National Warehouse, Logistics and Transport Manager
The Focus Group
- R45,000 - R58,300 per month
- Permanent Management EE position
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Randburg
- Posted 25 Aug 2025 by The Focus Group
- Expires in 33 days
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Job 2620514
About the position
Our client is a long-standing Medical Technology company that is a distributor for medical technology products including medical equipment, devices and consumables for a number of Agencies across a wide range of therapeutic areas
Job purpose/summary
The company wishes to employ a National Warehouse and Logistics Manager who will be responsible to enhance and manage the national warehouse, the companies warehouse management system, oversee National Logistics and suppliers and the company’s vehicle fleet and fuel cards. The main warehouse is at Head Office in Johannesburg with branches in major centres with smaller warehousing and logistics functions.
The successful candidate will be based at the Company’s head office in Sandton Johannesburg and will report to the Operations Director
Minimum requirements, skills required and territory
Please Note: Preference will be given to EE candidates
Qualification and requirements:
- Relevant BA Degree (NQF7 or higher)
- Worked in a warehouse manager environment for more than 5 years with at least 2 years in a management role
- Demonstrate Leadership capabilities and experience including handling of team motivation, team performance and discipline
- Knowledge of transport/fleet/warehouse management
- In current role for more than 3 years (job movements criteria)
- South African Citizen / EE requirements are given preference
Skills required:
- ACCPAC / SAGE 300 experience beneficial or related ERP
- Granite experiences an advantage
- Take responsibility for the safekeeping of stock under their care
- Ability to work well under pressure / frequent interruptions
- Willingness to take responsibility.
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
- Self-motivated individual
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing in English
- Willingness to work overtime when required
- Limited travel
Job Responsibilities
- Control the flow of incoming and outgoing products to ensure customers receive products on time.
- Contain costs of all warehouse and logistics related issues
- Management of:
- the warehouse
- inventory control
- material handling
- customer service (Deliveries & Logistics)
- corporate fleet and fuels cards - management and investigation
- Overseeing warehousing and logistics for all branches
- Experience in Occupational Health and Safety
- Reporting on related budgets, expenses, progress of tasks etc.
- Above average organisational skills
- Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) in English
- Source and negotiate costs for local shipping suppliers
- Improve the efficiency of the supply chain.
- Technical skills:
- Problem solving
- Identifying critical issues with ease
- Creative thinking
- Fleet vehicle maintenance knowledge
- Warehouse management systems
- Developing, refining of processes and procedures
- ESG Reporting for Environmental
- Leadership skills
- Facilitate effective team interaction
- Dispute resolution
- Effective team management
- Team performance appraisals
- Team mentorship for local and regional affiliated staff
Desired Skills:
- AccPac
- Fleet Management
- Inventory Control
- Leadership
- Logistics
- Management
- Pharmaceutical
Employer & Job Benefits:
- Medical Aid Contribution
- Provident Fund Contribution
The Focus Group
About the agency
THE FOCUS GROUP was formed in 1989 and has offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town. We are a full service Human Resource Consulting Company, encompassing Black Empowerment joint venture partner Focus Kamoso, and offering a comprehensive range of integrated recruitment, assessment, employee relations, training and development, HR, employee benefit and payroll management services to a wide range of South African, African and international business organisations.
Our commitment is to enter into a partnership with you, the Client, which adds value to your business and profit to your bottom line, by tailoring solutions that assist you to
• Source, assess and select the best possible human resources.
• Design and implement competency based training programmes, which ensure that your employees are capable of delivering the service excellence that your clients demand, and the competitive edge which you seek to maintain.
• Create a business environment in which you manage change to your advantage and an organisational climate that allows your team to perform to its maximum potential.
• Design employee benefit and remuneration structures which ensure that your people take ownership of your business and which protect you against losing your most valuable resource to your competition.
• Implement an employee relations framework that promotes workplace harmony and minimises the occurrence of disruptive legal disputes.
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