RCL Foods is seeking a dynamic and detail-oriented Despatch Clerk to join its baking business unit. This is a permanent position based in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, reporting directly to the Distribution Manager. The role requires someone with a passion for ensuring the seamless flow of stock and maintaining high levels of accuracy and efficiency in daily operations.
Despatch Clerk Details
- Closing Date: 20 December 2024
- Reference Number: RCL241206-2
- Location: Kokstad, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Role Overview
As a Despatch Clerk, you will be at the heart of the supply chain operations, managing stock and crate movements between production and dispatch, ensuring accurate documentation, and maintaining the integrity of transactional processes. This position plays a crucial role in ensuring smooth operations while adhering to company safety and operational standards.
About the Employer: RCL Foods
RCL Foods is one of South Africa’s most trusted and respected food manufacturers, with a reputation for delivering excellence across a wide range of product categories. The company operates within the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) sector, serving millions of customers with high-quality food and beverages.
As a diverse and inclusive organization, RCL Foods prioritizes innovation, efficiency, and sustainability, ensuring its impact goes beyond the production line to positively influence communities and the environment. The company’s mission is to inspire people to grow, making it an employer of choice for those who value collaboration, integrity, and progress.
Key Responsibilities
1. Stock Management
- Verify stock handovers at the start and end of shifts.
- Lock and secure cages to ensure stock safety.
- Oversee stock pulling from production, ensuring sign-off by relevant personnel.
- Load stock according to safety standards, minimizing the risk of damage.
- Process vehicle returns by counting returns and issuing credit notes where applicable.
- Segregate good returns into dispatch cages and damaged returns into designated containers.
- Conduct regular stock cycle counts, ensuring accurate reconciliation.
- Ensure the timely and accurate receipting and dispatching of confectionery items as per Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
2. Crate Management
- Monitor and record the movement of crates in the JDE system.
- Perform daily counts of all Sunshine crates on company premises.
- Investigate and report any discrepancies in crate counts to the Dispatch Supervisor.
- Reconcile crates returned on vehicles with issued crate slips.
3. Transactional Duties
- Generate daily accumulative sales reports and loading sheets.
- Communicate with loaders regarding stock quantities and types to be pulled and loaded.
- Process bread sales, ensuring accuracy in cash transactions and balancing invoices.
- Issue correctly printed invoices to drivers before dispatch.
- Record and manage special customer requests, ensuring they are communicated to the Production Supervisor.
- Complete a comprehensive handover sheet for the next shift, outlining all critical information.
Minimum Requirements
Education:
- Matric qualification with a pass rate of at least 60% in Mathematics.
Skills:
- Strong ability to read, write, and communicate in English.
- Proficiency in numeracy and problem-solving.
- Advanced computer literacy, particularly in Microsoft Excel and email applications.
Experience:
- 1-2 years’ experience in a dispatch department.
- Prior exposure to the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry is advantageous.
- Familiarity with JDE systems will be a bonus.
Why Join RCL Foods?
RCL Foods is a leading company in the baking industry, known for its commitment to excellence and innovation. This role offers an opportunity to work in a collaborative environment where you can enhance your skills while contributing to a well-respected brand.
The successful candidate will benefit from a stable and supportive work environment with opportunities for growth and development within the organization.
Joining RCL Foods as a Despatch Clerk offers a rewarding opportunity to contribute to a dynamic, fast-paced industry while developing your career in a supportive environment. This role is perfect for a highly organized individual who thrives on accuracy and efficiency, with the potential to grow within one of South Africa’s leading FMCG companies.
With its commitment to employee growth and operational excellence, RCL Foods provides the ideal platform for you to showcase your skills and make a meaningful impact. Don’t miss this chance to become a key player in a thriving organization.
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Apply now and start your journey with RCL Foods—where passion and purpose come together!