Yalelo Zambia
Qualifications
- Degree in related field
- 3 years + of progressive experience in a logistics/planning/coordination role
- Experience in food logistics is an added advantage
- Experience in FMCG industry, leadership and HACCP is an added advantage
Job role
- Ensure equipment and consumable needs are well understood and planned for well in advance to allow for lowest cost procurement (bringing from abroad where possible)
- Firm, fair approach to disciplinary issues, ensuring that under delivery is not tolerated
- Report on output, shortfalls, efficiency and operations on a daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly basis adequately and as per requirement for an effective system and department
- Analysis of trends and data collected done, and used to improve productivity, quality and efficiency of the system constantly
- Manage fatigue, schedules and manpower issues effectively and efficiently, ensuring the harvest target is not compromised
- Effective planning of quantities, time and logistics of materials required (ice, pallets, crates, trucks etc.), harvest dispatch, processing receiving and dispatch, commercial receiving and dispatch to Siavonga
- Superb communication, and scheduling effectively with stakeholders related to the planning of the functions mentioned above
- Coordinates effectively and smoothly both internally within the department and externally with other departments and stakeholders to ensure an effective, realistic planning function for the processing department
- Think, plan and communicate ahead for bottlenecks or holdups being experienced, mitigating the effects and allowing operations to cope and or make alternative arrangements
- Constantly push and drive the team for higher productivity and a smoother logistics function
- Ensure the JD’s of the direct reports are up to date, clear, understood and followed effectively
- Ensure SOP’s are up to date, fully encompassing and revised every 6 months or when there is a change in process
- Ensure all SOP’s are adhered to by the team at all times
- Work hand in hand with other leadership in the department, encouraging teamwork and integration between sections
- Good coordination and communication with leaders to ensure clear areas of focus are understood, and gaps are covered
- Hold brief daily morning supervisor meetings addressing concerns and driving improvement
- Ensure adequate level and quality of reports is received from supervisors, cross checked and appropriately stored
- Ensure control, and coordination of drivers and machine operators is taken through dotted line reporting to fulfil the logistics needs of the department
- Ensure cleanliness of all equipment and the facility is done to an adequate standard and on a routine schedule
- Ensure hygiene standards are upheld, and product quality is maximized
- Ensue ice production, delivery and slurry preparation are done effectively in an organized manner, minimizing melt and reducing temperatures of fish to required levels within required timeline
- Ensuring the night team effectively prepares, sets up and arranges the facility ready for daytime operations to start at the beginning of the day shift
- Monitors and ensures good delivery from ice machines
- High level of stamina to assist in all sections where required to get involved and fill gaps
- Ensures interfaces and relationships with other departments or teams are well managed and professional, assisting where needed to reach the common goal
- Cover for other leadership positions were requested or assigned in cases of staff turnover, leave or absence
- Critically think out scenarios and adapt processes to achieve higher efficiency and output
- Trial improvements and be innovative in expansion of the processing output
- Ensure efficiency of teams and processes is monitored and well managed
- Ensure adequate care is taken and maintenance is performed on all critical equipment within the processing plant to prevent slow down or stoppage in processing
- Instill as sense of pride in the work, manage staff morale, and motivate the teams through hands on leadership
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