Central Stores & Logistics Function Leader at Summit Recruitment and Search

Key Requirements:            

• Approve LPOs, Delivery Notes, Goods Received Notes & associated procurement documentation within approval limits in liaison with the finance function
• Ensure all PLC transactions are duly authorized, accurately valued, timely recorded and appropriately classified in the accounts payable as well as related inventory system ledgers
• Approve and manage the procurement, logistics & custody petty cash float receipt(s) & spend
• Monitor vendor performance to ensure consistent service output
• Oversee resolution of vendor grievances & disputes
• Conduct weekly stores function meetings with staff to assess risk, review future strategies, and identify potential cost avoidance and improvement opportunities
• Strategically plan, lead and direct the execution of logistics (site-logistics / in & outbound) to effectively coordinate orders received & subsequently dispatched
• Review material forecasts prepared for all the units for reasonableness on a monthly basis; ensure inventory requisitioned is in tandem with prevailing occupancy & seasonality
• Maintain liaison with lodge managers and department HoDs to ensure their requirements are timely met
• Approve transfer-out delivery notes to ensure that all items dispatched to the lodges are timely posted in the system; further ensure that all goods-in-transit transactions are timely terminated & posted to the destination unit store with minimal queries/ supply disputes
• Manage, assign and monitor logistics vehicles, including adherence to maintenance & service schedules, ensuring all logistics vehicles have all requisite (valid) licences & permits
• Ensure all store & warehouse locations are securely maintained with inventory items stored & arranged in a structured, systematic & accessible manner; adhering to all health & safety policies and procedures
• Establish Minimum & Maximum Stock Holding levels, Lead Times and Safety/Buffer Stocks; determine optimal inventory levels to meet unexpected demand, including unusual seasonal/ occupancy variations
• Determine (with sufficient accuracy) ROL (Reorder or Par Levels), ROQ’s (Reorder Quantities); ensure metrics relating to re-order quantities are analysed and reported periodically to observe variation trends
• Ensure proper function ability of cold rooms, weighing scales (and their periodic certification), trolleys and lifting equipment
• Planning and organizing personnel rotation and annual leave schedules for central stores staff
• Ensure that the central store(s) & inventory warehouse(s) operate with up-to-date requisite valid licenses & permits; in compliance with prevailing local county laws & regulations
• Prepare a monthly delivery service level report, (with rejection analysis information) containing all aspects of vendor performance, such as timely delivery, price, quantity, quality variations & expiry date profile(s)

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Purchasing and Supplies Management from a recognized university
• Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supplies (CIPS)
• Accounting qualifications & experience will be an added advantage
• Minimum Ten (10) years’ work experience in a procurement position that includes management of the supply chain, logistics, inventory & storage facilities, preferably within a hospitality group setting
• In-depth knowledge of hospitality industry procurement, logistics & inventory management practices, standards, rules and regulations is greatly preferred
• Experience in procuring OS&E, FF&E & high-value maintenance materials will be advantageous
• Experience with Central warehousing and distribution
• Experience with Inventory Management Systems or ERPs with knowledge of system supply chain management
• Excellent communication, leadership, negotiation, analytical and report writing skills
• Excellent computer skills (Stock & inventory control systems, MS Office & Google Suite applications)
• Maturity, confidentiality, impartiality and trustworthiness; high level of ethics & integrity.
• Possess personal drive, initiative and professional approach to efficient & effective resource management