Job Descriptions:
Prepare and manage departmental budgets.
Supervise the activities of workers engaged in receiving, storing, testing, and shipping products or materials.
Interview, select, and train warehouse and supervisory personnel.
Plan, develop, or implement warehouse safety and security programs and activities.
Prepare reports, and operations, maintenance, and safety manuals.
Issue shipping instructions and provide routing information to ensure that delivery times and locations are coordinated.
Confer with department heads to coordinate warehouse activities, such as production, SCM, Compliance, Accounts or purchasing.
Review invoices, work orders, consumption reports, or demand forecasts to estimate peak delivery periods and to issue work assignments.
Inspect physical conditions of warehouses, vehicle fleets, or equipment and order testing, maintenance, repairs, or replacements.
Schedule or monitor air or surface pickup, delivery, or distribution of products or materials.
Respond to customers’ or shippers’ questions and complaints regarding storage and distribution services.
Develop and document standard and emergency operating procedures for receiving, handling, storing, shipping, or salvaging products or materials.
Develop or implement plans for facility modification or expansion, such as equipment purchase or changes in space allocation
Track and trace goods while they are en route to their destinations, expediting orders when necessary.
Negotiate with carriers, warehouse operators, or insurance company representatives for services and preferential rates.
Evaluate freight or inventory costs associated with transit times to ensure that costs are appropriate.
Examine invoices and shipping manifests for conformity to tariff and customs regulations.
Tools & Technology: Computers; RFIDs; Barcoding; Lean Tools; WMS etc.
Knowledge Must Have:
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Administration and Management — People Management; Local Labour, Performance measurement and team Development
Transportation — Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
IT Tools — Knowledge of arithmetic, statistics, and their applications.; SAP, Excel, PPT etc….
Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Skills
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Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate
Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions.
Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
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