Stores Controller at Uplands Premium Dairies

Location:  Kagwe – Kiambu

Job purpose

To plan, coordinate and make reports on all raw materials/finished good stores’ activities of receiving, ware housing and issuing of stocks.

Job Responsibilities

• Meets stores financial standards by providing monthly budget information; monitoring expenditures; identifying variances; implementing corrective actions.
• Moves inventory by scheduling materials to be moved from stores; coordinating inventory transfers with related departments.
• Ensure stock re-order levels are maintained to avoid stock run outs and oversupply of inventory.
• Ensuring timely availability of quality and accurate data
• Optimizing operations at storage area by organizing floor space; adhering to storage design principles; recommending improvements while instituting the FIFO method in dispatching of products.
• Maintains inventory by conducting daily physical counts; reconciling variances; inputting data.
• Ensure proper documentation for receiving of raw materials and finished goods from suppliers.
• Ensure approved purchases documents are properly handled and maintained before they are channeled to Finance department for payment.
• Ensure that the stores are cleaned and sanitized at any one time
• Organize and undertake monthly stock taking processes in accordance with Company practice.
• Responsible for receiving and inspection of all incoming materials and daily reconciliation with purchase orders
• In charge of reorder levels of the raw materials
• Supervise the staff in the Stores.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Purchasing and supply chain management or any related field.
• Minimum 4 years’ experience in stores control.
• Highly analytical
• Solid understanding of supply chain inventory management techniques and approaches.
• Effective leadership skills
• Excellent organization skills
• High level of integrity