Head Of Supply Chain (JHB East Rand) at MAN Automotive (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd

Description

• Lead and manage the PDC team in accordance with MAN values to ensure high engagement and motivation.
• Must be proactive on Customer Communication management, providing reliable feedback to customers.
• Ensure management of Inventory to maximise parts availability at optimal stock holding costs.
• Ensure management of inbound processes in the warehouse including Goods Received & Binning of stock.
• Manage outbound processes for picking, consolidation, weighing & dispatching of stock.
• Ensure management of quality processes for perpetual counts, quantity and quality checks and RFC.
• Manage inbound transport suppliers to ensure on time and efficient delivery to the PDC.
• Manage the outbound transport suppliers to facilitate optimum and on time delivery and customers.
• Ensure financial management for tracking PDC costs and verifying invoices against tender rates.
• Ensuring optimisation of the costs including recycling and manufacturing of pallets.
• Manage the facility including repairs and maintenance based on PDC requirements.
• Implement and manage improvement measures to facilitate efficiencies in PDC processes and systems.
• Ensure Warehouse planning process optimisation, productivity improvement, packaging & MHE management.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Grade: 12 Matric Certificate.
• Bachelor’s degree (Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, Logistics, Supply Chain Management).

Skills:

• Analytical and strategic skills to identify problems thereafter solve them.
• Leadership and organisational skills.
• Must have the ability to mediate conflict.
• Good communication (oral and written) & interpersonal relations skills.
• High level communication, interpersonal relations and negotiation skills.
• Pro-active, highly motivated in achieving set objective.
• Work well under pressure and maintain good customer relations.
• Work independently though being a team player.
• Must be capable of sequential thinking.

Experience:

• Experience in warehouse operations, ideally within the automotive industry – 5 years.
• Knowledge of the ERP systems – 5 years.
• Supervisory experience with strong project management experience – 5 years.
• Experience in Logistics operations/Distribution/Supply Chain Management – 5 years.

Closing Date: 21 October 2025