WorldsView™ Technologies is an authorised pan Africa IT distributor of design and positioning software and hardware. Our reseller channel serves customers who design, construct, manufacture or create houses, roads, water networks, movies, television shows – or anything that nature does not create without human intervention. WorldsView Technologies has offices in Midrand, South Africa, and is looking for a dynamic Group Logistics Manager for the South Africa region.

About the job

The successful candidate will be a business graduate with a passion for sales coaching and have extensive experience working with diverse partners in a sales channel. The Key Performance Areas are:

• Protect our inventory 

Contribute to the development, refining and implementation of the company's inventory policy and follow the policy. Control inventory receipting, and the entry/exit of inventory from store rooms. Monitor demonstration and sales inventory and ensure appropriate actions according to the ageing of the inventory. Play a role in ensuring that the product information master is accurate, and appropriately aligned to existing sales opportunities. In particular, where an inventory SKU is discontinued or the item associated with that SKU changed in any way by a vendor and/or replaced with a new SKU or new information then the product information master must be aligned and effort made to ensure that all affected sales opportunities are flagged for action. Do your work with an awareness of the impact that inventory management has on the full business.

• Inventory control and policy

Develop and refine an inventory policy with the objective of optimising both BACKORDER DAYS and INVENTORY DAYS within the constraints of our credit policy and vendor policies. BACKORDER DAYS - Carry inventory such that non-credit related backorder days averages <1 day for software and for stocked-hardware; <20 days for high-value (<$4000) non-stocked hardware, <45 days for low value non-stocked hardware.  INVENTORY DAYS - For stocked SKU's purchase inventory to match 100% of shipping days in inventory days with a minimum stocking quantity = shipping days. Monitor sales pipelines in order to determine stocked versus non-stocked SKU's. Prepare / distribute recommendations to Backoffice Executive  and Senior Accountant for bi-weekly (every 2 weeks) inventory purchases of distributor demonstration inventory and distributor sales inventory. Avoid ad-hoc purchases of physical inventory in order to consolidate shipping costs.

• Order and back order processing

Work with the systems team to enable order-automation such that >65% of all orders process accurately and immediately (without being touched after order entry). Where we are required to touch an order - ensure that all "manual" orders are attended to on the day they are received, and every day until processed. Where orders are incorrectly placed, notify the customer, their channel-development liaison and the appropriate functional manager.

• Shipping and clearing

Develop and refine policies and procedures for shipping, customs, duties and clearing. Ensure adherence to these policies and that the responsibilities are carried out accordingly - ensuring speed, accuracy and efficiency of logistics. Maintain a history of average shipping costs per SKU in MS-Dynamics Product Information Master. Where required, provide new quotations of shipping costs utilising either least-cost process or fastest shipment process (know the difference and advise on both).

• Trade purchasing

Refine your purchasing practices such that we gain additional sales discounts at the time of order - for every hardware order, attempt to get additional discount before placing the order. Keep track of the additional discounts earned through this work. Support efforts to digitally-enable this workflow.

About the person

The successful candidate must have the following qualifications and experience:

• Logistics qualification (preferrable degree)
• At least 4 years experience in logistics, specifically shipping regulations across Africa
• Strong  business and financial acumen;
• A proficient user of Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Skills and abilities:

• Customer Solution focused;
• Ability to uncover needs and present business solutions to senior management team;
• A strong relationship builder at all levels of targeted prospects;
• Target driven;
• Analytical problem solver;
• Curiosity and Tenacity;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills;

Monthly salary for this role

Market related CTC package including benefits (provident fund and medical aid), with additional competitive commissions on the achievement of country sales targets.