- Location
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Type
- Full-time
- Seniority
- Manager
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- Workday
Description
Job Description Summary
This role is part of the end-to-end Value Stream operating model, structured around 4 Value Streams to better support our customers from opportunity through execution. This model will strengthen accountability and cross-functional collaboration, enabling faster, more predictable delivery, improved customer outcomes, and sustainable growth.Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
- Serve as SPOC for assigned customer service leaders and sales teams regarding pull management execution for their station or customer group.
- Own end-to-end SQDC performance for the assigned scope, proactively managing fulfillment and resolving bottlenecks to protect customer commitments.
- Lead daily pull management execution independently, resolving fulfillment issues, escalations, and non-standard requests with high autonomy.
- Collaborate with Sales and Customer Service to manage expectations and provide transparency on lead times, status, and OTD risks.
- Identify operational trends and lead targeted process improvements within the assigned customer group to drive productivity and fulfillment flow.
- Ensure transactional accuracy across the fulfillment chain, including documentation, system inputs, and cross-functional coordination.
- Act as an internal consultant for assigned customers/stations, using deep process knowledge to navigate complex fulfillment challenges.
- Build and maintain effective stakeholder relationships to align material availability with customer needs.
Required Qualifications:
- Significant experience in customer-facing supply chain, order fulfillment, or logistics management.
- Proven ability to operate independently, solve complex problems, and manage high-stakes customer relationships.
- Advanced understanding of fulfillment processes, SQDC metrics, and order-to-cash workflows.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills; ability to influence cross-functional and senior stakeholders.
- Working knowledge of Steam Services tools and systems, e.g., OSERP and NEX.
- Ability to balance urgent operational demands with long-term process improvement activities.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
Desired Characteristics:
- High ownership and urgency; proactively addresses performance risks before customer impact.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, especially in managing complex sales and customer-service expectations.
- Improvement-oriented mindset; comfortable leading small projects or lean-driven optimizations.
- Strong analytical skills; interprets fulfillment data to explain customer performance trends.
- Customer-focused and resilient in high-pressure operational environments.
- Able to integrate own expertise with broader business and fleet objectives.
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
Skills
Customer Service