Pallet Controller

At **RCL FOODS** we see and do things differently. We think bigger, work smarter, and collectively work as a team to achieve our ambition; MORE food to MORE people, MORE often Our Talent Team is looking for someone who is brilliant at the basics to fill the role of **Pallet Controller** to join the **Baking Division** at the **Pretoria West Mill**, reporting directly to the **CSE Manager**.

This purpose of the role is to effectively oversee, manage and control the hub’s pallets thereby minimizing pallet holding days and costs.

**Duties & Responsibilities**:
**Site Reconciliation**:
Check the daily movement reconciliation site/depot reconciliations for the Hub for Pallet Management to ensure accountability, transparency, and accurate pallet control.

Collates and compiles a detailed KZN reconciliation for submission to the national office once a week.

Review daily pallet risk report for Thekweni and report on variances to be investigated and follow-up on outstanding items.

Ensure all suspended movements on portfolio have been addresses or treated correctly per site and report information to TEMS consultants (CHEP) at national office.

Ensure that all sites are completing the pallet documentation properly and are completing pallet documentation for each and every delivery leaving the premises.

Ensure monthly pallet recoveries from PBCS operations and McCain are processed, recovered and verified.

**Exchange Management System (EMS)**:
Analyse the daily EMS movement report from CHEP / Portfolio and SAP.

Oversee the EMS reconciliation (CHEP / Portfolio and SAP) to ensure accuracy of pallets to be collected from various customers.

Follow up telephonically with EMS customers and ensures drivers uplift / recover pallets for return to depot or CHEP.

Compile EMS ageing report with comments and send to heads of depots daily.

Investigate movements on the ageing report and provide feedback on corrective action taken.

**GRV Document and Process Control**:
Verify and sign off pallet slips from GRV’s daily.

Confirm correct quantity, document references (eg POD) and GLID numbers.

Report on pallet variances on GRV’s and follow-up on pallets not GRV’d on SAP.

**EDI Control**:
Verify pallet slips against the EDI file.

Report on pallet variances against SAP and Portfolio on the EDI file.

Follow-up / investigate on reported variances and advise the TEMS consultant (CHEP) on corrections to be made.

**Physical Stock Control**:
Confirm the pallet reconciliations of the physical daily pallet counts per warehouse versus the master control card on the CHEP Portfolio system and against SAP.

Update monthly the CHEP Portfolio inventory audit with the actual physical pallet stock count and exchange customer count.

Present management with a consolidated pallet movement reconciliation, highlighting movement variances between physical CHEP / Portfolio balance and SAP balance per site/depot.

Assists an external CHEP audit identifying any losses bi-annually.

**CHEP Account Management**:
Manage the resolution of all queries on the CHEP account daily (according to effective date or quantity).

Check and confirm CHEP invoices on a weekly basis to ensure accurate billing and that no duplications have occurred.

Check that Replaceable Plastic Containers (RPC) crates are not billed by CHEP.

Verify the monthly CHEP audit reports received from CHEP KAM or retrieved off Portfolio.

**General Administration**:
Raise billing documents for VCS storage and handling.

Raise ad hoc sundry PO’s.

**Minimum Requirements**:
Must have a Diploma or at least one year certificate in Warehouse/Logistics Management would be advantageous.

Computer literacy (MS Office, SAP, Portfolio).

3 years relevant CHEP management experience in a FMCG distribution and storage environment.

**Knowledge**:
Working knowledge of SAP.

Working knowledge of CHEP Portfolio.

CHEP pallet management.

Stock control.