Location: Bellville, Cape Town.

Company: Nestle 

Qualification: Degree / National / Post Grad Diploma in a relevant Field

Experience: Minimum of 5  years or more experience in Distribution, Warehouse and Transport and/or senior Supply Chain role where they have managed a large team within FMCG or Manufacturing

Closing Date: 23 May 2025

Position Summary

With a history spanning over 150 years, Nestlé didn’t become the world’s leading food and beverages brand by chance. Perfection is at the heart of what we do, and our people are always looking for the next big idea to cement our status. We are now looking for a Distribution Center Manager to be based in Bellville .

Manage the staff of the warehouse to safely deliver the optimum service level performance for the most cost-effective outcome.Be accountable for the development of people and the provision of a competitive and compliant distribution center operation that will meet the requirements of all business units, customers and consumers

A day in the life of a Distribution Center Manager:

• Set adequate target values for warehousing service and cost KPIs and keep continuously tracked KPIs close to the target values by:
  • Ensuring the delivery of excellent service at minimum cost to serve driving governance around the planning of customer loads to avoid loss on sale
  • Correctly setting and monitoring of cost, service and compliance KPI’s
  • Managing the labor in the DC - Solving adequately any occurring issue in DC operations
  • Ensuring, in collaboration with regional and national stakeholders, that a suitable distribution operation is defined
  • Implement, managing, monitoring, meeting and/or exceeding SHE, Quality, CARE and Best Practices obligations
  • Implementing NCE
• Adapting to changes in the logistics and/or market environment by ensuring an adequate level of flexibility of structures and processes
• Ensure cross functional alignment through pro-active communication, transparency, and collaboration with internal and external customers
• Drive cost saving initiatives to improve performance and cost of the warehouse operation. Also ensure the correct construction, control and management of the budget for warehousing (cost budget for warehousing and possible investment requirements)
• Negotiate contracts as per Procure to Pay process and establish a sound relationship with the service providers including conflict management
• Influence Distribution Management and Customer Service in order to continuously improve service and cost through:
  • Regular communication that will keep customers and CS updated to manage proactively
  • Collaboration with Customers and other functional departments (customer service, transportation, factories) to ensure freshness and avoidance of bad goods
• Selection of the right people, constant engagement, motivation and management of the team.
• Ensure maintenance of the building and warehouse equipment
• Assist Value Stream Design which will identify areas of improvement. Support and help LEAN roll out, ensuring that a continuous improvement culture is developed and sustained

What will make you successful

• Degree / National / Post Grad Diploma in a relevant field
• Not less than 5 years relevant and successful operational experience in a leadership role at market/ business environment. Warehouse & Transport management or related experience in any other relevant senior Supply Chain leadership role
• Relevant operational experience at market/ business level, in the following areas is beneficial:
  • Customer Service, Demand & Supply Planning, Sales
  • Finance:  Business Planning, budget control, cost management
  • Technical and Production
  • Purchasing
• Experience in the management of projects such as:
  • Distribution Network Redesign
  • High Performance Logistics
  • Customer Logistics
• Desirable to have worked in a Lean organization and/or experience in lean tools and management