Job Summary
Qualifications- Matric
- Relevant Certificate or Diploma in Warehouse Management, Supply Chain Operations.
- National Diploma in Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, or Operations Management. Bachelor’s degree in Industrial or Production Engineering (Advantageous)
- 5–8 years’ experience in packaging, assembly, or warehouse operations.
- At least 3 years in a supervisory or managerial capacity.
- Proven experience implementing packaging automation or process improvement initiatives.
- Experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment is advantageous.
- Plan, organize, and manage daily packing and assembly operations to meet order fulfilment targets.
- Allocate manpower and resources based on daily order volumes, deadlines, and priorities.
- Ensure all packing and assembly activities meet product quality and safety standards.
- Implement and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for packing, labelling, and assembly processes.
- Ensure orders are packed and staged for dispatch in line with customer requirements and dispatch schedules.
- Maintain clean, organized, and safe packing areas in accordance with 5S principles.
- Coordinate with the Receiving, Inventory and Dispatch teams to ensure seamless material flow.
- Perform audits to ensure inventory accuracy within the Packing and Assembly area.
- Perform audits on packing and assembly teams to ensure adherence to rules, processes and procedures.
- Audit bags and packages to validate that they contain the correct items, quality products, and are labelled correctly.
- Identify non-conformances and areas of risk or inefficiency.
- Identify process inefficiencies and recommend improvements.
- Follow-up & Monitoring
- Review packing schedule, backlog, and resource allocation.
- Frequent walk through the packing and assembly area to verify workflow, safety, and order accuracy.
- Monitor scanning compliance and ensure all items are correctly recorded.
- Check for late or pending customer orders and implement corrective actions.
- Review equipment condition and ensure immediate maintenance/replacement where needed.
- Monitor and review consumable stock levels to ensure uninterrupted operations of the Packing and assembly team.
- Check if previously identified issues have been resolved effectively.
- Monitor whether changes are being followed and if they are effective.
- Escalate repeat or unresolved issues to management when necessary.
- Reporting
- Track KPIs: productivity rate, accuracy rate, pack rate, re-pack rate, assembly rate, error rate, and on-time delivery performance.
- Analyze performance data to support decision-making and improvement initiatives.
- Report major operational risks, capacity constraints, and improvement recommendations to management.
- Securely record and store clear, complete, records of all transactions in and out of the packing and assembly area.
- Submit regular reports (e.g., weekly or monthly) showing what was audited, what was found, and what was recommended.
- Support & Collaboration
- Collaborate with Receiving, Inventory, Dispatch, Production and QC teams to ensure seamless flow of goods.
- Attend daily operational meetings and make planning decisions based on available resources and order priorities
- Provide feedback and improvement proposals to the Supply Chain Manager on equipment, layout, and process gaps
- Support teams in understanding packing and assembly expectations and why changes are needed.
- Help ensure continuous improvement by maintaining open communication with all departments.
About
Objective Personnel is a professional recruitment partner and placement agency that has been making it’s mark on the industry for over 40 years. The company boasts a highly stream-lined service that offers its clients the freedom to focus on running their businesses while Objective Personnel deals with recruitment. Objective Personnel is well suited to filling any vacancy, from entry level to the CEO, and everything in between. If your business has employment opportunities that need filling, Objective Personnel will help you fill them with competent and qualified screened candidates. Situated near Johannesburg, Objective Personnel focuses on the whole of South Africa.
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