Loading Bay Supervisor

Responsibilities:

Operations & Logistics Management:

• Coordinate Traffic: Manage the flow of trucks and tractors entering and exiting the bay
• Schedule Loading/Unloading: Prioritize loading based on production and transporter availability.
• Equipment Oversight: Ensure weighing scales are operational and safety-checked daily.
• Waiting Time: Monitor and minimize the waiting time for external trucks and internal harvest tractors to ensure efficiency.

Quality Control & Inspection (Crucial):

• Contamination Checks: Visually inspect incoming raw rubber to ensure no contaminants that can ruin rubber quality.
• Weight Verification: Supervise the weighing scale operations to ensure the precise weight of incoming harvest and outgoing produce is recorded.

Inventory & Documentation:

• Record Keeping: Maintain accurate daily logs of all incoming and outgoing stock (tonnage, vehicle number, driver name).
• Waybills & Delivery Notes: Verify that all freight documents match the physical vehicle loaded for incoming harvest and outgoing produce sales.
• System Entry: Input data into the plantation’s inventory management system.
• Stock Reconciliation: Assist the inventory team with weekly or monthly stock counts.

Health, Safety, & Team Leadership:

• Team Management: Supervise, educate, and roster the loading crew.
• Safety Protocol: Enforce strict rules to prevent accidents in the loading zone.
• Housekeeping: Ensure the loading bay is kept clean and free of stagnant water (to prevent mosquito breeding and slips) and rubber debris.

Requirements:

• Minimum of an OND/HND/B.Sc.in Logistics, Agriculture, or a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a supervisory role within logistics, warehousing, or a manufacturing plant.
• Specific experience in Agro-allied industries or rubber plantations is highly desirable.
• Proven experience managing manual laborers and equipment operators.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (specifically Excel for reporting).
• Ability to operate or supervise the operation of the Weighbridge scale.
• Attention to Detail: Ability to spot contamination in rubber and errors in paperwork immediately.
• Integrity: Unwavering honesty regarding weight recording and inventory stock (prevention of pilferage).
• Communication: Ability to give clear commands to the loading team and communicate effectively with truck drivers and management.
• Physical Stamina: Ability to work on the feet for long periods and withstand the plantation environment.
• Environment: Ability to adapt to a semi-outdoor industrial environment; exposure to the specific odor of raw rubber.
• Hours: Must be willing to work weekends or extended hours during peak harvest seasons.