{"id":16591,"date":"2014-02-03T12:00:22","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T10:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joblistsouthafrica.com\/?p=16591"},"modified":"2014-02-03T09:16:44","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T07:16:44","slug":"distribution-manager-job-opportunity-ackermans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joblistsouthafrica.com\/distribution-manager-job-opportunity-ackermans.html","title":{"rendered":"Distribution Manager Job Opportunity at Ackermans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Job Purpose <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The main purpose of this position is to provide operational management and leadership to all Ackermans Group DC activities to ensure efficiency and excellence in service delivery in support of the sales strategy of Ackermans.<\/p>\n<p>The Distribution Manager will be expected to ensure the delivery of the agreed service levels by all distribution centres. He\/she will establish standard operating procedures for all DC\u2019s, deliver the required results and liaise with internal customers, suppliers, management and the stores on DC matters. He\/she will report back on daily, weekly and monthly production within the DC\u2019s.<br \/>\n<strong>Qualifications Essential:<\/strong><br \/>\n-Tertiary qualification in either Engineering, Supply Chain management, Logistics management or Business commerce<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preferred:<\/strong><br \/>\n-Post graduate qualification in any of the streams listed above<br \/>\n-Project management<br \/>\n-Advance diploma in Retail Management Principles<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Knowledge, Skills and Experience <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>KNOWLEDGE required:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>-Operations management<\/li>\n<li>-Supply chain management<\/li>\n<li>-High impact leadership<\/li>\n<li>-Retail business and strategy<\/li>\n<li>-Appreciation for information systems<\/li>\n<li>-Industrial relations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SKILLS required:<br \/>\n-Strong analytical skills<br \/>\n-Strong technical skills<br \/>\n-Written and verbal communication skills<br \/>\n-Attention to detail skills<br \/>\n-Planning and organising skills<br \/>\n-Influencing skills<br \/>\n-Leadership skills<br \/>\n-Networking skills<br \/>\n-Evaluation skills<br \/>\n-Management skills<br \/>\n-Problem solving skills<br \/>\n-Conflict handling<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Responsibilities <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022Management of all the DC\u2019s service level performance.<br \/>\n\u2022Optimization of DC operations and implementation of Standard Operating Procedures across all DC\u2019s<br \/>\n\u2022Communication with and handling of enquiries from the business on all operational aspects of DC operations<br \/>\n\u2022Management of the operational cost to the budgets<br \/>\n\u2022Proposal and business case analysis for DC capital investment projects<br \/>\n\u2022Management of the IT services interface to DC\u2019s<br \/>\n\u2022Management of the shared services relationships, including Labour Brokers (Gulf, GP, Golden Rewards cc), packaging material suppliers, equipment maintenance service providers etc.<br \/>\n\u2022Management of the effective implementation of DC Capital Projects<br \/>\n\u2022DC volume allocations and balancing to align with business requirements and priorities<br \/>\n\u2022Oversee the management of the Hanger Recycling activities<br \/>\n\u2022Capacity planning<br \/>\n\u2022Effective utilization of Human Resources and training interventions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ackermans.erecruit.co.za\/candidateapp\/Jobs\/View\/280114-4\/Distribution_Manager\">Click here to apply online<\/a><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Department<\/td>\n<td>Supply Chain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Brand<\/td>\n<td>Ackermans<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Reporting To Position<\/td>\n<td>Director<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Job Type Classification<\/td>\n<td>Permanent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Number of Positions<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Location &#8211; Town \/ City<\/td>\n<td>Kuilsriver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Location &#8211; Province<\/td>\n<td>Western Cape<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Location &#8211; Country<\/td>\n<td>South Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Close Date: 2014\/02\/12<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Job Purpose The main purpose of this position is to provide operational management and leadership to all Ackermans Group DC activities to ensure efficiency and excellence in service delivery in&#8230;..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[22],"tags":[1870],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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