DC Development Manager
- Cape Town, Western Cape
- Permanent
- Full-time
Cape Town
.We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won't be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.This position reports to the Head : Strategy and InfrastructurePurpose of this role :Supporting the Head: Strategy and Infrastructure in determining long term TFS and Takealot.com strategy regarding distribution centre, cross dock, technology development and outside business analyses in a consulting capacity. Building business cases for viability and development of long term budgets. Assess business impact of proposed changes based on warehouse and logistics network simulation and modeling.Key responsibilities: (What are you directly responsible to achieve within the scope of your role)
- Partnering with senior leadership to define and drive the tactical- and long-term supply chain strategy to support Takealot Group's business growth.
- Project managing key strategy and optimization initiatives from inception to execution through effective collaboration across teams and divisions.
- Supporting the supply chain department in delivering medium to long term budgeted productivity improvements through engineering and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Assisting Takealot.com, TFS and external TFS clients with Distribution Centre design and detailing building specifications to suit operational needs.
- Developing and maintaining blueprint designs for Distribution Centre infrastructure and processes according to business and operational requirements.
- Collaborate across the broader organization to prepare financial reviews and budgets.
- Interpret and communicate insights from analyses and feasibility modeling to guide decision-making that allow step change improvements.
- Tracking market developments and benchmarking best practices to identify opportunities and risks.
- Business case creation & simulation: Building & evaluating business cases and ROI estimates for new initiatives.
- Understand material handling solutions (conveyors, AMRs and Sorters), have the ability to do assessment, identify bottlenecks and scope optimal throughput for those solutions.
- Providing direction and purpose for and driving change management activities.
- Provide ongoing thought support to senior leadership
- Negotiating and drafting contracts.
- Business cases and ROI calculations of new CAPEX projects
- Warehouse simulation model to facilitate warehouse throughput mapping.
- Project Management where required, complex project coordination.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Industrial, Mechanical, Mechatronic) or similar related degree
- Preferred : MBA or Masters in Engineering Management
- At least 5 years' experience in a project environment in distribution centers / warehousing or similar on a large scale with complex operations
- Minimum of 3+ years of strategy and project management in a consultative role or environment.
- Minimum of 5+ years of experience in supply chain or logistics.
- Change management champion
- Lead and motivate a team of employees
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Understanding of Distribution Centre purpose, function, and operations at a detail level
- Respond to changing market conditions and the macro landscape (i.e. changing situations)
- Works well under pressure
- Innovative and Logical thinker
- Strong attention to detail with proven ability in analysis
- Good interpersonal skills - works well with others, able to motivate a complex team with diverse skills
- Focused, self-motivated and target driven; determined to succeed
- Self-starter able to initiate new projects
- Strong communication skills
- Strong ability in data analysis
- Excellent project management skills, both planning and document control
- Proven ability to conceptualize, scope and design both operational infrastructure and process solutions
- Contract negotiation and drafting
- takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer- centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e- commerce company in Africa.
- We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.
- We are short on ego and high on output.
- We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all.
- We love what we do and what we are creating.
- We seek to employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who is Smart, has Integrity, and is Hardworking.