Guinness Nigeria Plc : Warehouse Manager

Diageo plc is the largest multinational beer, wine and spirits company in the world. Diageo in Nigeria takes the form of Guinness Nigeria Plc. It is a major player in the brewing industry and one of the leaders in Nigeria's manufacturing sector. Guinness Nigeria Plc is Recruiting for Warehouse Manager External Job Description Context/Scope: Nigeria is currently the world's third largest market for the Guinness Brand and plans to become the largest in the next four years. Guinness Nigeria has an aggressive expansion programme to increase current capacity over the next 5 years.This initiative will increase GN's supply chain responsibility and will require concerted efforts of personnel to manage the challenges that will arise there from. Partly responsible for adding value to the supply chain by ensuring excellent customer service to customers and minimum cost in line with the brewery distribution budget. Market Complexity Sophisticated and highly competitive market with multinational players that require a high level of inventory and warehouse management expertise that will enable us to gain and maintain competitive edge over competition. Leadership and Functional Responsibilities - Should be able to develop and maintain warehousing and inventory management best practices in accordance with Diageo warehouse management standards. - Take leadership and develop a high performance team culture in warehousing, inventory management and customer service. - Manage compliance with service level agreements (SLAs) with internal and external customers. - Implement and monitor waste minimisation initiatives Accountabilities · Management of inventory and control of fulls and empties and accountable for the efficient receipt of products to achieve set objectives and ensuring fraud-free distribution operations. · Responsible for ensuring efficient support to packaging lines with empties and provision of adequate storage space for packaged products. · Manage vehicle utilisation and efficiency to achieve target turn-round and journey times in the breweries to maximise operational efficiency to support the downstream supply chain activities. · Develop and closely follow up on the training and development needs of his / her team in order to enhance and embed productivity in the warehouse in line with departmental objectives. · Responsible for the effective management and prompt handling of customer complaints and sales / marketing related issues. Qualifications and Experience Required · Degree qualified. Masters degree will be an added advantage. · Computer literate and ability to work under pressure and respond to tight deadlines. · A minimum of 4 years working experience in a related, operations or inventory management role · Good interpersonal skills, convincing personality and a team player. · Good Communicator, commercially aware and able to adapt to a fast changing operations environment. · Strategy focussed. · Understands links between own role and overall Diageo strategy. · Is prepared to make well reasoned challenges to accepted and entrenched practices Barriers to Success in Role - Inability to influence broadly across the sophisticated customer (internal & external) base. - Inability to make connections across a broad agenda. Skills/knowledge - Fully conversant with inventory management processes using SUN systems. - Detailed knowledge of Diageo warehouse management standards. - Detailed knowledge of Diageo Risk Management, Environmental and Safety Standards. - Competent coach and facilitator of multi-disciplinary teams.   Click here to Apply Online