Warehouse Coordinator, Ethiopia
Main Purpose
To actively co-ordinate the Warehouse operations for Seed and Crop Protection products including activities for distribution and warehouse activities in a sustainable manner, ensuring compliance with all laws and regulations governing warehouse operations and dispatch.
Key Tasks & Responsibilities
- Administer Inventory movement in SAP and the DC [owned and 3PL] ensuring adherence to FEFO/FIFO, Inventory Accuracy, Stock keeping and compliance.
- Execute auxiliary warehouse activities regarding D&O /expired stocks handling, Exceptional labelling, Re-labelling postproduction, complaints & returns handling and waste in line with the procedures and warehouse instructions.
- Ensure effective, efficient and productivity operations in all distribution and warehouse activities so as to deliver the desired costs and savings.
- Performed any other duties assigned by the line Manager.
- To store and control all raw and treated seed in the warehouse
- Assist with Inventory management-seed storage and stacking
- Able to drive a forklift and perform loading and offloading activities.
- Work with casual workers on all warehouse operations.
- Ensure good house keeping in the warehouse.
- Support and coordinate with service providers contractors at the site.
- Support fumigation of the seed and pest control in the warehouses.
- Organize loading and off loading of seed from Processing Plant and imports.
- Support seed destruction processes on all written off seed as approved.
- Carryout safety activities in the warehouse per OSHAS18001 procedures.
- Adhere to forklift safety procedures
- Support in inventory control through weekly and monthly county, Updating of stock cards real time
- Report any non-conformities in the Warehouse.
- Work closely with warehouse Co-ordinator.
Value Add and Success Criterion / Contribution
- Service level (Customer OTIF: on-time delivery in full)
- Warehouse strategy and controls (batch management, FEFO, Inventory Accuracy)
- TMS automation rate (optimization1 and truck utilization2)
- Safety (ratio: number of incidents / 10,000 trucks)
- Sustainability (to be decided from time to time)
Key Working Relations
Internal:
- Production and Site Managers
- ESH and Quality Assurance
- Finance and controlling
- Other Supply chain Management functions
External
- Warehouse, 3PL and transport service providers
Key Figures
- 3 main warehouse locations in Ethiopia.
- 2000 square meters of warehouse space
- 10,000 MT of seed handled per Year
- 10 Ship-to accounts under distribution
- USD 0.9 Million Warehouse and Distribution budget
Scale of operations:
- Crop Protection
- Row Crops
Location: Ethiopia
Reports to: Warehouse Specialist ,Ethiopia.
Grade: E12
Job Requirements
Qualifications:
- Diploma in logistics /distribution. A degree is an added advantage
- 3 years experience in Distribution &Warehousing
- Mandatory Computer Literacy with SAP Knowledge
- Handling the Seed and Agri-input chemicals is advantage.
- Forklift driving Certification and store management Knowledge
- Driving license
Key Competencies:
- Be accountable
- Be lean and fast
- Create value with the customer in mind
How to Apply
Interested and Qualified applicants can apply through : [email protected]
