Warehouse Manager (COMPO)

Date: 14 Mar 2026

Company: Alstom

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

The successful candidates will be responsible for the following:

• PURPOSE OF THE JOB:
• Be in charge of all the Logistic teams: warehouse, logistic engineering and transport teams (Alstom employees or external - provider) for your site depot.
• Manage and optimize the logistic flows to always keep the physical and system flows aligned.

• NETWORK & LINKS
• INTERNAL
• Material planning, Planning, Sourcing, Finance, Quality
• Industrialization, Environment Health Safety (EHS), Manufacturing

• EXTERNAL
• Suppliers, Third Party Logistic (3PL) & Logistics partners, Subcontractors

• MAIN OFFICE LOCATION
• Located in Richards Bay ( KwaZulu-Natal ) at the production site

• Ensure that employees operate in an environment that complies with company Health, Safety and Environmental policies :
• Know and follow all safety, environmental and emergency procedures
• Actively participate in all aspects of safety including reporting of near misses and meetings
• Ensure implementation of all standard processes & golden rules in compliance with Logistic Handbook
• Ensure optimization of warehousing, packaging, and physical flow according to Lean Manufacturing and QCDE (Quality Cost Delivery Environment Health & Safety) principles
• Ensure key users are in place to support critical processes and users (training, data corrections, system KPI)
• Ensure the ERP solution (Enterprise Resource Planning solution) is implemented, correctly used and guarantee the master data quality
• Monitor and report Key Performance Indicators (inventory accuracy, cycle counting performance)
• Ensure the inventory process is in compliance with Alstom standard rules (Delegation of Authority DOA, instruction)
• Ensure the deployment of APSYS (Alstom Transport Production System) roadmap by each Team

• Provide a long-term vision to the team, set yearly objectives and targets, support and coach in achieving these targets and objectives, perform performance appraisals, reward and recognize merits, set and follow up team members development plans and induction program for newcomers
• Ensure Logistics Operators follow ALSTOM each warehouse processes
• Manage Logistics Operators & aligned team members activities to the warehouse workload

• Participate to the warehouse layout and optimize the storage space
• Contribute to the implementation of mirror area in the warehouse to optimize line feeding activities (Kanban flow, sequence)
• Manage at operations level his area: material receipt, inbound transportation, stock entry, picking and kitting, line feeding, packing, shipping, outbound transportation, inventory accuracy, scrap process
• Respect any specific storage regulations (chemicals, battery, )
• Ensure the continually improvement of the warehouse organisation & processes

Main responsibilities (towards 3PL):

• Ensure that the 3PL and his employees operate in an environment that complies with Alstom's Health, Safety and Environmental policies.
• If the 3PL works in Alstom's ERP, ensure that is correctly implemented and used by the 3PL
• Participate in all monthly, weekly and daily meetings with the 3PL

• Manage 3PLs that are in charge of the external stock (KPIs review, steering committee, monitor activities)

• Guarantee follow-up and performance of 3PL activities through KPIs
• Analyse the Root Causes of any logistic issues and agree with the internal stakeholders and the Management of the 3PL on corrective actions. Follow up on these actions and participate in their realization

• Graduated from Industrial / Supply Chain / Logistics
• Diploma in business management, logistics or a related field preferred
• Knowledge of Industrial fields and/or Material Planning
• Similar experience of minimum of 5 years in a Warehouse environment
• Expertise in ERP Knowledge: SAP (MM, PP)
• Advanced knowledge of Manufacturing, Process Engineering and Supply Chain processes
• Experience with MS Office tools
• Structured, organized, capacity to synthetize and address complex issues
• Good communication and leadership skills
• Multi-cultural Management Teamwork and Customer oriented
• Data driven and courageous, rigor - Ability to manage teams in cross and multicultural relationships
• Leadership of competence and influence: ability to Customer oriented - persuade and convince
• Proactive

• Strong interpersonal skills (leadership, communication, ability to convince)
• Adapting to ALSTOM culture; AGILE; INCLUSIVE & RESPONSIBLE.

You don't need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you'll be proud. If you're up for the challenge, we'd love to hear from you!

Important to note

As a global business, we're an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We're committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.