Job Title: Assistant Warehouse Manager
Hiring Organization: Jumba
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: Construction
Job Type: Full
Time
Salary: KES
Date Posted: 05/11/2024
The
Assistant Warehouse Manager is responsible for the management of daily
warehouse operations with a key goal to ensure customer and stakeholder
satisfaction. The role is pivotal in the daily resource scheduling,
work-planning, ensuring OSH compliance on site, overseeing the operations of
intake, dispatch, cycle counts and follow-through on stock reconciliation
operations.
Responsibilities
Resource
Scheduling
- Responsible
for preparation of the daily 24-hour work plan covering both shifts and
cascading the same to the respective shift leads. The plan reviews the
requirements for the day e.g. labour against the expected throughput.
- Responsible
for drafting and updating the weekly shift schedule for the shift leads
and inventory clerks and uploading it onto the set platform on time to
ensure all stakeholders have the information on who is in the respective
warehouses.
OSH
Compliance
- Responsible
for reviewing of the daily PPE Issuance report to determine any shortages
and escalating for procurement.
- Conducting
periodic OSH audits across the warehouse to identify and close out any
gaps.
- Conducting
refresher OSH sensitization sessions with the warehouse staff to ensure
all are on the same page regarding creating and maintaining a safe working
environment.
Warehouse
Cadence Adherence
- Responsible
for developing, alongside the Warehouse Manager, the shift start cadence
for both shifts; day and night.
- Responsible
for cascading the set warehouse shift start cadence to all the shift
leads, inventory clerks and casuals.
- Responsible
for auditing the effectiveness of the 2 shift start cadences, identifying
and closing gaps in the process.
Inventory
Operations
- Receiving
and Dispatch of inventory at the warehouse.
- Conduct
periodic audits of the offloading and dispatch of stock at the warehouse
validating that the quantities reported by the clerks and shift leads are
accurate and more over that customers receive their orders on time and in
full.
Stock
Accounting
- Conduct
daily cycle counts of a specific number of SKUs to juxtapose the system
number against the physical count.
- Variance
Reconciliation – Daily review of any variances noted with the objective of
tracing back to either an intake team or a dispatch team for
accountability.
- Inventory
Report Audit – Review the warehouse Inventory report to ensure it is
filled accurately and on time by the warehousing associates.
Budget
Management
- Providing
inputs for the Warehouse budget during the monthly/quarterly review
process with the Warehouse Manager.
- Validate
the daily casual payments done tallies with the labour plan of the day,
ensuring all casuals get paid on time for work done.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s
in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Procurement or any other relatable
field
- 5
-7 years of progressive experience in a similar role
- Experience
in managing large teams.
- Experience
in setting up high-performance teams and systems.
- Experience
in warehouse and inventory management, experience with WMS/ERP systems an
added bonus.
Must
have skills
- Leadership
Skills
- Project
management skills
- Data
Analysis
- Presentation
skills