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- Program Delivery Support
- Operations Lead
- Unemployed learners-KZN
- Supervisor – VW Assembly
- Controller: Commercial Manufacturing Logistics
- Unemployed Learners – WC
Program Delivery Support
IT’S NOT JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET ON THE CAREER LADDER.
IT’S AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP THE WORLD GET ON TOGETHER
Why do people call us the world’s most international company? Is it because we operate in more countries than any other logistics provider? Is it because we invented cross border shipping over 45 years ago? Or is it, perhaps, because what we do connects people across the world. And the more we can connect people, the better life on earth becomes.
We love our role in the world. And we’re looking for the right people to help us maintain – and grow it. People like you.
Key responsibilities
• Ensures solutions to tickets address the full issue.
• Ensure accurate completion and data input in tickets handled, providing critical review data e.g. root cause, impact etc.
• Ensures solutions deployed are complete and add benefit to the business
• Timely and effective execution of IT projects within Program Delivery/ Legacy Local systems scope as defined by management.
• Coordination of activities aligned to vendors, business to ensure full visibility and timeous completion of project deliverables.
• Focus on developing and ensuring highest level of data quality and system performance.
• Is required to address queries in a timely manner understanding the impact across various aspects of the business and to the customer.
• Is required to communicate professionally, effectively and within a reasonable time frame appropriate to urgency of situation.
• Is expected to escalate issues that require additional management or cross-departmental support
• Is expected to communicate any reported impact to the business to ensure all parties are aware of status and impact of IT related outages within functional area.
• Is required to use critical thinking to identify gaps and risks in deployed systems to ensure sustainability and delivering productive and secure solutions to the business.
• Challenges requirements which do not have an immediate or obvious business value.
• Is focused on identifying and understanding each customer’s needs.
• Expresses and acts on desire to assist customers in an efficient and friendly manner.
• Must be able to identify needs of the customer and align objectives and efforts to attain mutual alignment
• Interpersonal styles to create and sustain effective relationships with business partners (e.g. suppliers, joint venture partners, industry groups, competitors, governments, unions) and colleagues.
• Is open to approaches that meet mutual goals
• Must collaborate in an effective manner inter- and intra-departmentally to effectively perform duties and build strong relationships with the business.
• Is required to be pro-active in relations and establish a effective and responsive relationship with suppliers, colleagues and partners.
• Understands business principles and language, including the fundamentals of finance and profitability.
• Uses this understanding to achieve results, and to increase the performance and profitability of our company
• Establish and Maintain relationships with external marketplace including government, standards bodies, industry, press and think tanks.
• Manage existing vendors ensuring contracted services are delivered to quality or above, at obligated costs or below.
• Strive for consistently increasing degree of acumen in terms of the logistics industry and the DHL operational procedures as part of recognising bigger picture impact of changes and solutions deployed.
• Effective deployments, early benefits realisation by ensuring plans reflect optimized time-to-market
• Maximized exploitation of existing and new features and functions within core applications
• Developing realistic achievable and price conformant Service and Operational Service Level Agreements with business stakeholders, ensure back-to-back compatibility with dependent service providers.
• Maintaining Service Quality and availability; Applications, office automation and communications infrastructure uptime is monitored in line with established SLAs and OLAs.
• Ensure that Program Delivery / legacy local systems supported applications are running and supported with minimum downtime.
• Deploy Solutions and ensure appropriate configurations on all servers and customs related applications /servers
• Ensuring Business Continuity via appropriate topologies, archive and recovery strategies
• Institutionalize continuous quality improvement via ongoing Root Cause Analysis and Eradication. Have full awareness and be Point of escalation in service failure situations. Proactive management and stakeholder communication of incidents involving all appropriate workgroups.
• Cost Reduction; Implement Costs Effectiveness Programmes. Generate cost reduction initiatives.
• Management via globally agreed KPI’s; report in line with standard reporting requirements.
• Internal and external vendor and customer relationship management, including local government, industry, trade and standards bodies.
• Lead or participate in global/regional initiatives as part of a virtual IT function.
• Decommission non-performing IS assets; Converging local applications.
• User training and on-going user support.
• Compliance to regional standards including First Choice.
• Ensuring License compliance.
• Enforce IT Security Policies through training, management communications user and country IT audits.
• Undertakes proactive maintenance and administration of computer hardware, software and operations tools in support of the delivery of the IT service. Improves system availability with proactive work to avoid outages and performance issues, with particular focus on maintenance services for all infrastructure used by the Operations Centre.
