STORE MANAGER

Overview

Overall responsibility for efficient goods requisition and stocking and efficient stores general services to contribute towards seamless operational processes.

Job title: Stores Manager

Reports to: Managing Director

Subordinates: Assistant Stores Manager, Stores Supervisor, Stores Clerks, Bike riders

Vacancies: 2 posts

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities and accountabilities:

• Fully accountable for stock management and control
• Ensure all purchasing requirements are properly authorised / approved and followed up with suppliers.
• Oversee inventory management, including ordering and receiving of all ordered /transferred goods ensuring verification, and ERP System entries. Create new parts in the ERP System with approved sales margins.
• Conduct regular stock audits and ensure agreed minimum stock levels in all locations are maintained and keep track on the same.
• Ensure correct stocks are issued through the ERP System as per approved job cards and quotations.
• Verify and process any parts return to stores from workshop and customers.
• Oversee the quarterly physical/system stock take in all locations and giving reports on any variance noted.
• Ensure proper keeping of all store’s transactional records both in hard and soft forms. Generate any required reports such as monthly stocks check, minimum consumables/Stocks.
• Ensure any required sales invoicing is timely done.
• Plan and manage delivery of goods after invoicing to clients or stock transfers to branches via courier and riders ensuring proper documentation has been done.
• Resolve issues promptly and professionally.
• Ensure stores activities are communicated and responded on various company medium majorly internal whatsapp, emails.
• Maintain store cleanliness, organization, and safety standards, ensure stocks are well arranged with ease of trace and use.
• Provide leadership, create, and maintain a positive and productive work environment.
• Allocate staff duties, monitor their performance, and raise any disciplinary issue with the Management. Involved in similar staff matters such as recruitment. Training.
• Implement company policies, procedures, processes, SOPs, and practises as instructed relating to your department.
• Undertake other duties as may be assigned by the Management

Additional education

Minimum diploma in stores keeping or related courses with strong IT skills related to inventory or accounting systems.

Experience

Additional experience

• Over 3 years working experience as a Stores Manager in the same business activities Romageco Kenya Ltd is involved.(AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY)
• Good knowledge of company products and services.

Skills

• leadership
• excellent communication skills
• proficiency in Microsoft office suite

Additional skills

• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent communication and organizational abilities.
• Proficiency in ERP systems and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Highly organized, attention to details and keen tracking of issues.
• Good management skills to work with and develop subordinates.
• Person of integrity.
• Ability to meet deadlines with timely updates on progress

Terms and conditions

All applications should be submitted on or before 31st August 2024.