Store Manager at Solidarites International (SI)

Solidarites International - For over 35 years, the humanitarian aid organization Solidarites International has been committed to providing aid in the event of conflict and natural disasters. Our mission is to provide aid as quickly and as efficiently as possible to endangered populations by meeting their vital needs: drinking water, food and shelter.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Store Manager

Location: Borno

Responsibilities and Tasks

• The store manager supervises the arrival, storage, security and shipping of food or non-food items, goods, tools and materials used by Solidarités International or under the responsibility of Solidarités International.
• He/she is in charge of issuing and monitoring all of the administrative documents linked to the stored goods.
• In particular, he/she will supervise the store keepers, watchmen and other support staff in his/her assigned warehouse.

List of Principal Activities

• Maintenance of buildings, storage spaces and stocked materials
• Monitor the warehouse’s interior and exterior installations and infrastructures.  Spot damage and propose the necessary repairs.
• Make sure that warehouse fencing, lights, gates and all passive security of the warehouse compound are maintained and are well secured.
• Ensure the respect of the security rules for all staff under his responsibility.
• Ensure the reception and the storage for goods and materials belong to SI or other SI partners who have already signed the MoU and report to his/her line manager for any delivery requests or loading requests from different partners.
• Ensure the management of cargo movement in link with his line manager regularly checks the quality and quantity of goods, food items and non-food items store in the warehouse.
• Ensure the well-functioning of all the lights, drainages fire alerts and electricity of the warehouse compound.

Warehouse Management:

• Draw up warehouse layout plans according to the materials/goods to be stored and program allocation
• Establish staff and equipment forecasts required for loading/unloading
• Forecast the required tools and equipment for the personal and loaders for loading/unloading
• Supervise the day-to-day personnel team involved in warehouse activity
• Write or fill in the shipping or delivery documents in compliance with Solidarités International’s standards
• Manage and Monitor foods, goods, equipment and tools flow within the warehouse.
• Keep the stock forms and reports updated and regularly report to his/her line manager.
• Supervise the store keepers and make sure that all the SI standard warehouse management is implemented.
• Alert and notice his/her line manager for any problem linked with the sent/Receive of materials.
• Ensure that all documents (waybills, requests forms, release forms etc) are well filled for each entry.
• Ensure that all the received goods/ equipment are stored in a perfect way, countable and well arranged in each Rub hall to ease and facilitate the physical inventory and loadings.
• Ensure that the list of identified loaders updated and are in place and recruit them while needed.
• With the support of his/her team to do a physical inventory of the warehouse on monthly basis.
• Manage all the warehouse documentations and the archiving according to SI standard.
• Provide trainings to all staff under his/her responsibility.
• Assist his/her line manager for procurements and other logistic contractual documents for the assigned warehouse.

Reporting:

• Provide to his/her line manager all information needed to draft intermediary and final report
• Consolidate all information for the monthly logistic pack
• Ensure the communication of a weekly Sitrep to his/her Log manager
• Ensure the monitoring of all report asked by the Log Sector

Security:

• Implement team safety measures as determined by the coordination team
• Train teams in safety rules and procedures
• Pass on any security-related information to his/her line manager

Organizational Chart Position (reporting and functional relationships)

• Line manager: Program Manager
• Line report(s) on base:
• Functional manager: - Program Manager
• Functional report(s):  Store keepers / Daily workers

Profile Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or related field
• Minimum 3 years of working  experience in similar activities
• Significant experience in warehouse management
• Strong leadership and interpersonal
• Ability to work under pressure and emergency
• Fully computer literate,
• Good knowledge in English language.
• Good Knowledge in local language

Application Closing Date
4.00pm; 29th June, 2017.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their application (CV and Cover Letter) by email to: [email protected]
Or
Submit your application (CV and Cover Letter) at the address below:
Solidarites International Office,
Monguno,
Borno State.

Note: List of selected candidates will be posted on the gate of Solidarités International office during the first week of July 2017