Job Vacancy: Warehouse Section Head Job at BURN Nigeria

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Job Vacancy: Job title: Warehouse Section Head Job at BURN Nigeria

Job description: BURN is the largest vertically integrated modern cookstove company in the world, providing world-class R&D, manufacturing, and carbon offset projects from our HQ in Kenya and across 10 countries in Africa. We are working to create a world where cooking positively impacts all life on earth by producing the world’s most efficient biomass, liquid fuel, and electric cookstoves. Our team of 900 people – 51% of whom are women – is on track to produce and sell over 150,000 stoves per month in 2022 at our solar-powered facility in Kenya.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Warehouse Section Head

Job Location: Kano

Employment Type: Full Time

Job Description

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• The individual will be responsible for ensuring the efficient and smooth functioning of your designated area while adhering to safety protocols and optimizing productivity.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Direct responsibility over the assigned warehouse and its team.
• Collect accurate data and send relevant periodic reports regarding the assigned warehouse as instructed by the warehouse Manager.
• Represent the Warehouse Manager on matters relating to the assigned Warehouse when absent.
• Coordinate and supervise the day-to-day activities of assigned junior members of the warehouse team, ensuring that they report to work on time, do their work as required and always work as a team.
• Transfer incoming items and materials to their specified locations on the racks.
• Ensure a safe and orderly material organization in the factory.
• Check the remaining stock of relevant items and prompt the manager to re-order.
• Enter details of all movements, in and out, of items and materials
• Be honest, punctual and carry out work to the best quality possible, whilst instilling the same values in juniors.
• Ensure that BURN Warehouse procedures for all materials (Finished Goods, Raw materials, Scrap, Trash etc.) are observed at all times.
• Issue and record movements of warehouse items as instructed by the Warehouse Team leader.
• Assist in offering leadership and training for key warehouse activities like Stock takes and Cycle counts.
• Promptly report any inventory-related issues or problems in the factory to the Warehouse Manager, and, where possible, assist in problem solving.
• Assist the Warehouse Management in ensuring that the best operation practices are observed by everyone operating and handling equipment, regardless of department.
• Develop personal and team-based growth opportunities and continuous improvement strategies.
• Perform any other responsibilities as may be assigned by the Warehouse Manager and the relevant BURN Warehouse Management team members.

Skills and Experience

• B.Sc / HND in any course from a reputable university.
• 3 years of work experience in factory and warehouse operations and equipment use.
• Physically fit to drive a forklift, batching, lifting heavy items and arranging patterns.
• Good head for calculations, reconciliations, stock count and warehouse documentation.
• Honest and able to put in extra man-hours during emergencies.
• Strong Knowledge of Warehouse security SOP and equipment maintenance.
• Excellent communication skills in both oral and written and must speak the Hausa language.
• Friendly disposition to work with diverse teams in the production line, dispatch, and QC.
• Ability to adapt to changing work environments, timing, and processes.
• A positive mindset to offer solutions to operational problems.
• Ability to use Ms Excel as an inventory tool and generate reports.
• Ability to effectively manage a team, delegate and get results.
• Calmness while under immense pressure to deliver.

Note

• Qualified female candidates encouraged to apply
• BURN does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, processing, training, or any other fees).

Location: Kano, Kano State

Job date: Fri, 28 Jul 2023 06:12:59 GMT

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