Warehouse Team Leader

In brief

**Overview** This role is for a Warehouse Team Leader at The Coca-Cola Company. The position involves overseeing and coordinating various warehouse operations, ensuring efficiency, accuracy, and adherence to company standards in areas such as inbound and outbound movements, stock management, production interface, product quality, and operational excellence, while also leading and developing a team to meet specific Key Business Indicators (KBI). **What you will do** * Ensure accurate picking, staging, and loading of products for on-time outbound movement. * Ensure accurate counting, receiving, and unloading of products for inbound movement, optimizing site turnaround time. * Ensure on-time replenishment of picking areas. * Actively identify and remove obstacles to improve operational efficiency. * Manage products, containers, and support materials within model stock levels and enforce stacking requirements. * Execute daily decisions and prioritization to minimize out-of-stock scenarios. * Ensure stock removal from and feeding to production lines without disruption, with accurate sign-off between Warehouse and Manufacturing. * Ensure daily stock counts are accurately and promptly executed within the team, with corrective actions for non-compliance. * Ensure the validity of independent forward and reverse counts. * Execute an effective rework function within the team, adhering to company guidelines for stock rotation and First Expiry, First Out principles to ensure high product quality. * Ensure team members handle products in a manner that does not impact quality. * Drive a strong focus within the team on effective stock rotation and stock age management. * Record all breakages and decanting for corrective action and improvement. * Ensure the safe operation of company assets like forklifts and pallet jacks, including necessary pre-trip inspections and reporting of damages/breakdowns. * Achieve Key Business Indicators (KBI) related to Orders Picked/Packed Per Hour, Dock-to-Stock Time, Loading/Unloading Time, Order Accuracy Rate, Safety Incident Rate, and Training Completion Rate. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * **Education:** * Certificate in logistics, supply chain management * Computer literacy skills MS Office * **Experience:** * 3-5 years of experience in a warehouse or distribution center * At least 1-2 years in a leadership or supervisory role * Proven track record of successfully coordinating team activities, managing daily warehouse operations, and ensuring tasks are completed accurately and on time * Experience with inventory control, shipping, receiving, and order fulfillment processes is essential * **Skills:** * Sound management of employee relations and the creation of a healthy IR climate * Effective coaching ability * Effective team management through team and individual development * Ability to show initiative within the confines of process adherence * Ability to make immediate decisions based on information gathering, knowledge of warehouse processes, and an understanding of the desired outcome * Ability to utilize technology * Strong ability to ensure the achievement of operational standards in terms of rate of work within team **Who should apply** An ideal candidate for this position is someone with a certificate in logistics or supply chain management and proficiency in MS Office. They should have 3-5 years of experience in a warehouse or distribution center, including at least 1-2 years in a leadership or supervisory role, with a proven ability to coordinate teams and manage daily warehouse operations. Essential experience includes inventory control, shipping, receiving, and order fulfillment processes. The candidate should possess strong skills in employee relations, coaching, team development, decision-making based on information and process knowledge, technological utilization, and ensuring high operational standards while demonstrating initiative within established processes. **Deadline** 13th October, 2026 **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/warehouse-team-leader-the-coca-cola-company-8 Source: myjobmag

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• At least 3 years of experience.

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