• Performs Problem Root Cause Analysis (RCA), involving all appropriate workgroups, investigates and Develops solutions in preparation for implementation. Implements the solution via the Change Management process and documents the results and any follow up actions, as needed.
• Provide afterhours support to the staff as needed.
• Stays abreast of important trends that may affect our competitiveness as a group. Manages the business, giving priority to the international position of our company.
• Proposes alternative solutions prior to specifying new solutions/services. Capable of thinking of long term implications including total cost of ownership and ease of maintenance.
• Able to operate in a broader virtual team, operating in the best interests of that team and its goals.
• Understand the overall business to ensure that applications are running smoothly.
• Manage implementation and requirements for deployed local solutions.
• Ensure maintenance and changes to scripts are processed as per business requirement.
• Ensure Legal compliance through following legislated records and data management practices.
• Apply strong disaster recovery principles to protect systems and ensure maximum system availability.
• Is expected to maintain accurate records demonstrating full control and visibility of scope of work.
• Is expected to document and record, in sufficient detail, the technical process for implementation and support of critical systems deployed by Program Delivery and legacy local systems team.
• Develop clear scoping of initiatives, focusing on problem, solution and benefits developing awareness of return on investment for all initiatives
• Leverage sound technical (Java, Python, SQL & Power BI) skills to support the development of value generating solutions for the business.
Minimum Requirements
Education & experience
• Exhibits an exceptional degree of ingenuity, creativity, resourcefulness and empathy.
• Analyzes and resolves complex cross-functional issues.
• Well-developed relationship skills and ability to network with multiple levels of an organization and other business units.
• Relevant Degree or National Diploma (Advantageous)
• 1 + years Project Management Experience
• 3 + Experience in managing an internal or externally operated production systems environment
• 3+ years’ Experience in IS requirement, development, testing, deployment and support cycles with a recognized methodology
• Excellent oral and written communication skills (English)
• Scripting, software development and Power Platform skills essential (Java, Python, SQL, Power BI and similar skills)
• Server and Database architecture beneficial
We are looking forward to your application.
Operations Lead
BE PART OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST LOGISTICS COMPANY
Deutsche Post DHL Group is the world’s leading logistics and mail company.
We’re one of the world’s largest employers, operating in over 220 countries and territories. We’re Europe’s largest postal service, partner for eCommerce and pioneers in secure digital communication. We’re number one in contract logistics and international express delivery, and a leader in the forwarding business.
Join us and you’ll be working for a global company that’s focused on service, quality and sustainability, and using the power of global trade to connect people and improve lives.
And not just for our Customers, but for every member of our Group too.
At DHL Supply Chain South Africa we’re looking for…
Vacancy
Operation Lead
Business Overview
This is a busy, fast paced operation which offers many challenges and opportunities for the right person. This position is based at Boksburg, Gauteng.
Role Outline
To plan, co-ordinate, manage and report upon the work activities of the team providing effective communication, leadership, motivation, training and development. To direct, co-ordinate and plan the operation through effective scheduling of employees, planning of all functions, manage and control of employees and supervisors. To optimize all resources to ensure that the operation is managed effectively and that customer service standards are achieved and maintained. Ensure that all contractual KPI targets are achieved and maintained in accordance with the Service Level Agreement. To work in conjunction with the Managers to monitor, develop and allocate work to a group of subordinates in specific areas.
Resources
All employees, Departmental Managers Performance Indicators
General Accountabilities
Manage the operation end to end.
Meet and exceed operational service levels and manage the cost of labour
Drive and develop team culture
Delivery of Key Performance Indicators
Compliance with statutory and Company Policies and Procedures
HR Issues – Managing Industrial Relations,
Change Management
Quality Control
Budget Management
Compliance to Standard Operating Procedures
Active participation in stock counts i.e. Planning, Preparation and Physical counting of stock
Team Building and Morale Management
Delivery of safe, secure, clean and fair work environment from Team Members
Maximize accuracy, productivity and space utilization
Translate, analyze and deliver customer needs through effective operations
Engaging with Customer
Ensure daily and weekly workload planning and volume forecasting routines are accomplished
Effective Leadership and Management of the operational and administrative teams
Maintain appropriate information / reporting systems to monitor the depot performance on an ongoing basis
Qualifications
Matric
Skills/Competencies/Experiences
Good understanding of distribution
IT Literate
People Management
Excellent HR and IR skills
Knowledge of client’s requirements and customer needs
Budget Management
Key Performance Indicator development
Work Load Planning
Knowledge and experience of the SAP WM system
Computer literacy (Excel, Word, Power Point)
4 – 5 years in warehousing / logistics / FMCG environment
Skills/Competencies/Experiences
Computer literacy
Communication skills
Ability to work within a rapidly changing environment
Deadline driven
Good written and communication skills
Logistics / Warehousing experience
Enforcement of Health & Safety procedures and identify hazards
Achieve work targets and is willing to take on additional roles / responsibilities
Ability to work under pressure • Proactivity and costs attention
Dynamic and goal orientated
Able to collaborate with Site Mgr.
