Assistant Manager (Materials) at Agro-Chemical and Food Company

Job Description

Reporting to Purchase and supplies Manager

Key Result Areas (KRAs):

• In-charge of main stores and warehouses.
• Initiate orders for all essential stock items including factory production materials, spares and consumables such as fuels, chemicals, lubricants, bags, industrial gases, etc
• Ensure prudent management of the company’s petrol stations, accountability of credit sales to customers, transporters and all company fleet.
• Ensure all materials brought into the company for use in all departments are properly documented.
• Ensure goods received are properly stored before they are issued to user departments.
• Ensure all stores issue notes are correctly priced, recorded in the stores ledgers and released weekly to accounts for costing and posting to the general ledger.
• Undertake mini and annual stocktaking exercise to determine the physical existence of stores stock/finished goods and release such results to finance department for external audits and final accounts and perform monthly stock reconciliation exercise
• Produce daily and monthly stock reports to users and management
• Prepare progress and annual reports showing achievement of the stores function and providing justification for performance variances

Job Specifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management or related business discipline.
• Postgraduate diploma in purchasing and supplies or its equivalent.
• Registered member of the Kenya Institute of Supplies Management (KISM) or Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supplies (CIPS) or its equivalent.
• Minimum of 7 years’ experience with at least 5 in senior management level in a manufacturing environment.
• Possess good knowledge of public procurement laws and regulations.
• Possess working knowledge of SAP 1 (ERP) and IFMIS E-procurement platform.

All applicants for above positions will be required to demonstrate compliance with Chapter 6 of the Constitution of Kenya by submitting certified copies of the following documents:

• Certificate of Clearance from Higher Education Loans Board (HELB)
• Valid Certificate of Good Conduct from Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
• Valid Tax Compliance Certificate from Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)
• Credit Reference Certificate from Credit Reference Bureau (CRB)
• Clearance Certificate from Ethics & Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC)