Shift Manager - Durban, South Africa

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To ensure the smooth running of the allocated warehouse shift, ensuring appropriate resources (people, equipment) are available to meet planned activity levels.
Ensure compliance with all appropriate legislation related to OHS conduct of warehouse operations.
Maintain and enhance effective working relationships within departments and their staff.
Contribute to the identification, evaluation, and where appropriate implementation, of improvement initiatives within the warehouse.
Ensure staff work on the processes and procedures relating to the warehouse operation.
Setting staff performance levels, providing feedback on achievement, and identifying improvement opportunities.
Daily communication with top management, shift staff on departmental and shift matters.
Daily upkeep of multi-temp warehousing and maintaining DQSP in line with various FMCG brands standards.
Managing voice picking, location sorting, WMS maintenance, and integration of store track delivery through transport.
Sorting trucks for routes and 100% utilization.
Overseeing a complement of 35 /- staff per shift.
Work different shift patterns every night of 12-hour shifts.
Reaching daily dispatching times of loads for long-distance routes and locals and to reach no redeliveries to stores for the next shift.
Managing various 3PLS and building up relationships to have no hiccups with staff and staff requirements, daily meetings for feedback regarding performance, and issues solutions thereof.
Recording Temperatures every 2 hours.
Housekeeping.

Key Skills
Strong focus on quality assurance and customer service.
Effective stock management with the implementation of improved processes and procedures.
Excellent understanding of Warehousing and Logistics.
A degree in business management, warehousing, logistics, or any related field.
Experience working in a managerial position.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Natural leadership abilities.
Knowledge of bookkeeping software.
Ability to multitask.
Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.