Controller: Pallet

About Premier FMCG

Premier FMCG is at the heart of South Africa's FMCG industry, delivering trusted, iconic brands across our Bakery, Milling, Confectionery, Home & Personal Care and Culinary divisions. We are driven by innovation, collaboration, and a high-performance growth culture. We empower our people to strive for excellence ensuring that our products and people make a difference in the everyday lives of our consumers..

Job Purpose

To ensure continuous operations by controlling pallets as required for stock movement from inbound to outbound in line with company standards and requirements (Premier Way).

Key Responsibilities

1. To support cost effective and continuous operations and asset management through pallet control. This requires:

• Documenting movement of pallets

• Capturing pallet movements on CHEP system

• Issuing and returning pallets

• Maintaining buffer as required for packing

• Recovering outstanding pallets

• Download and check CHEP reports

• Resolving queries and disputes with customers

• Physical monthly stock take

2. To ensure continuous improvement of the pallet control process by optimizing recovery of pallets and preventing over-issue and under-returns.

3. To ensure compliance and adherence to the requirements of Premier Food Safety and Health and Safety standards by inspecting and reporting non-conforming pallets to the warehouse manager to be cleaned and/ or replaced.

4.Ensure high-performance warehouse team by participating in the warehouse manager Invocom and providing ideas on how to improve processes.

5. Promote good customer services by providing sales team with guidance on where to collect outstanding pallets and arrange collection with the relevant customer.

6.Perform adhoc administrative / clerical support services to the Warehouse manager or team.

Experience and Qualifications

• 3–5 years' experience in CHEP Pallet controller (essential).

• 1-2 years Clerical experience. (Desirable)

• Matric with mathematics

• CHEP online system training Intermediate (Desirable)

• MS Office License

Skills and Competencies

Job Knowledge

• Pallet Control Principles (Basic)

• Food safety and Health Safety requirements Continuous improvement processes relating to pallet control (Desirable)

• Continuous improvement processes (Desirable)

• Basic understanding of the Milling Value chain (Desirable)

Job Related Skills

• Customer relations and telephony skills (essential)

• MS Office (With Excel) (essential)

• Pallet control process controls (essential)

• Analytical thinking and problem solving (essential)

• Conflict resolution and negotiating (essential)

• Office administrative skills (essential)

• Stock taking and cost control (essential)

Diversity & Inclusion

Premier FMCG is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals, including people living with disabilities. By applying, you consent to the processing of your personal information in line with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI Act) for recruitment purposes.