Capable of adapting physical observations on the shop floor in quick solution by cooperation Site MGR
Basic knowledge of technical laws and warehouse systems
Languages
English – Fluent
Unemployed learners-KZN
BE PART OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST LOGISTICS COMPANY
Deutsche Post DHL Group is the world’s leading logistics and mail company.
We’re one of the world’s largest employers, operating in over 220 countries and territories. We’re Europe’s largest postal service, partner for eCommerce and pioneers in secure digital communication. We’re number one in contract logistics and international express delivery, and a leader in the forwarding business.
Join us and you’ll be working for a global company that’s focused on service, quality, and sustainability, and using the power of global trade to connect people and improve lives.
And not just for our customers, but for every member of our Group too.
At DHL Supply Chain South Africa, we’re looking for…
Vacancy
Unemployed learners (KZN)
Job Purpose
A diligent individual willing to take on new responsibilities and grow needed experience to apply for future endeavours. Someone with an adaptable mindset to acquire workplace knowledge and experience. Someone to fulfil all allocated loading / offloading tasks as per delivery procedure. To carry out instructions as allocated by the Team Leader and Managers. To accurately fulfil all delivery instructions and tasks allocated. To maintain the integrity of the company at all times.
Key areas of responsibility include:
• Learn & adhere to clear understandings of the clients’ requirements
• Build the knowledge & experience to ensure the correct use of equipment and to timeously report any defects
• To report and record any non-conformity with regards to customer merchandise
• To work within operating areas as determined by management and the needs of the business
• When carrying out duties – adapt to following operating procedures and safe working practices
Qualifications/requirements
• BBB-EE candidate
• South Africa Citizens only
• Unemployed youth from age 18 – 29 years
• Matric (English & Mathematics/literacy) – Essential
Required Documents
• CV
• Certified ID Copy.
• Certified Copy Matric Certificate
Competencies & Skills
• The incumbent is a Company representative and must at all times conduct themselves accordingly
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to build relationships
• Good team player
• Ability to work under pressure
• Customer service and clear understanding of the client’s requirement and expectations
• Positive work ethic – good written and verbal communication skills
• Admin skills – Desirable
• Person should have a good understanding of quality as a key value – Desirable
• Awareness of importance of security – Desirable
• Operational knowledge and understanding of service delivery – Desirable
• Ability to understand instructions and to accurately carry out instructions – Desirable
• React to customers in a courteous and professional manner – Desirable
Performance Indicators
• Team player
• Fulfilment of tasks to achieve KPI’s
Languages
English – verbal and written.
Supervisor – VW Assembly
BE PART OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST LOGISTICS COMPANY
Deutsche Post DHL Group is the world’s leading logistics and mail company.
We’re one of the world’s largest employers, operating in over 220 countries and territories. We’re Europe’s largest postal service, partner for eCommerce and pioneers in secure digital communication. We’re number one in contract logistics and international express delivery, and a leader in the forwarding business.
Join us and you’ll be working for a global company that’s focused on service, quality, and sustainability, and using the power of global trade to connect people and improve lives.
And not just for our customers, but for every member of our Group too.
At DHL Supply Chain South Africa, we’re looking for…
Vacancy
Supervisor (Assembly – VWSA)
Job Purpose
This role is essential in the supply chain process as the incumbent provide in-depth insight into operational efficiencies for internal, and external customers within the departments. To direct, coordinate, and plan the operations through effective scheduling of employees, planning of all functions, supervise and control.
Key areas of responsibility include:
• Ensure adherence to the company’s rules and regulations as documented in the company’s disciplinary code of conduct.
• Responsible for issues relating to Health and Safety and the environment.
