takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented DC Industrial Engineer to join our Supply Chain team in CPT Distribution Center.
We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hardworking 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 Operations WMS & Systems Manager.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Evaluate core processes within the DC operation and integrate them in a unique and creative way to solve business problems.
- Design and conduct time and motion studies to develop standard work routines; best practises and realistic/measurable productivity expectations.
- Collaborate and communicate the above mentioned with Head of Departments (HODs) and Development team.
- Performing routine audits of systems and operational processes.
- Advise on improvements of Key Performance Indicators that impacts operations and processes with different stakeholders.
- Conduct RCA to identify uncommon and everyday issues within DC operations.
- Perform data analysis to identify opportunities and risks in storage optimisation; material handling and process conformance.
- Capture; design and make recommendations to process flow through risk, security and productivity gap analysis.
- Develop and maintain work standards and characteristics that promote efficient staff and facility utilization.
- Design, implement and maintain 5s initiatives across all departments.
- Develop inhouse forecasting models for packaging, consumables, assets and labour based on volumes and budget.
- Support continuous improvement projects and initiatives by actively adhering to lean principles, design of experiments (ex: Six Sigma; Simulation design etc.)
- Assist in identifying facility design requirements based on activity levels, flow and business requirements.
- Development and construction of tools to aid operations in their day to day activities.
Attributes required:
- Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude; self-motivated.
- Attention to detail.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken.
- Previous experience in mini project management.
- Comfortable with change and excellent team player.
- Comfortable with learning and adapting to new systems.
- Critical and Systems thinking.
- Passionate about change and improvement.
Qualifications:
- BEng Industrial Engineering, B.Com Logistics or similar degree.
- Minimum 3 years relevant experience within DC operations
- Knowledge of simulations and models advantageous
- High level of proficiency with MS Office packages
The Environment:
- 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, it’s 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 forthright but respectful
- is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute
- is analytical, able to use data to make decisions
- is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours
- is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience
- is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster
- is business SMART. Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input
- is curious and challenge the status quo
- is innovative and enjoys iteration
- is collaborative
- will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com.
- thinks like an owner of the business.
- is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARDWORKING
If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!
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Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities, to apply.
