Logistics / Store Officer at Africa Youth Growth Foundation

Slots: 2 (one for each state)

Job Purpose

• The Logistics/Store Officer is responsible for monitoring daily consumption records and inventory management of the store to ensure that AYGF warehouse is adequately stock.
• Maintain inventories, ordering new items, placing products on shelves, pulling out expired items, and keeping records of transferred commodities.

Responsibilities

• Support the effective management of commodities at the warehouse to ensure alignment of inventory levels with appropriate guidelines.
• Manage the day-to-day operations and activities of the stores (centralized) under the supervision of the Procurement and Logistics Manager.
• Conduct physical counts to verify accuracy of incoming and outgoing products at the stores.
• Ensure incoming products are received and stored in FEFO order
• Maintain online inventory management software and ensure timely identification of triggers (or manually identify when minimum threshold levels have been reached) to initiate actions for stock replenishment.
• Post details of receipt and dispatch transactions and ensure integrity of the inventory management system.
• Maintain up to date records of materials inventory at the stores (existing stock, pending orders, etc.)
• Provide information on current stock and orders to provide justification for re-ordering.
• Monitor trends of product receipt and dispatch at the stores to provide basis for demand forecasting
• Conduct periodic inventory stock counting/ inventory accuracy checks
• Perform end-of-day inventory reconciliation to ensure discrepancies are identified and resolved in time.
• Notify Procurement and Logistics Manager of irregularities in inventory records and support in reconciling/ resolving.
• Maintain approved Health Safety and Environment (HSE) best practices in the stores.
• Develop periodic reports of stores operations and performance as required.
• Maintain electronic inventory management database.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the Procurement and Logistics Manager

Job Requirements
The Person should have:

• A minimum of HND / B.Sc in Business Administration, Logistics Management, Supply Chain Management or related field
• A minimum 3-4 years of experience in Logistics management, store keeping or supply chain management
• Previous experience working with NGO or developmental organization will serve as an added advantage.
• Must reside in Niger State and Kogi State

Skills and Competencies:

• Interpersonal skills – the ability to work well in a team, as well as to manage and motivate others
• Logical reasoning and problem-solving skills
• The ability to think creatively
• Interpersonal skills
• Skills in data analysis, including working with electronic data
• Logical reasoning
• Time-management ability
• Ability to plan ahead and deal with unexpected changes.