Warehouse Team Lead (Depot & Raw Materials)

Academic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Management or relevant field
  

Professional Qualifications

• East Africa Customs Freight Forwarding Practicing Certificate Course (EACFFPC), CIPS
  

Experience

• At least 5 years experience in warehousing operations with at least two (2) years in a supervisory level within a busy FMCG environment;
  
• Practical experience in use of MS packages and ERP systems
  

Inventory Management

• Overall inventory management accountability to ensure that company assets and stocks are safeguarded from loss
  
• Co-ordinate with supply planning on effective and efficient lead time management of inventory to always guarantee stock availability
  
• Perform inventory analysis and management to avoid low stock and overstock levels as per stock policy/ procedures
  
• Generate and maintain monthly reports on inventory levels.
  
• Define and enforce adherence to minimum stock reorder levels
  
• Conduct continuous cycle counts and regular stock takes.
  
• Review and recommend for destruction of any non-conforming stocks
  
• Coordinate the efficient and cost-effective inventory distribution to all KWAL’s depots
  
• Develop and operationalize policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and rules governing inventory operations to drive the achievement of organisational objectives
  

Warehouse Operations

• Co-ordinate daily operations, resource planning, and other optimizations across all warehouses to grow the business
  
• Optimize space utilization in the warehouse.
  
• Plan, verify, and approve all inter-warehouse stock transfers and authorize any stock movements as per laid down procedures
  
• Review, validate and approve all supplied stock invoices on authenticity and system receipts before payments
  
• Coordinate inbound, storage and outbound activities of shipments in a timely and cost-efficient manner
  
• Generate and maintain monthly management reports on inventory levels
  

Quality and Compliance

• Ensure effective implementation, maintenance, and sustainability of the quality management system (QMS).
  
• Safeguard company assets and stocks from loss.
  
• Ensure compliance with the set KWAL and Heineken and regulatory policies and procedures and quality standards
  
• Provide a safe working environment, adhering to Health, Safety and Environmental procedures and ensuring they are understood and practiced by the team at all times
  

Performance Monitoring and Improvement

• Establish key performance indicators (KPIs)
  
• Monitor ongoing performance and improve against set goals
  

Logistics and Distribution

• Coordinate efficient and cost-effective inventory distribution to KWAL’s depots
  

TPM and Continuous Improvement

• Monitor and support the TPM way of working.
  
• Support the implementation of the TPM improvement activities.
  
• Drive continuous improvement
  

People Management

• Manage human capital through day-to-day supervision
  
• Conduct performance management and training needs assessment
  
• Motivate staff and ensure overall staff well-being