Logistics Branch Manager - Johannesburg
Salary: R66 362.00 per month CTC including benefits

Plan, Direct, Monitor and Control branch operations through intelligent planning in line with the companies Service Level Agreement. To deliver efficient and cost-effective functionality and sustained profitability of the business operation. To ensure the smooth and optimum running / use of company infrastructure

Minimum Requirements:
• Matric; Diploma in Logistics / Transportation management
• Minimum 5 years experience in Logistics and or Warehousing
• Must have own transport & able to work long hours
• Computer Literacy MS Office; WMS etc
• Experience with Human Resource Management; Project Management; Budgets; Reports
• Ensure communication with customers & Manage customer’s contract expectations
• Effectively manage customer’s loss control & achieve operational standards as per audit

Key Accountabilities
• Plan, Direct, Monitor and Control Branch
• Plan and execute the branch operations strategy
• Develop continuity plans to ensure that operations run seamlessly
• Manage costs effectively
• Monitor & control processes through the implementation of SOP’s & analysis of reports from staff.
• Develop and implement a risk management plan
• Review and improve processes regularly to ensure effective service delivery
• Ensure communication with customers & Manage customer’s contract expectations
• Effectively manage customer’s loss control
• Ensure efficient collections & deliveries by close monitoring & control of in-conformance & out of conformance reports
• Build & maintain solid relationships with customers thus ensuring that organisation retains customers
• Review logistics performance with customers against targets, benchmarks and service agreements Achieve operational standards as per audit
• Support and drive sustainable community and environmental projects
• Responsible for supervisors, admin staff and warehouse staff Project Management
• Develop and implement technical project management tools such as plans, schedules, and responsibility and compliance matrices
• Manage operations based project planning and rollout Strategic Human Resource Management Manage staff in the achievement of planned divisional objectives and targets by ensuring that organisation has a high performance culture
• Clarify staff roles and responsibilities, set performance objectives, manage and conduct performance reviews in accordance with policies and procedures and take corrective action where necessary Implement a management succession plan
• Build a pro-active environment where the staff can take responsibility for results
• Set and achieve Employment Equity targets
• Identify critical skills essential for sustainability of service delivery and the development of succession plans and give feedback to the Operations director Produce Reports
• Produce reports e.g. Undelivered report, Bomaster report and Cost reports
• Produce reports in accordance with policies, procedures and legal requirements
• Develop reports containing all relevant information
• Quality-check the report to ensure accuracy, relevancy and completeness and apply changes where necessary Manage Budget
• Prepare and manage the operational and capital budgets
• Approve budgetary expenditures within authorization limits or delegations
• Review and report on financial performance
• Ensure the reduction of costs of all resources

Personality and Attributes
? Good communication and interpersonal skills
? Good time management / organisational skills
? Ability to anticipate and solve problems / queries practically.
? Proven reasoning and analytical skills
? Team player who displays initiative
? Hard worker – must have managerial / leadership skills