Head of Warehouse

Responsibilities

• Manages the planning, design, layout and maintenance of warehousing facilities and storage areas to ensure optimal utilization
• Develops and recommends measures to improve the quality of service and increase efficiency of performance in the warehouse
• Ensures efficient and effective planning out of all warehouse resources and activities to facilitate business requirements
• Works closely with business units to understand business requirements and ensure that service requests are facilitated in an effectual manner
• Ensures that inbound stock is delivered as per the order requirements and products are received, unloaded and assembled as per the guidelines
• Ensures that periodic stock counts (cycle and year end) are conducted efficiently to ensure accuracy between book and physical count
• Conducts periodic reviews to ensure that methods used within the Warehouse function are in line with the established guidelines and procedures
• Identifies the stocks that are in the warehouse for long time and bring it to the attention of the senior management and stock control function
• Ensures prompt and immediate action on stock discrepancies and manages overages, shortages, damages and rejected materials cases on time and in accordance with established procedures and guidelines
• Ensures accuracy of inbound/ outbound documentation (stock transfers, purchase returns, goods invoices, etc.)
• Develops and implements systems in managing data that relate to warehouse activities to ensure record accuracy
• Prepares periodic reports to the senior management related to warehouse activities, and presents statistical information to facilities decision making
• Ensures compliance to all statutory norms regarding warehouse operation

Qualifications

• A minimum of 8-10 years of relevant experience with at least 4-5 years in warehousing and supply chain preferably in the retail industry
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management
• Advanced knowledge of warehouse procedures including stacking and sorting
• Proficient in Microsoft Office products (Excel and Word)

Responsibilities

• Manages the planning, design, layout and maintenance of warehousing facilities and storage areas to ensure optimal utilization
• Develops and recommends measures to improve the quality of service and increase efficiency of performance in the warehouse
• Ensures efficient and effective planning out of all warehouse resources and activities to facilitate business requirements
• Works closely with business units to understand business requirements and ensure that service requests are facilitated in an effectual manner
• Ensures that inbound stock is delivered as per the order requirements and products are received, unloaded and assembled as per the guidelines
• Ensures that periodic stock counts (cycle and year end) are conducted efficiently to ensure accuracy between book and physical count
• Conducts periodic reviews to ensure that methods used within the Warehouse function are in line with the established guidelines and procedures
• Identifies the stocks that are in the warehouse for long time and bring it to the attention of the senior management and stock control function
• Ensures prompt and immediate action on stock discrepancies and manages overages, shortages, damages and rejected materials cases on time and in accordance with established procedures and guidelines
• Ensures accuracy of inbound/ outbound documentation (stock transfers, purchase returns, goods invoices, etc.)
• Develops and implements systems in managing data that relate to warehouse activities to ensure record accuracy
• Prepares periodic reports to the senior management related to warehouse activities, and presents statistical information to facilities decision making
• Ensures compliance to all statutory norms regarding warehouse operation

Qualifications

• A minimum of 8-10 years of relevant experience with at least 4-5 years in warehousing and supply chain preferably in the retail industry
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management
• Advanced knowledge of warehouse procedures including stacking and sorting
• Proficient in Microsoft Office products (Excel and Word)