Area Operations Manager
ShopriteX
Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Johannesburg, Gauteng
Contract type: Full time

Role Purpose
The Area Operations Manager is responsible and accountable for managing the functional operational
outputs, assets, costs, and performance of all direct & indirect reports in a specific geographic region or
area to ensure the attainment of divisional performance targets whilst optimizing operational efficiencies
and productivity and ensuring engagement and high performance of workforce.
Role Description
required.
(Review in terms of being able to meet the requirements for the role, fit the culture of Pingo and
customer service and safety orientation.)
trends to take corrective actions to reduce incident and accident rate.
the business.
practices when responding to issues and complaints.
Qualifications And Experience
The Area Operations Manager is responsible and accountable for managing the functional operational
outputs, assets, costs, and performance of all direct & indirect reports in a specific geographic region or
area to ensure the attainment of divisional performance targets whilst optimizing operational efficiencies
and productivity and ensuring engagement and high performance of workforce.
Role Description
- Manage the key performance outputs and targets of all Operations Team Leads (OTL’s) and direct
required.
- Ensure weekly resource requirements are met and review quality of contractors provided by CMC and
(Review in terms of being able to meet the requirements for the role, fit the culture of Pingo and
customer service and safety orientation.)
- Maintain compliance standards with policies and practices & use of company assets & allowances by
trends to take corrective actions to reduce incident and accident rate.
- Complete reconciliations on asset, branding and uniform details as per contracted driver requirement.
- Ensure availability, visibility and presence in area and lead by example.
- Promote effective communication and ensure that OTL’s & contracted drivers are aware of how their
- Maintain local relations with all stakeholders and proactively highlight local trends or delivery
- Responsible for driver network health and overarching goal to become driver network of choice. Raise
the business.
- Ensure all areas of responsibility is resourced appropriately and vacancies are filled timeously to
- Accountable and responsible for implementing training & development plans and to lead, motivate,
- Pro-actively report on risk related matters to all stakeholders, consult and involve risk teams where
practices when responding to issues and complaints.
- Assist the regional operations manager to drive continuous improvements.
- Provide area specific budgeting requirements to regional manager during budgeting planning cycle.
Qualifications And Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in BCommerce or a related field - (essential).
- +5 year’s experience in retail operations management, preferably in an on-demand service delivery
- Membership to industry related business forums e.g Sapics - (preferred).
- Proficiency in MS Office (Advanced Excel skills) and other business-related software - (essential).
- Knowledge of the logistics industry, project and risk management - (essential).
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