Purpose

• The purpose of this position is to manage and coordinate milk procurement logistics activities within the Eastern Cape, ensuring efficient collection, transportation, and supply of milk in line with operational requirements, quality standards, and business objectives.

Requirements

• Diploma in Supply Chain Management or Logistics.
• Relevant experience in applying job-related concepts, techniques and processes at the required level.
• People management experience.
• Valid Drivers Licence.
• Prior experience in working closely with senior management.

Skills & Competencies

• Business English: Fluent.
• Computer literacy (Intermediate).
• Ability to Work shifts/weekends/public holidays.
• Ability to coach and develop people.
• Proactive and action orientated.
• Solves problems through effective decision making.
• Commitment and motivation.
• Strong Administrative capabilities.
• Customer Orientated.
• Ability to apply numerical principles.
• Ability to plan and organise.
• Knowledge of raw milk transport.
• Knowledge of raw milk handling & storage.
• Prior work experiwnce with Excel, Outlook, web-based applications and integrated systems.

Responsibilities

Manage milk collection operations

• Manage route compliance
• Manage tanker turnaround time at factories
• Track and manage OTIF
• Control milk variances
• Complete administration
• Manage on-farm milk spillages and vehicle breakdowns

Manage Cross Border transport

• Manage State Vet compliance
• Complete and distribute cross border permits and documents
• Order transport aligned with daily planning
• Oversee vehicle and driver compliance
• Balancing and recons of milk with Botswana and Clayville

Manage milk quality

• Conduct tanker compliance Audits
• Audit on farm SOP compliance (Transport Service Providers)
• Analyse and rectify Collection Sample handling by external suppliers
• Manage cip compliance internal and external
• Do QNON RCI's

Manage Milk reception

• Oversee turnaround times
• Investigate exceptions and QNON
• Support MR management
• Manage cross border loading execution

Manage admin process

• Balance milk (Internal & External)
• Compile reports
• Schedule routes (Internal & External)
• Support data capturing and data management (Stand in)
• Manage external suppliers (Transporters & Milk suppliers)

Producer Services

• Communication iro on-farm admin and processes
• Communication iro collection route execution and exceptions
• Manage on-farm milk spillages and vehicle breakdowns
• Audit on-farm processes and SOP compliance by external transporters

Financial administration

• Manage petty cash
• Manage permit purchases
• Recon Cross Border permit costs
• ERPLX: Update, maintain and processing of documents

Manage employees

• As prescribed HR system

Additional Information

• We are committed to Employment Equity and Transformation.
• Preference will be given to employees from designated groups.

Ref No

• CLO260619-1