liqui Fruit and Bokomo range of cereals. PepsiCo SA employs more than 13, 000 people across our three business divisions: Bakeries, Grains, Foods, Fruit, Snacks, Juice & Beverages.

**Responsibilities**:
**What we’re looking for**:

- Manage stock shortages (claims) by Drivers and discipline staff not complying with the Company policy and procedure.
- Verify that staff adhere to the HHC’s process as per the policy and procedures i.e. Zero settlement on a daily basis, electronic credit notes at point of purchase, etc.
- Approve and authorise route end cycle count on a periodic basis to maintain accurate stock control on HHC’s.
- Management of secondary distribution fleet maintenance and operational aspects in conjunction with Fleet Controllers.
- Report on all accidents and incidents occurring relating to fleet and submit documents timeously to the relevant department/s.
- Participate on the warehouse wall to wall cycle counts; assess and review processes especially affecting distribution/key accounts operations.
- Development and motivation of the Delivery Drivers and Crews with the purpose of achieving customer satisfaction and timeously adhering to delivery schedule.
- Handling of all Industrial Relations and disciplinary procedures.
- Other daily tasks associated with distribution management and customer service.
- Adhere to and promote EHS and Food Safety Requirements.

**SDCA**
- Define department using SIPOC Model
- Clearly defined PI’s and KPI’s and process maps to task levels for the department
- Effective SOP’s for all critical task’s
- Sound and effective SLA’s.
- Effective routines and Review’s
- MCRS
- Meeting schedule / All Departments - Meeting matrix
- Reminders - structure for visibility and adherence

**Cost**:

- Effective management of overtime costs within budget.
- Effective management of designated AOP category to ensure that business remains within budget.

**Service**:

- Ensure compliance to service levels agreed pertaining to order fill rate.
- Maintain service levels agreement with suppliers to optimise the supply chain.

**Quality**:

- Ensure correct stock freshness is adhered to for orders to specific customer groups and locations, as per the specifications per customer.
- Manage the retrieval of obsolete stock from within the CDC by assigning the appropriate resources to this activity.
- People:

- Responsible to deliver agreed targets (KPI’s) relating to receiving area performance.
- Managing direct reports performance and take corrective action (as and when required)

**Cost for the site**:

- Manage cost within the AOP.
- Ensure accurate forecasts submitted for P4F and P9F
- Manage Pallet costs within targets set
- Ensure no outstanding pallets to be written off
- Manage overtime by proper planning.
- Manage absenteeism
700
- Ensure 100% adherence to Health, Safety and AIB procedures and regulations.
- Ensure on time submission of Key Control quarterly feedback and sample results.
- Manage and track all non conforming quality issues for escalation and resolution

**People**:

- Implement Monthly Site town hall
- Daily Driver meetings (15min)
- Managing staff performance and take corrective action.
- Identify training needs for distribution staff.
- Ensure sound management policies and practices are in place and adhered to.
- Manage contract labour (where justified) and ensure source documentation is validated on hours worked/overtime etc.
- Plan and set shifts for Warehouse employees.
- Ensure disciplinary action is taken where recurring deviations to standards are found

**Safety**:

- Fleet Safety control tower feedback, actions and disciplinary

Qualifications:
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