Logistics Planner

The above vacancy exists at Trouw Nutrition South Africa and will report to the Warehouse Manager. The Logistics Planner coordinates and executes the administration of the outbound logistics/transport.

Trouw Nutrition South Africa is part of Nutreco (a SHV company), one of the major players in animal nutrition. Nutreco is a global leader in animal nutrition and fish feed. Our advanced feed solutions are at the origin of food for millions of consumers worldwide. Quality, innovation and sustainability are guiding principles, embedded in the Nutreco culture from research and raw material procurement to products and services for agriculture and aquaculture. Experience across 100 years brings Nutreco a rich heritage of knowledge and experience for building its future.

Job Description:

What are you going to do?

Order handling:

• Receives and processes orders of (internal and external) customers and selects, checks, packs and/or distributes the required materials and/or equipment to customers and to the required location, either in cooperation with warehouse staff or directly self, in order to ensure efficient, in-time and correct delivery of materials and/or equipment for the internal and external customers to the required location.
  
  

Outbound goods and transport planning scheduling:

• Ensures that goods and materials are transport-ready, including the dispatch / delivery papers / notes and accompanying documents for the drivers, and the calling of transportation.
• Supports and/or provides input into routing and scheduling vehicles based on customer records and requests, in order to fully meet customer expectations and to have an optimal scheduling and routing of vehicles.
• Arranges transportation / carriages for delivery / transport of goods / materials to internal and external customers
  
  

Systems and Administration:

• Executes the administrate intake and distribution of materials and/or equipment in relevant systems, registration of hours and other relevant logistics administration to provide relevant reports to stakeholders, in order to have an up-to-date administration and insight in availability and throughput of materials and/or equipment as a basis for stock keeping and internal accounting.
• Ensures that order handling, quotations, administration, supporting IT systems, and maintenance of master data are in line with the set (Nutreco) standard in order to achieve high quality logistics processes
  
  

Customer satisfaction:

• Manage customer relationships, ensure that all customer requests are handled appropriately to maintain customer confidence. External customer satisfaction and sustainable customer relations, positive customer feedback is received.
  
  

Continuous improvement:

• Monitors, measures, benchmarks and evaluates the internal and external logistics processes, tools and systems and initiates and implements changes and improvements to achieve a continuous optimization and alignment of logistics (work) processes, tools and systems.
  
  

Compliance:

• Ensures compliance with all operating, safety, quality, risk and health regulations.
  
  

Other duties:

• May perform a wide range of other warehouse / logistics support and administrative tasks and perform special project duties as assigned.
  
  

What we offer:

As a Nutreco company, our mission is Feeding the Future. In a world with limited natural resources, our ambition is to meet the rising food needs of a growing world population in a sustainable manner. Working for Nutreco means a fantastic position in an international working environment with plenty of development opportunities, also within the department.

• We will offer you a fulltime position
• Your position is classified in a Nutreco Hay scale.
• You will get competitive amount of annual leave days,
• You will receive an attractive salary based on skills and experience - paid in 12/13 monthly payments
• Responsibility for your own specialisms and development opportunities within the company.
  
  

What We Ask For (Nutreco Values)

• Passion - Driven to deliver the exceptional.
• Inclusivity - Ensuring people feel respected and safe to be themselves.
• Integrity - Staying true to what we know is right.
• Trust - Trusting each other and earning the trust of others.
• Curiosity - Constantly pushing the boundaries to shape our future.
  
  

What You Bring

• Warehousing / Logistics Degree / Diploma
• Min. 3 years’ Warehousing and Logistics Planning experience
• Microsoft 365 Package knowledge
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• ERP Knowledge
  
  

To apply please submit your CV via our careers site using this link:

Nutreco, and its livestock business line Trouw Nutrition are equal opportunity employers.

Our organisation:

Trouw Nutrition is the global leader in innovative feed specialties, premixes and nutritional services for the animal nutrition industry. Trouw Nutrition provides species-specific nutritional solutions consisting of feed concepts, products and nutritional know-how. The unique combination of products, models and services Trouw Nutrition offers, boosts productivity and supports animal health through all life stages, contributing to our customers' peace of mind. Trouw Nutrition's nutrition solutions have met the need of farmers and home-mixers, feed producers, integrators and distributors. Trouw Nutrition has locations in 25 countries and around 5000 employees. Our mission is Feeding the Future.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Trouw Nutrition is an equal opportunity employer; applicants are considered for all roles without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, marital, parental, military status or any other status protected by applicable local law. Please advise us at any point during the recruitment and selection process if you require accommodation. Trouw Nutrition is committed to compliance with all applicable legislation, including providing accommodation for applicants with disabilities.