DISPATCH MANAGER – Food Industry

Contact person for this position:

Amori Prinsloo

amori@joblinkplacement.co.za

Website: www.joblinkplacement.co.za

A leading South African meat wholesaler supplying Halaal certified and Non-Halaal meat and other food products to sectors of the hotel, restaurant and hospitality industries, as well as the export market is looking for the expertise of a Dispatch Manager with experience within the Food Industry.

REPORTS TO       OPERATIONS MANAGER

ROUTINE TASKS

DISPATCH.

• Plan, manage and evaluate all logistics operations.
• Manage, motivate and control all the staff working in your section on a daily basis.
• Ensure that your line supervisors adhere to your instructions and perform their duties as per their job descriptions.
• Co-ordinate and handle the dispatch of goods.
• Plan the daily routes of all delivery vehicles.
• Ensure the sorting of picking slips into routes and ensure that all deliveries can be made with the available trucks, if there is a problem report to Operations Manager.
• Ensure the timely loading of vehicles according to planned routes.
• Ensure that all goods are double checked for deviations from quality standards before loading.
• Handle and resolve customer enquiries about deliveries.
• Manage the documentation and allocation of all products returned from customers.
• Take all measures possible to prevent stock losses or theft of company property.
• Manage and ensure that all stock produced, is collected and sorted into the different routes in the Dispatch freezer.

STOCK CONTROL

FLEET

• Check and inspect all trucks for damages, cleanliness, general maintenance and refrigeration .
• Check that trip sheets are completed daily.
• Check that all necessary equipment is available i.e. spare wheel, jack and emergency triangle.
• Ensure that all trucks are serviced within specified schedules.
• Ensure that all vehicles’ licences are renewed prior to expiry.
• Ensure that all service records for all vehicles are completed / filed.
• Ensure that a petrol log is kept for each truck.
• Monitor vehicle movement on a continuous basis during the day and address deviations.
• Make sure that all drivers have valid PDP licences and are renewed annually prior to expiry.
• Keep all truck & drivers’ documentation on file.

OTHER

• Perform any other reasonable tasks as instructed and requested by Operations Manager.

MUST BE COMPUTER LITERATE

MUST HAVE OWN RELIABLE VEHICLE

SALARY: R30 000 CTC