Kza strategic Operations Specialists

Division
- Purchasing
- Company
- Krones Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Location
- Randburg, South Afrika
- Join as
- Professionals
- Worktime
- Full-time

Krones Southern African is located in Lanseria Johannesburg and is a subsidiary of Krones AG in Neutrabling Germany, a major German company internationally recognized as the world leader in the design and manufacturing of high-speed equipment for the packaging and bottling industry.

We provide extensive after-sales and service support for the Southern African region and our goal is to ensure that our customers attain maximum productivity, based on the excellence of our products, support operations and customer service. Krones Southern Africa also provides local engineering services for the beer and beverage industry within the Sub
- Saharan African region.

**Your tasks**:

- Strategic operational processes and SAP system controller by identifying needed systems and process improvements, streamlining, developing, planning and implementing processes/procedures within the whole Supply Chain Management team including the external linking department/s.
- Management of all compliance rules and regulations in all aspects of the supply chain including external linking departments. Assist with processes relevant to various country legislation where Krones has customers and trades by further escalating findings to the HOD and/or the local Compliance Officer.
- Liaise with all relevant internal colleagues, departments and subsidiaries regarding Strategic Purchasing, Material Management and Operations initiatives, functions and support requirements.
- Identifying and constantly analyzing the processes and procedures streamlining for effectiveness, focusing on cost savings and improving efficiencies, both internally and externally and documenting all requirements within the processes and procedures.
- Assist with stock take reconciliation and SAP adjustments when required and authorized to do so.
- Monitor open sales orders, shutdowns, Analysis of Customer/Distributor SLA’s and stocking requirements/forecasting including KIC products - requirements and improvements ensuring efficiencies and sufficiency.
- Assist, support and implement SRM/SUS (Supplier relationship management/Supplier self-service) initiatives driven and communicated in conjunction with KAG including SAP system testing and the needed requirements for KSA.
- Create daily requisitions & monitor daily requisition processing as well as demand changes notifying the relevant departments ensuring dead-stock value is limited at all times
- Maximize warehouse layout and control of new item binning
- Facilitate the SCM Meeting - attend to any operations, processes, procedures and/or systems identified minimizing risk or problem areas requiring strategic attention. Train/upskill operational colleagues where necessary on systems and processes. Reporting all activities and/or requirements.

**Your profile**:

- Logistics/ Material Management Qualification or related
- Proven track record in stock analysis and management
- 5 + years problem solving
- Collaborative team player
- Ability to work in matrix organisation
- Identifies and introduces possible options previously not considered and implications that may have wider and longer-term impact.
- Challenges decisions, appropriately to ensure consideration and processes are robust and anticipates and highlights issues that need to be taken into account
- Ensures that options are weighed, outcomes identified, and chances of success considered To facilitate readibility, we have decided against the simultaneous inclusion of gender-specific linguistic forms. Our invitation to tender is directed at all interested parties.