Finished Goods Warehouse Manager

The Finished Goods Warehouse Manager oversees inventory, storage, and distribution of final products, ensuring efficient operations, accurate inventory records, and timely delivery to meet customer demands and organizational goals

Position Profile - Finshed Goods Warehouse Manager

The Finished Goods Warehouse Manager ensures that appropriate systems and procedures are in place and is maintained for the efficient operations of all local warehouses, i.e. Central & Base. The Finished Goods Warehouse Manager is also responsible for ensuring that all human resources within these areas are adequately trained and deployed for efficacy.

Major Functions

• Ensures consistent compliance with the Enterprise System for the receiving and transfer of stock in all warehouses.
• Ensures adequate training is provided to warehouse personnel.
• Facilitates a perpetual inventory system.
• Oversees the Stock Management Team and variance reporting
• Ensures that all warehouses employ and follow established procedures and policies to achieve objectives and operational efficiency.
• Facilitates the achievement of stock transfers and efficiency standards.
• Adopts a zero-loss approach to damages, expired products, and stock rotation.
• Ensures adherence to financial policies and procedures by Warehouse personnel.
  • Oversee monthly expense reports to justify expenses and identify areas for cost curtailment and control.
  • Manages manpower costs by operating within approved budgets.
  • Ensure that stock rotation is adhered to reduce loss
  • Ensures the achievement of targeted warehouse output/employee cost ratios.
  • Ensure that BOs are under control and highlight to respective departments any infringement that poses a warehouse loss.
  • Prepare all reporting for monthly meetings inclusive of predictive forecasting for warehouse capacity
  • Train, engage and manage staff performance so they are best equipped to meet the company’s expected results and standards of behavior 
  • Recommend and Adjust staff KPIs towards the attainment of commercial targets.
  • Comply with all policies and procedures including but not limited to HSE and Food Safety Standards to reduce the occurrence of accidents and incidents and to maintain food quality.