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

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