Junior Warehouse Associate at Food For Education

Warehouse Associate, Production Planning and Supervision

• Oversee all sorting processes from machine sorting to hand sorting.
• Oversee weighing of unsorted, machine-sorted, and hand-sorted stock and waste collection.
• Maintain accurate records of sorting processes and proper documentation or stock movement
• Verification of machine-sorted grains regularly to ensure stock dispatched is of good quality.
• Prepare production schedules for the sorting staff.
• Maintain a safe, well-organized, and clean work environment.

Warehouse Associate Inventory Management

• Regular spot checks to ensure that there is enough sorted stock ready for delivery.
• Continuously practice batch tracking systems while maintaining well-updated inventory movement stock cards.
• Oversee warehouse operations, stock management, and security.
• Conduct monthly stocktake and weekly stock counts.
• Warehouse planning/arrangement/stacking

Inventory/Stock Receiving 

• Receive incoming deliveries and meticulously verify quantities and quality/condition of goods against invoices and delivery notes.
• Oversee the organization and storage of inventory effectively.
• Continuously practice batch tracking systems while maintaining well-updated inventory movement stock cards.
• Identify and report any discrepancies or damages promptly.
• Proper documentation of bin cards and delivery notes.

Dispatches 

• Receive kitchen orders and schedule deliveries
• Identify, load, and dispatch kitchen orders as per schedule and request
• Liaison with the kitchen Managers to ensure what was ordered is what was delivered on time
• Resolve any discrepancies with the recipient on what was dispatched/received vs what was ordered

Supervisory role

• Supervise Quality Controllers to ensure that the quality of the sorted product is above 99%
• Supervise warehouse loaders, schedule tasks, and performance

Warehouse Associate Qualifications

• University degree in Business Administration/Procurement/Warehousing or similar degree.
• At least 2 years of experience in warehousing, inventory management, stacking and logistics.
• Computer literate with excellent working knowledge in MS Office/Google Suite/SAGE
• High professional ethics and integrity.
• Good interpersonal and organizing skills.
• Strong communication skills.
• Experience working in the INGO/FMCG in a similar role is an added advantage.