Picker

SUMMARY:
The purpose is to ensure the accurate picking of customer orders.

POSITION INFO:

 Job Purpose

The purpose is to ensure the accurate picking of customer orders.

Key Accountabilities and Outputs

Enhanced Customer Service

• • Maintain good Customer relations by delivering on promise consistently.
• • Feedback on queries, complaints, incorrect loading and picking conducted to prevent recurrence.
• • Picking Times in Warehouse is met as per standard

Health, Safety and Environment

• • Maximum Safe Pallet stacking heights complied with
• • Ensure adherence to site safety standards as head of Safety, Health and Environmental Committee
• • Ensure compliance to all relevant legislation
• • Ensure adherence to site safety standards and critical member of Safety, Health and Environmental Committee in line with the OSH Act.
• • Ensure the safe operation of forklifts.
• • Ensure compliance to all relevant legislation and support a safe environment for The Beverage Company's Employees, Contractors and Visitors.

Effective stock quality management

• • Warehouse stock age standards maintained by ensuring stock rotation principles applied
• • Ensures quality control through checking packaging on warehouse floor and prior to picking

Effective inventory management

• • Participation in handover process before and after every shift
• • Accurate stock counts performed when requested
• • Maintain clear and effective communication with Stock Clerk, Warehouse Controller and Warehouse Supervisor

Routine Responsibilities

• • Perform physical inventory counts and investigate variances.
• • Ensure efficient and accurate picking as per picking slip requirement.
• • Engage with the Warehouse Supervisor to execute picking in line with the Load Plan.
• • Ensure that orders are picked as per the pick rate standard.
• • Equipment operated safely within Manufacturers specifications and compliant with the OHS Act.
• • Conversant with relevant business information, policies, processes and procedures

Adherence to Food Safety Requirements

• • Commitment to The Beverage Company's Food Safety policy and its objectives
• • Ability to understand and implement all food safety requirements
• • Adherence to and the enforcement of Food Safety Policies, SOPs and PRPs
• • Compliance with PPE requirements including jewellery policy
• • Compliance with personal hygiene requirements in accordance with the organisations code of practice
• • Active engagement in all training including competency testing
• • Regular practice of hand washing and sanitising
• • Prevention of cross-contamination of products - no allergens allowed in the manufacturing facility
• • Responsible for raising any food safety risk to the relevant personnel such as the Team Leader or Food Safety personnel
• • Reporting of any illness or communicable disease before the commencement of shift
• • Compliance with all legal, regulatory and customer requirements
• • Enforce GMPs and conduct themselves in a manner conducive with food safety practices
• • Maintain high standards of housekeeping and hygiene of equipment, facilities and work environment
• • Informed and vigilant on food defence and food fraud risks
• • Promote, encourage and continuously grow the organisations food safety culture
• • Maintain zero compromise on product quality and safety
• • Collaborate with internal food safety team to realise the organisations goals of retaining GFSI certification and continuous improvement

Qualifications and Experience

• • Grade 12 / Matric / NQF level 4 (Essential)
• • Up to 6 months' experience (Operational Execution) FMCG, Distribution Environment

Key Qualities

Communication

• • Routine communication in connection with instructions, requests or normal work tasks

Problem Solving

• • Proactive identification of problems that are concrete and procedural, apply known solutions in line with guidelines provided or escalate more difficult problems to superiors.

Relationships Maintained

• • Others in own work area

Behavioural Competencies

Planning and Organising

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• • Manages time effectively, ensuring effective completion of tasks under stressful deadlines.
• • Able to prioritise activities and resources, ensuring that results are achieved effectively.
• • Able to evaluate progress and make appropriate adjustments to initial plans, ensuring a successful outcome.

Verbal Communication

• • Able to communicate verbally in a logical manner.
• • Takes the intended audience into account when communicating verbal informat