• Ensure timeous distribution of monthly, weekly, and daily reports to internal and external customers.
• Ensure that housekeeping is prioritized and delivery of safe, secure, clean, and fair work environment for team.
• Control daily team tasks and reporting duties as well as record and report damaged cases, parts, and components.
• Ensure that all non-conformance and queries are addressed on a daily basis.
• Manage reporting change requests from both internal and external customers.
• Ensure that product safety, quality and integrity is not compromised.
• Ensure staff and colleague training on new reports and efficiency-driving work tools in line with SOP.
• To fulfil any and all ad hoc duties in absence of team members as well as timeously communication flow between Management
• Co-ordinate and monitor the area of your responsibility with regard to defined goals and objectives in accordance with internal KPI’s.
• Maintain appropriate information and reporting systems to monitor performance on an ongoing basis.
• Maintain stock control procedures and continuously review for daily reconciliation of theoretical and physical stock.
• Drive and develop team culture: encourage and reward constructive internal competitiveness to the benefit of the Client.
• Demonstrate respect without compromising on results.
• Delivery of KPI’s.
Qualifications & Requirements
• Proficient software skills (MS Word, MS Excel etc)
• 2-3 years’ experience in Supply Chain environment – preferably road transport industry experience.
• Experience working in a multi-cultural team.
• Matric (English & Maths).
• Relevant tertiary certificate/qualification in Logistics and Warehousing.
Competencies & Skills
• Maintains effective relationships with customers.
• Develops and delivers high quality / innovative products, services, or solutions.
• Focuses on customer needs and gains their commitment.
• Gains management / colleague support to meet customer needs.
• Ensures strategies / plans are aligned and reflect others’ views.
• Develops strategies / plans aligned to broader organizational strategy.
• Communicates strategy.
• Establishes clear, challenging, and achievable objectives.
• Aligns resources and the organization within own area of responsibility to achieve objectives.
• Regularly reviews and communicates progress against objectives and adjusts as needed.
• Champions continuous improvement and innovation.
• Inspires results and respect by empowerment, accountability recognition and rewards recognizing the contribution of others.
• Provides employees, colleagues, and business partners with candid and regular feedback.
• Provides employees with development opportunities.
• Supports employees with career opportunities.
• Inspires others to develop themselves.
• Conveys a clear sense of personal goals and values.
• Actively seeks feedback to improve performance.
• Develops new skills and modifies behaviours based on feedback.
• Takes personal responsibility for career and development.
Languages
English – verbal and written.
Controller: Commercial Manufacturing Logistics
BE PART OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST LOGISTICS COMPANY
Deutsche Post DHL Group is the world’s leading logistics and mail company.
We’re one of the world’s largest employers, operating in over 220 countries and territories. We’re Europe’s largest postal service, partner for eCommerce and pioneers in secure digital communication. We’re number one in contract logistics and international express delivery, and a leader in the forwarding business.
Join us and you’ll be working for a global company that’s focused on service, quality and sustainability, and using the power of global trade to connect people and improve lives.
And not just for our Customers, but for every member of our Group too.
At DHL Supply Chain South Africa, we’re looking for…
Role Outline
• Provide financial and commercial support to the division.
• Participates in the Strategic planning process
• Effective financial management of all accounts. This includes monthly, quarterly and annual budgeting
• Direct & control the divisions overall Financial Plans and Policies, Internal controls, Accounting Practices and Relationships.
• Accountable for functions such as Forecast/Budgeting, Management accounting, Cost accounting.
• Develops and co-ordinates necessary and appropriate accounting and statistical data and procedures for the maintenance and the preparation of its financial/Commercial reports.
• Appraises operating results in terms of benchmark budgets, forecasts and strategic plans and coordinates appropriate action plans
• Development of DC and support financial staff
Key areas of responsibility include:
• Work with the Business Unit Financial Director to develop and control the strategic planning process and the reporting thereof.
• Maintain and enhance decision-making through the provision and use of first class financial information based on strong internal control environment and costing systems
• Initial preparation of PRB documentation or of contract acquisitions, capex and other commercial opportunities as well as the management of post approval process including back checks.
• Support Senior Controller through input of annual budget and quarterly forecast process
• Review and challenge of local financial performance, directing and assisting in ensuring performance to budget and forecast
• Ensure a sound and effective relationship and interface with the central finance team, and in particular Shared Services
• Operational financial management and implementation of business unit operational cost control processes and in particular ABC
• Revenue management ensuring timeous and accurate billing of clients and appropriate follow up of outstanding payments in support of Shared services
• Management of the development and succession of financial personnel within the DC structures.
