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title: "Outbound Shift Manager"
company: "takealot.com"
company_url: "https://www.remjobs.works/companies/takealot-com"
url: "https://www.remjobs.works/job/takealot-com-outbound-shift-manager-e46a00af-ec42-46f9-a2b4-1b7688c9cbbb"
apply_url: "https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/takealotcom/jobs/8179484"
workplace: onsite
location: "Johannesburg"
employment_type: unspecified
seniority: mid
role: other
region: middle-east-africa
date_posted: 2026-09-08T14:38:20.000Z
first_seen_by_remjobs: 2026-09-15T19:07:02.548Z
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# Outbound Shift Manager

**takealot.com** · Johannesburg

Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/takealotcom/jobs/8179484

## About the role

[takealot.com](https://www.takealot.com/), South Africa's leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented **Outbound Shift Manager** to join our team in **Johannesburg.**

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

**Purpose of this role :** The Inbound/Outbound Shift Manager has complete responsibility for Inbound/Outbound functional processes within the fulfillment centre, managing all aspects of stock handling from receipt from suppliers to filing the stock in inventory locations. This position requires a candidate with the proven ability to drive process improvements and the ability to keep pace with TAKEALOT explosive growth while motivating others to meet the challenges of an extremely deadline-driven and fast-moving environment of E-commerce

**This position reports to the : DC Outbound Manager **

**Your responsibilities will include:**

- Overall management and coordination of all warehousing functions

- Oversee Outbound/Inbound operations – manage entire the process within Outbound/Inbound during their shift

- Responsible for efficiently managing all aspects of stock handling from receipt from suppliers to dispatch to customers including the returns department

- Ensure daily, weekly and monthly planning is done for all warehousing operations and manage adherence to plan

- 5S Adherence & Safety compliance - Effective management of housekeeping and ensure all safety protocols are followed

- Management of resource to be effective and efficient at lowest cost and according to changing needs

- Staff Management – Supervise department staff and Effective leadership and direction for the operation team through evolvement

- Cross-department co-ordination – communication with Dispatch, Inbound, Inventory and TES service teams to deliver on the relevant key business drivers

- Manage customer liaison process and ensure that warehouse queries are resolved timeously and exception trends are addressed

- Ensure that warehouse space, equipment and warehouse flow is optimised and that future

- Warehouse requirements are planned

- Ensure stock accuracy through disciplined stock control

- Operate an efficient Distribution Centre by identifying, implementing and managing optimal processes and procedures, to minimise costs and maximize working capital and implement stock accuracy; Ensure reducedpackfail and Inbound Exceptions SOP are followed and all exceptions are collected on time with accuracy

**Qualification & Experience:**

- Grade 12

- Relevant tertiary education

- 5+ years’ experience in directly and indirectly managing people to deliver continuous improvement E-commerce experience

- ERP systems knowledge

- Experience in working with budgets and cost analysis

- LEAN or continuous improvement

- Performance management skills –knowledge of Industrial

- Relations and practices

**Attributes Required**:

- Strong communications skills

- A structured and disciplined management style

- Ability to motivate and inspire others a must

- Strong problem-solving skills

- Self-starter with high energy levels a must

- Well-developed business and operational acumen

- Analytically minded and able to find and use data to inform decision making

- Ability to work under pressure with strict deadlines

- Good attention to detail

- Strong Customer Service Orientation Goal orientated and motivated to succeed

- Dynamic individual with proven experience in delivering change and innovative solutions.

**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.

- We seek to employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who is Smart, has Integrity, and is Hardworking. 

If you meet the above you are an **Extraordinary Mind **so come and join us!

***Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities, to apply*.**

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