Warehouse Manager at Recore Limited

Location: Ikeja Lagos,

Duties & Responsibilities

• Your responsibility shall be customer and business-focused.
• Strategically manage warehouse in compliance with company’s policies and vision
• Complies with federal, state, and local warehousing, material handling, and shipping requirements by studying existing and new legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising management on needed actions.
• Oversee receiving, warehousing, distribution and maintenance operations.
• Achieve high levels of customer satisfaction through excellence in receiving, identifying, dispatching and assuring quality of goods.
• Prepare an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analysing variances; initiating corrective actions.
• Owner of all the operating budget of the warehouse including freight, building maintenance cost, MHE and fleet repairs cost etc.
• Setup layout and ensure efficient space utilization
• Initiate, coordinate and enforce optimal operational policies and procedures
• Safeguards warehouse operations and contents by establishing and monitoring security procedures and protocols.
• Maintain standards of health and safety, hygiene and security
• Liaise with customers, sales department and transport companies
• Plan work roasters, assign tasks appropriately and appraise results
• Recruit, select, orient, coach and motivate employees
• Custodian of all warehouse reports and analysis needful for management decision.
• Receive feedback and monitor the quality of services provided
• Ensure that quality objectives and delivery deadlines are met
• Scheduling equipment maintenance and replacing when required
• Maintains physical condition of warehouse by planning and implementing new design layouts; inspecting equipment; issuing work orders for repair and requisitions for replacement.
• Controls inventory levels by conducting physical counts while reconciling with demand figures.
• Meeting productivity targets
• Measure and report the effectiveness of warehousing activities and employees’ performance
• All other duties as may be directed by the HOD.

Education / Knowledge, Skills, Attributes, Experience & Other Requirements
Education/Knowledge:

• Minimum of HND/B.sc

Working Experience:

• At least 7 years Logistics experience (5 years being in an FMCG company and in warehouse).
• Compulsory knowledge Transport operations

Skills & Other:

• Excellent people management skills
• Sound Financial and business acumen
• Very good communication and analytical skills
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft excel, PowerPoint & Word
• Good Inventory Control
• Good understanding of Transport
• Team management
• Process understanding and controls ability
• Very good Analytical and Reporting skills
• Good knowledge of SAP, Navision or any other ERP.
• Professional membership of Logistics and Supply Chain bodies