QSSK-WIM-WAREHOUSE AND INVENTORY MANAGER
Nyeri, KenyaYesterday
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Key details
- Location
- Nyeri, Kenya
- Work style
- Onsite
- Level
- Senior
- Job type
- Full-time
- Function
- Logistics & Transportation
- Focus area
- other
- Posted
- Yesterday
Skills
About the role
JOB TITLE: WAREHOUSE AND INVENTORY MANAGER
About This Job:
Q-Sourcing Limited trading as Q-Sourcing Servtec is a manpower management solutions firm operating in the East African Region in the countries of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and South Sudan.
On behalf of our client, a vibrant, fast-growing beverage company in Kenya, we are looking for a competent, skilled, and experienced Warehouse and Inventory Manager to work in Nyeri, Kenya.
Job Purpose
To lead and take full accountability for all warehouse operations across designated sites, ensuring safe, efficient, and cost-effective receipt, storage, replenishment, picking, dispatch, and returns of materials and finished goods; accurate inventory records; reliable material-handling assets; and uninterrupted support to Manufacturing and Distribution.
Key Responsibilities
Inventory Accuracy and Variance Management
- Own the accuracy, security, and integrity of raw materials, packaging, finished goods, returns, pallets, and other inventory across all warehouse locations.
- Lead cycle counts, stocktakes, and month-end reconciliations; investigate and resolve discrepancies with Finance.
- Identify root causes of recurring variances and implement preventive and corrective actions.
- Report shrinkage, losses, adjustments, ageing, and stock exposure to management.
End-to-End Warehouse Operations, Capacity & Service Delivery
- Own and direct all warehouse operations: receiving, offloading, put-away, storage, replenishment, picking, staging, loading, dispatch, returns, and shift handovers; deliver accurate and timely orders.
- Own warehouse layout, capacity, bin discipline, space utilisation, stock rotation (FEFO/FIFO), peak-volume planning, and efficient product flow.
- Own the interface with Production, Planning, Quality, and Distribution, including documented material/finished-goods transfers, dispatch load plans, truck turnaround, and service continuity.
- Ensure all inbound, internal, and outbound stock movements are accurately recorded in ERP/WMS, supported by documentation and reconciled at shift/day end.
Material-Handling Equipment and Asset Reliability
- Oversee safe, productive use of electric reach trucks, LPG forklifts, and other handling assets.
- Monitor equipment uptime, inspections, preventive maintenance, failure trends, and operational risks.
- Review repair scopes and quotations, evaluate repair-versus-replace options, and recommend capital expenditure.
- Coordinate equipment vendors and maintenance teams to minimise service disruption.
Data Analytics
- Analyse inventory accuracy, order fulfilment, picking/loading accuracy, warehouse throughput, truck turnaround, labour productivity, space utilisation, equipment uptime, and operating cost.
- Maintain accurate ERP/WMS transactions, master-data controls, and supporting documentation.
- Provide monthly dashboards and Excel-based analysis with clear actions and owners.
Process Improvement and Operational Controls
- Standardise receiving, storage, picking, dispatch, returns, and stock-adjustment procedures.
- Implement root-cause analysis, process audits, and preventive controls to reduce waste, handling errors, and delays.
- Drive continuous improvement in productivity, turnaround times, and storage efficiency.
People Leadership and Accountability
- Own warehouse staffing, shift rosters, workforce deployment, productivity, attendance, and overtime within approved plans and budgets; align labour to daily volumes.