SCD DC Project Engineer - Takealot

Takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented DC Project Engineer to join our Supply Chain Development team in Cape Town.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative, hardworking people to join us. We offer market-related benefits, a great work environment and a promise that you won't get bored, as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

The position reports to the Senior DC Project Engineer.

Your responsibilities will include:

• The successful candidate will be responsible for the management of infrastructure and process projects within the Distribution Centres (DC's) in the network.
• The function of the role is to execute the design, planning and implementation of new process and infrastructure improvements and expansions of existing DC's from start to completion, under the guidance of the DC Development Manager.
• The role is required to, on an ongoing basis, evaluate existing process and infrastructure to ensure that maximum efficiency is extracted through improvement projects.

• The role also manages project expenditures against budget allocation for specific projects.
• Designing and implementing distribution center operations to support the business growth
• Procurement of equipment to support operations and processes
• Analysing and implementing new automation within the distribution center operations, under the guidance of the DC Development Manager
• Supporting supply chain operations in delivering budgeted productivity improvements through engineering and continuous improvement initiatives
• Maintaining infrastructure and process blueprint for facilities according to business requirements
• Management and control of costs for specific projects

Attributes:

• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Understanding of Distribution Centre purpose, function and operation at a detail level
• Responds quickly to changing situations and works well under pressure while maintaining individual team effectiveness
• Logical thinker
• Strong attention to detail
• Good interpersonal skills - works well with others, able to motivate a complex team with diverse skills
• Focused, self-motivated and target driven; determined to succeed
• Self-starter able to initiate new projects
• Strong communication skills

Qualifications:

• Tertiary qualification in Logistics, Supply Chain or Engineering
• Previous experience in a project space in Distribution Centres or warehousing on a large
  scale with complex operations

The Environment:

• takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.
• We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.
• We are short on ego and high on output.
• We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all.
• We love what we do and what we are creating.