Warehouse Manager, Mfamosing at HBM Nigeria Plc (Formerly Lafarge)

About the Job

The position is responsible for safety/production clothing, explosives, grinding media, refractory bricks, oils & greases, other production supplies, mechanical spares, mobile plant spares, electrical spares, instrumentation/automation spares, generators spares, petrol and diesel, laboratory supplies and general services supplies.

What you'll be doing

• ​Responsible for general coordination and supervision of stores administration and inventory management.
• Supervision of stock receipts, transfers, issues, returns and general stores accounting.
• Responsible for managing the inventory and ensure optimum stock levels are maintained.
• Ensures relevant spares and materials are stocked.
• Responsible for company’s procedure related to stock material management.
• Receive and confirm for approval the purchase requisition for stock items.
• Ensures the removal of obsolete items as determined by the users.
• Monitors stock taking.
• Maintains stock items in good and appropriate condition
• Contributes in optimization of Working Capital Requirement (WCR) by optimizing stock holding and cost of storage.
• Ensures the compliance to Health, Safety and Environmental regulations.
• Ensures compliance to Quality Management System
• To provide reporting about the stores to Management monthly.
• Responsible for good health and safety of staff and properties under his supervision.
• Identify training needs for subordinates.
• Ensure involvement in the implementation and maintenance of integrated management system in the plant

Who you'll be working with 

Organizational Dimension:

Interfaces with:

• Plant Management
• Stores Supervisors
• Users (Production, Maintenance, Quality Control, etc.)
• Finance department
• CPU (Central Purchasing Unit)
• Suppliers
• External auditors/Internal auditors

Requirements

• Knowledge of cement production process
• Good knowledge about Health & Hazards storage rules & regulations.
• Knowledge of basic statistics (random sampling analysis, statistical laws as normal).
• Knowledge of industrial accounting and cost analysis.
• Good knowledge of local markets (for local small purchases).
• Knowledge of technical spares (mechanical, electrical and instrumentation especially for cement plants)
• Knowledge of units of measurements
• Be familiar with engineering items, production items and general items
• Experience with Stock and supplying (handling) management.
• Techniques of appraisal of suppliers in order to provide the purchasing department with information (reception, conditions, quality of items, etc.).
• Stock management techniques e.g. calculation of stock levels.
• Techniques of stacking spare parts in proper conditions