Country
South Africa
Location
South Africa
Workplace location
DURBAN-FORMOSA RD 103(ZAF)
Employer company
TotalEnergies Marketing South Africa (Pty) Ltd
Domain
Operations, Procurement
Type of contract
Regular position
Experience
Minimum 6 years

Candidate Profile

The candidate should possess the following:

Suitable 3-year tertiary education
Post graduate degree/Industrial Engineering will be an added advantage.
Extensive experience in costs analysis in petrochemical, production or industrial environment
Minimum of 6 years’ experience in Logistics Management (which includes materials management, materials
requirements planning, materials forecasting, warehousing, managing materials budgets and transportation) of which at
least 3 years’ experience in a managerial position in a large organization with a complex operations environment
Extensive experience in stock management gained in a petrochemical, production or industrial environment.

Activities

The candidate will be responsible for the following:

HSEQ:
To ensure constant adherence and compliance to company HSEQ and security standards, local by-laws, standards and legislation
Promote safe working practices and be an advocate for a safe working environment.
People Management:
Lead, motivate and manage the control tower team
Direct work schedules to provide business continuity during absence periods
Manage third party staff to improve primary transport utilization
Governance:
To ensure effective risk management and internal control, including asset management
Follow up and close findings emanating from various audits
Ensure compliance with group purchasing policies
Supply Chain Optimisation:
Management of world class supply concepts to facilitate improved Inbound Logistics
Manage the logistics, procurement and storage flows for finished products throughout the supply chain
Maximise efficient inventory management for finished materials
Control stock count process at all stock holding locations, including: planning, count entry, reconciliation
Represent Supply Chain at Lubricants range review sessions
Work with Corporate Purchasing to review vendor performance and identify improvement opportunities
Work with Corporate Purchasing team for tendering activities
SAP Key user for production planning, master data and product purchasing. Initiate best practices for SAP flows
Manage UK article range in SAP to ensure data integrity for costing and cession pricing. This includes product introduction
and removal from the range
Dead stock: Identify, report, providing rework and disposal solutions
Work with local and group colleagues to optimise sales forecasting requirements
Work with Business Support in preparing Lubricants Supply Chain annual budgets and Long-Term Plan
Continuous Improvement:
Nurture a culture of continual improvement in the team
Review Actual vs. planned supply chain performance, understand reasons for deviations and implement improvements as required
Actively investigate network optimization alternatives and work with LMP and Commercial to justify & implement changes
Follow models of competitor supply chains based on current operation and future investment plans, present findings regularly

Context & Environment

The role requires strong communication links and mutual support within the supply chain department, lubricants commercial teams,
warehouse managers, transport and all relevant stakeholders as and when required.
Constraints: Optimising finished product availability with growing sales. Already contracted warehousing and transport with agreed rates

TotalEnergies is an equal opportunity employer and all applicants that meet the specified criteria will receive consideration for employment without discriminating unfairly on any arbitrary ground, including but not limited to race, gender, sex, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religious conscience belief, political opinion, culture, language, marital status, or family responsibility.