Cold Store Supervisor
| Department | Operations | Base | 10 Merino Avenue, City Deep, Johannesburg South, 2197 |
| Contract | Permanent | Reports to | Cold Store Manager and Managing Director |
| Hours | Monday – Friday, 07:00 – 17:00 and 18:00 – 04:00 |
Minimum Qualification and Experience
- 3 Years’ experience in warehouse management
- Minimum of 3 years hands-on operational experience in a cold storage environment
- Experience in warehouse administration, resolving queries and receiving
- Ability to work shifts, overtime and must be able to travel for training
- Matric (Grade 12)
- Related qualification advantageous
- Proficient in the use of the Microsoft Office Suite
Soft Skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Analytical skills
- Flexibility and agility
- Able to work within a large team of diverse personalities internally and externally
- Able to work in a highly pressurised environment
- Able to manage, train, develop and discipline a team
- Able to report effectively to the directors of the company
- Needs to work independently and without supervision
- Deadline driven
- Customer focus
- Must have a strong business acumen
Main Duties/Key Results Areas
- To prepare the cold store for receipt of merchandise and unload trucks
- Ensure receiving loads match the receiving documentation & report any deviations
- Maintain good housekeeping practices
- To assure the safety of self, customers and co-workers by understanding and practicing store safety rules and immediately notify the supervisor/ food safety team leader of any potential hazard
- To perform miscellaneous tasks assigned by supervisors and manager, substituting for absent workers and performing any additional tasks necessary to provide products and services to customers during peak periods of business
- To understand the operation, safety requirements and restraints of a pallet jack and forklift (must be 18 years or older to operate the pallet jack and forklift)
- To use stacking techniques that will prevent damage to product
- Ensure adherence to OHS ACT, food safety requirements and use the company’s disciplinary guidelines as a medium to drive improved results
- Ensure that the company is professionally represented by its ambassadors (cold store staff relevance) through training, dress code rules and other relevant interventions
- Nurture a mature and motivated staff complement through continuous training and interacting with staff at all organisational levels
- Develop and review standard operating procedures for your area
- Ensure import requirements are met and non-conformances communicated
- Ensure assets are maintained and accounted for at all time
- Assist with state vet product inspections, sampling or audits
- Enforce compliance to food safety policies and procedures
- Assist food safety team with internal audits, external audits and applicable training – (if required)
- Any other tasks necessary for the conduct of the employer’s business, as the employer may from time to time direct.
Please note that only candidates who meet the above criteria will be considered for shortlisting.
To apply for this vacancy, please email recruitment@humeint.com
If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity. Please note that all candidates must subject themselves to criminal, credit and qualification checks.
As part of you pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.
General
- To undertake any other duties as requested by the Director, commensurate with the skills and experience of the post holder.
- To have responsibility for the Health, Safety and Welfare of self and others and to comply at all times with the requirement of the Health and Safety Regulations.
- To ensure confidentiality at all times, only releasing confidential information obtained during the course of employment to those acting in an official capacity.
- To comply with Ziqenye Food Services Policies.
- To undertake such duties as may be required from time to time as are consistent with the responsibilities of the position and the needs of the service.
- This job description is not an exhaustive document but is a reflection of the current position. Details and emphasis may change in line with service needs after consultation with the post holder.