Nightshift Site Manager

Job Description

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To oversee all night shift warehouse, poultry picking, marinade blending, lug wash, vehicle pre-cooling, and loading/dispatch operations at the Distribution Centre (DC), ensuring all 03:00 routes are dispatched on schedule while maintaining operational, food safety, hygiene, cold chain, people, and SOP compliance
• On-time dispatch of all 03:00 routes
• Cold chain and vehicle pre-cooling compliance
• Picking and poultry picking accuracy
• Marinade blending SOP and hygiene compliance
• Lug wash bay hygiene and checklist compliance
• SOP adherence across all nightshift departments
• Staff discipline, uniform, and attendance management
• Ensure all SOP-required reports are emailed to all HODs, the DC Manager, National Logistics Manager, and DC General Manager in copy
• End-of-shift site security and housekeeping compliance

REQUIREMENTS: 

• Matric
• Tertiary qualification in Supply chain management or Warehouse and distribution or similar
• Management experience in a similar role in a warehouse or distribution centre environment (preferably from the QSR or FMCG industry)
• Solid understanding of cold chain
• Experienced dealing with TES labor – planning of resources for spikes in volumes
• Management of staff
• Microsoft skills - excel / word
• Sage experience will be beneficial
• Attention to detail
• Conflict management
• English and Zulu conversant
• No criminal record

Closing Date 30 September 2026