Warehouse Foreman

Division

Cipla Medpro Manufacturing (Pty) ltd 

Department

Warehouse 

Employment Type

Permanent 

Job Purpose

Manage & Supervise daily warehouse activities including inventory management & control, Receipt & Dispensing, Quality compliance, Storage space management, control on non moving. Active member in internal & external audit. To Support Production to achieve 100% plan. Ensure compliance to cGMP & safety

Accountabilities 1

• Daily allocation and monitoring of tasks and duties.
• Planning and coordinating the receiving, dispensing, storage, and distribution of goods in the warehouse.
• Impart training with respect to schedule training, GMP, safety, hygiene, application, and principles of production for department personal according to the need.
• Management of staff absence
• Ensure all supplier deliveries are received, checked, processed, and stored away within agreed timelines.
• Notify specific departments when supplier non conformance or shortage are found.
• Developing and implementing procedures for the safe and efficient handling and storage of goods, in compliance with relevant regulations and standards
• Liaise with appropriate departments when non-conformance or poor-quality returns are received
• Provide reports to the Warehouse Manager as and when requested
• Produce internal performance reporting in order to ensure that throughput, quality and trends can be monitored and assessed.

Accountabilities 2

• Ensure compliance to all health and safety legislation/guidelines for self and employees at all times
• Carry out investigation, identifying root cause and propose corrective and preventive action (CAPA).
• Carry out investigations into any accident or near miss incidents. Ensure for internal health and safety audits as and when requested.
• Specifying timelines, deliverables and appropriate level of decision making for the risk management process and performing periodic risk assessment.
• Check and Monitor for cleanliness, maintenance, upkeep of the department, premises and Equipment of Stores.
• Handling, storage and clearance of expired, damaged and rejected materials.
• To ensure timely and effective communication to senior management follow up and implementation of suggestion, corrective action suggested by senior management for continual improvement
• Ensuring the compliance of warehouse operations with relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards
• Escalate issues to management within appropriate time frames.
• Provide end of day/shift handover information to the Warehouse manager

Education Qualification

Matric

Degree in supply chain management 

Relevant Work Experience

5-8 years of experience in stores of a pharmaceutical organisation, knowledge of material management module in ERP system and cGMP in warehouse.

Job Location

Durban , Mobeni