Warehouse Supervisor

Our Dream is to bring people together for a better world. Beer, the original social network, has been bringing people together for thousands of years. We are committed to building great brands that stand the test of time and to brewing the best beers using the finest natural ingredients. Our diverse portfolio of well over 400 beer brands includes global brands Budweiser, Corona and Stella Artois; multi-country brands Beck’s, Castle, Castle Lite, Hoegaarden, and Leffe; and local champions such as Aguila, Bud Light, Jupiler, Klinskoye, Modelo Especial, Quilmes, Skol, and Victoria. Our brewing heritage dates back more than 600 years, spanning continents and generations. From our European roots at the Den Hoorn brewery in Leuven, Belgium. To the pioneering spirit of the Anheuser & Co brewery in St. Louis, US. To the creation of the Castle Brewery in South Africa during the Johannesburg gold rush. To Bohemia, the first brewery in Brazil. Geographically diversified with a balanced exposure to developed and developing markets, we leverage the collective strengths of approximately 200,000 employees based in more than 50 countries worldwide.

The purpose of the Warehouse Supervisor is to implement and uphold AB-InBev safety standards.

Responsibilities

Supervise the warehouse inventory and operations through overseeing the safe receipt, storage, retrieval; timely dispatch of goods so that customer service levels can be optimized, whilst achieving benchmarked productivity standards.

Requirements

Form VI; Minimum of 3 years’ experience in warehouse operations; Numeracy and literacy skills; Fluent in English and Swahili; Verbal and written communication skill; Ability to work under pressure; Ability to adapt to change effectively; Computer literate; Ensure that company and legal stacking regulations are adhered to; Adherence to and maintenance of site housekeeping standards; Wearing the correct PPE always as designated by site and area; Full implementation and adherence to VPO and DPO protocols; Ensure compliance to 5s standards within and around the warehouse operations and show evolution; Cascade all global policies and ensure compliance to them; Continuously validate SOP’s through management routines by using tools and ensure understanding by all warehouse employees (LnA, SCL, OWD etc.); Update and use of team rooms for routine meetings and problem solving; Maintain SCL routines and track adherence thereof; Ensure and maintain a safe warehouse operation driving awareness and compliance to all the relevant safety blocks; Track compliance to all safety related processes in the warehouse function; Use problem solving tools such as 5Why, Abnormality Reports, SIC, OPL’s, RACI’s, OWD’s, PDCA’s etc, to develop action plans to show improvement in PI’s and KPI” s; Cascade KPI’s and PI’s to individual warehouse employees, standardize the KPI/PI achievements and monitor individual results; Ensure adherence to best practice generation process and execute approved projects and show results evolution; Ensure adherence to warehouse layout such as empties zone, refusal zone, order picking zone, FG zone etc; Ensure and track ABC compliance to realize warehouse efficiencies; Load summary is used to load correct quantities of split and full pallets; To ensure loading/unloading of products is done as per processes, all products are counted, both at load location and unload locations, and delivery documents are duly signed and issued; Ensure adherence to warehouse stock age standards by means of applying stock rotation principles; Ensures quality control through checking packaging on warehouse floor prior to loading; Ensure FEFO for all sales orders and LIFO for all inter depot transfers; Ensure no blocked stocks are loaded for customer deliveries and that daily updates are shared on blocked stocks; Participate in handover processes before and after every shift; Accurate daily stock counts, duly signed off before and after each shift; Supervise containers handed over to production and ensure its of good quality to avoid DCBL; Receive full beer from production and ensure agreement between all parties on quantity received; Control warehouse breakages and inventory losses and show continuous improvement in tracking of these losses; Credit empties returns into warehouse in time per the SOP; Maintain clear and effective communication with Inventory Analyst/Clerk and or Stocks and Settlement Officer; Ensure adherence to standard picking process through use of management routines; Ensure picking & sorting area has a productive ergonomic layout that allows zero-man machine interactions; Create and monitor picking & sorting KPI’s/PI’s per man hour and track replenishment adherence, inclusive of MBFU with positive trend