• Provide direction and advice to the senior management team in relation to risk, commercial contracts, approval of business opportunities and general approach to maximising financial performance.
• Ensure Compliance will all local statutory accounting rules and requirements
• Management of all financial aspects for DSC. This includes:- Monitoring and analysis of Contract and site performance against budget (includes explaining variances)
– Preparation of LE as well as input in all costings for submissions for DSC.
– Attending to all Client queries with regards to DSC charges levied.
– Input into PRB Papers and the review of the investment tools.
– Supplying DSC management with financial information and input pertaining to RFP’s for New Business.
– Managing and overseeing all financial projects relating to the account. (from a financial aspect).
– Ensuring operational impact of financial decisions are properly quantified and communicated to DSC business and vice-versa.
– People management and development.
• Accuracy and integrity of BU GL ensuring timeous and regular review and clearing of Balance sheet reconciliation items.
• Supervision of cost control and transaction processing within the business and in particular the accuracy and integrity of the Oracle process –PO and JV’s etc.
• Determination and implementation of performance analyses and reporting processes
• Ensure compliance with all Group and local deadlines and requirements
Qualifications/ Skills/Competencies/Experience
• Matric – Essential
• Degree Level Education preferred
• Recognised financial qualifications eg: CA preferred
• Continuous professional development
• Experience in Supply Chain HR
Competencies & Skills
• Relationship management/Cultural appreciation
• Impact and influence
• Negotiation skills
• Acquisition appraisal and management
• Project management
• Team development
• Knowledge of contract logistics market trends, opportunities and challenges
• Commercial breadth, i.e. general management experience
• Strategic tools/techniques approaches and strategy determination
• Track record of strong P&L understanding
• 5 years in senior finance role
• Effective management in a diverse geographic and multi-cultural environment
Languages
English – verbal and written – Fluent
Unemployed Learners – WC
BE PART OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST LOGISTICS COMPANY
Deutsche Post DHL Group is the world’s leading logistics and mail company.
We’re one of the world’s largest employers, operating in over 220 countries and territories. We’re Europe’s largest postal service, partner for eCommerce and pioneers in secure digital communication. We’re number one in contract logistics and international express delivery, and a leader in the forwarding business.
Join us and you’ll be working for a global company that’s focused on service, quality, and sustainability, and using the power of global trade to connect people and improve lives.
And not just for our customers, but for every member of our Group too.
At DHL Supply Chain South Africa, we’re looking for…
Vacancy
Unemployed learners (Kimberly Clark-Cape Town)
Job Purpose
A diligent individual willing to take on new responsibilities and grow needed experience to apply for future endeavors. Someone with an adaptable mindset to acquire workplace knowledge and experience. Someone to fulfil all allocated loading / offloading tasks as per delivery procedure. To carry out instructions as allocated by the Team Leader and Managers. To accurately fulfil all delivery instructions and tasks allocated. To maintain the integrity of the company at all times.
Key areas of responsibility include:
• Learn & adhere to clear understandings of the clients’ requirements
• Build the knowledge & experience to ensure the correct use of equipment and to timeously report any defects
• To report and record any non-conformity with regards to customer merchandise
• To work within operating areas as determined by management and the needs of the business
• When carrying out duties – adapt to following operating procedures and safe working practices
Qualifications/requirements
• BBB-EE candidate
• South Africa Citizens only
• Unemployed youth from age 18 – 29 years
• Matric (English & Mathematics/literacy) – Essential
Required Documents
• CV
• Certified ID Copy.
• Certified Copy Matric Certificate
Competencies & Skills
• The incumbent is a Company representative and must at all times conduct themselves accordingly
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to build relationships
• Good team player
• Ability to work under pressure
• Customer service and clear understanding of the client’s requirement and expectations
• Positive work ethic – good written and verbal communication skills
• Admin skills – Desirable
• Person should have a good understanding of quality as a key value – Desirable
• Awareness of importance of security – Desirable
• Operational knowledge and understanding of service delivery – Desirable
• Ability to understand instructions and to accurately carry out instructions – Desirable
• React to customers in a courteous and professional manner – Desirable
Performance Indicators
• Team player
• Fulfilment of tasks to achieve KPI’s
Languages
English – verbal and written.