Assistant Manager

Recruiter:

Tower Group

Job Ref:

3180877647

Date posted:

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Location:

Durban, South Africa

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

Purpose of the job:
The Role of the Assistant Manager within the Chemicals Team is to manage the overall operational supply chain and logistics for the department to ensure that efficiency and productivity is maximised. And developing and maintaining good relationships with vendors and customers.

Experiential and Educational requirements:
Matric
Completed tertiary degree in Supply Chain Management.
Minimum of 3 years related experience in a similar role
Minimum of 5 years’ experience in an end-to-end Supply Chain Environment
Intermediate Computer literacy (Microsoft Office) & SAP R3 Experience

Essential duties and responsibilities:
Assisting in preparing the Sales Budget, and providing key customer information and sales activity trends
Coordinating with the team to meet Sales Objective and complete monthly sales analysis.
Complete Gross Profit analysis, which requires numerical understanding of sales vs cost of sales and report to management, and have a clearly understanding of the GP trends and possible Kaizen of how to improve Gross Profit
Operational management of Networking Capital. With close monitoring of overdue inventory and resolution of damaged and expired inventory.
Customer relationship management (communication, need satisfaction, effective partnership)
Understanding customer business environment
Expanding current business with customers
Supporting Coordinator with customer visit, negotiation and speedy resolutions of critical customer queries.

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