Logistics and Warehouse Officer Job at Saro Agro-Allied Limited
Saro Agro-Allied Limited is a leading agricultural commodity exporting company that started in 1996 as a cocoa trading company and today trades both locally and internationally. Our operations over time have covered sesame seeds, cashews, and cocoa-producing communities in Nigeria. The business has been repositioned to become a Consumer driven sustainable Agric. & Food business Company that will play in the multi-seed oil crushing, value-added export, and marketing of branded food products in Nigeria.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Position: Logistics and Warehouse Officer
Job Location: Saki, Oyo
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Purpose
- The Logistics and Warehouse Officer will monitor, track, and ensure products are delivered to various channels as at when due with the lowest possible cost and to ensure zero wastages
- He will receive, store and well as coordinate dispatch of SAA key-crops and finish goods from the warehouse to various location.
- He will also identify areas of gaps and escalate as well as propose best practices to prevent wastages.
Duties / Responsibilities
- Coordinate storage, receipt and dispatch of raw materials and finished goods
- Work closely with the Quality personnel to ensure goods received are according to standard.
- Update regular reports on inventory levels, order status and warehouse performance.
- Frequently inspect goods for damages and compliance with quality specifications
- Manage the Warehousing Loss for SAA Key Crops within the Budgeted Parameters of the concerned location.
- Driving the Warehousing, Offloading & Logistics Target on a Daily, Weekly & Monthly Basis
- Ensure accurate record-keeping of all stocks and bin-card updates.
- Collaborate with haulage service providers to ensure truck availability for movement of goods.
- Optimize delivery route to minimize cost and improve efficiency.
- Identify and report any discrepancies, damages or shortages.
- Manage end-to-end logistics process that capitalizes on risk mitigation opportunities and savings for the business.
- Identify potential supply chain failures as part of the planning process and mitigate associated risks.
- Engage in cross-functional and cross-business unit interactions to ensure dependable and efficient logistics management whilst mitigating mid-term supplier or customer constraints.
- Coordinate import and export processes and ensure compliance with regulatory policies to achieve JIT delivery.
- Ensure accurate documentation process and record keeping in compliance to DPS retention policy.
- Sourcing & onboarding acceptable HSPs with valid GIT covers.
- Ensure adherence to stock transfer process according to SAA inter warehouse transfer policy.
- Ensure inventory accuracy, bookkeeping and efficient data management.
- Carry out periodic stock count to stock accuracy and tracking of discrepancy.
- Warehouse space utilization
- Enforcement of offloading & loading guideline
- Knowledgeable on issues related to commodity business such as (Soya beans, paddy rice, maize and their by-products)
- Planning & managing inbound/outbound deliveries.
- Maintain and high level and professional relationship with collaborators that will aid in delivering the planned strategy.
- Ensure adherence to the FIFO principle of stock issuance every day.
- Resolved issues with partners - Labours, drivers, etc within 24 hours.
- Outbound Documentations (Waybill issued, Truck details, Driver information, etc.)
- Ensure truck loading time is 1 hour.
- Ensure each order contains the right products ordered.
- Ensure Zero stock damages per loading.
- Provide updates on shipment on transit per time.
- Investigate and provide feedback on shortages/damages that may occur while on transit.
- Offloading Time per Truck
- Ensure proper documentation of goods receipt
- Ensure Compliance to stacking guidelines
- 100% adherence to FIFO principle of stock issuance every day
- 100% adherence to stock transfer process
- Inventory Accuracy, bookkeeping and data management
- Periodic stock count
- Warehouse space utilization
- Orderliness of Labour
- Enforcement of offloading & loading guideline
- Resolved issues with partners - Labours, drivers, etc within 24 hours
- Ensure conformity to best HSE practice
- Relationship management with the HSPs
- 3rd Party truck management
- Outbound Documentations (Waybill issued, Truck details, Driver information etc)
- Ensure truck loading time is 1hour
- Ensure each order contains the right products ordered
- Ensure Zero stock damages per loading
- Provide update on shipment on transit per time
- Investigate and provide feedback on shortages/damages that may occur while on transit
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's Degree in Logistics and Supply Chain or any related field with a minimum of second-class upper
- 3-5 years of experience in warehousing.
- Age Requirement: 26 - 32 years.
Required Skills / Abilities:
- Excellent organization and planning skills to prioritize and balance work
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to focus and keep calm under pressure.
- Computer proficient, with experience in MS Excel, Project, and Word.
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