Despatch Supervisor

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Despatch Supervisor responsible to manage efficient shift dispatch operations and maintaining high service standards. Play a crucial l role in ensuring and oversee the smooth shift dispatch operations, manage the team, coordinates loading of trucks, cage transfers to holding cages and personnel effeciently. Drive and maintain Team Connect and Shop floor development system.

Ensure Despacthing of bread follows applicable SoPs and Work Instructions

Ensure FIFO processes and stock management SOPs are followed

Ensure recons are completed

Supervise and coordinate the loading process to meet delivery requirements and 100% departure time

Accurate verification of orders loaded on trucks (routes and allocated trucks must match)

Supervision of Employees including allocation of work, performance management, manage discipline and labour manning.

Monitor dispatch performance and workloads, hold effective TeamConnect and training sessions

Utilize allocated cleaning materials in maintaining the high standard within the relevant work area

Ensure set Ensure adherence to the Health and Safety regulations.

Ensure allocated equipment is safe to operate and all safety features are operational.

Ensure that all evident unsafe situations are reported, and attended to immediately.

Ensure familiarisation and compliance with all company policies, practises and procedures and the manufacturing protocol.

Follows safe workplace practices and can report workplace hazards

Hold a TeamConnect meeting with the team

Confirm team attendance and make the register for employees that are present and absent.

Make adjusment to coverage if needed due to absences

Participate and or identify non compliances to be addressed using the SGA process.

Application of manufacturing Excellence Methodology i.e. MECP, 20 keys.

Participate in all MECP activities

Ensure PPE compliance and provide necesseary PPE and tools such as gloves, earplugs and etc

Check the previous shifts reports

Check for unsresolved issues, incidents, delays, transfers, closing stock

Follow up on any outstanding tasks or pending decisions

Ensure that all stock from Production and Intrerbakeries is inspected for visible damages, Expiry date and weight

Ensure that all buyouts are received effectively

Ensure that bread received from production is counted accurately and agree with Slicing supervisors and Security and sign bread/tinkies transfer sheet

Communicate the expected buyout from other bakeries and plan accordingly such as splitting the duties amongst the loaders e.g. allocate loader that will offload, loading, emptying the cage, etc

Reduce and maintain write-offs and losses to a minimum and be able to explain stock variances above 0.03% per shift/per day

Ensure that BTS, additional and short loads are processed on daily basis

Ensure PODs are submitted on daily basis to settlements

In accordance with the employment equity plan of Tiger Brands and its employment equity goals and targets, preference may be given, but is not limited, to candidates from under-represented designated groups.