DC Industrial Engineer (4months Contract)

Takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented DC Industrial Engineer to join our team at the Cape Town Distribution Centre.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hardworking people to join us.  We offer market related benefits, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t get bored, as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

This position reports to the DC Project Manager.  

Your responsibilities will include:

• Evaluate core processes within the DC operation and integrate them in a unique and creative way to solve business problems.
• Design and conduct time and motion studies to develop standard work routines; best practises and realistic/measurable productivity expectations.
• Collaborate and communicate the above mentioned with Head of Departments (HODs) and Development team.
• Performing routine audits of systems and operational processes.
• Advise on improvements of Key Performance Indicators that impacts operations and processes with different stakeholders.
• Conduct RCA to identify uncommon and everyday issues within DC operations.
• Perform data analysis to identify opportunities and risks in storage optimisation; material handling and process conformance.
• Capture; design and make recommendations to process flow through risk, security and productivity gap analysis.
• Develop and maintain work standards and characteristics that promote efficient staff and facility utilization.
• Design, implement and maintain 5s initiatives across all departments.
• Develop inhouse forecasting models for packaging, consumables, assets and labour based on volumes and budget.
• Support continuous improvement projects and initiatives by actively adhering to lean principles, design of experiments (ex: Six Sigma; Simulation design etc.)
• Assist in identifying facility design requirements based on activity levels, flow and business requirements.

Attributes required:

• Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude; self-motivated.
• Attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken.
• Previous experience in mini project management.
• Comfortable with change and excellent team player.
• Comfortable with learning and adapting to new systems.
•  Critical and Systems thinking.
• Passionate about change and improvement.

Qualifications:

• BEng Industrial Engineering, B.Comm Logistics or similar degree preferred
• Minimum 3 years relevant experience within DC operations preferred
• Project Management experience advantageous
• High level of proficiency with MS Office packages

The Environment :

• takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.
• We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.
• We are short on ego and high on output.
• We are doers and not only thinkers, it’s all in the execution after all.
• We love what we do and what we are creating.

We seek to Employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who:

• is forthright but respectful
• is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute
• is analytical, able to use data to make decisions
• is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours
• is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience
• is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster
• is business SMART. Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input
• is curious and challenge the status quo
• is innovative and enjoys iteration
• is collaborative
• will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com.
• thinks like an owner of the business.
• is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARDWORKING

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!

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Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities, to apply.