Warehouse Unit Head

Job Description

Job Purpose?? The main purpose of the Warehouse Unit Head?s job is to ensure the cost effective and timely receipt, storage, retrieval, and dispatch of goods from the warehouse?Principal Accountabilities?? Supports in the development of the warehouse yearly plan and budget?? Monitors all aspects of the warehouse day-to-day operations to maximize the efficiency, reliability, security, timeliness, and cost effectiveness of the warehousing activities?? Ensures the efficient and economical utilization of the warehousing facilities and equipment?? Identifies, evaluates, and capitalizes on opportunities to reduce costs and enhance security and performance by optimizing warehouse?s layout, space utilization, goods storage, staffing, equipment, systems, processes, etc.?? Administers overall inventory management, optimization, productivity, accuracy, and loss prevention programs, and ensures that policies and procedures for inventory and inventory movement control are complied with?? Enforces warehouse safety, security, housekeeping, and sanitation programs?? Directly manages all warehouse staff to meet warehouse targets (cost, fill rates, data accuracy and timeliness, safety, etc.) and to ensure appropriate support to internal customers?? Maintains accurate, up-to-date stock records and ensures a timely response to enquiries (for example on inventory levels) is provided to internal users?? Provides support for the professional development of warehouse staff?? Performs miscellaneous tasks as assigned by the Supply Chain Manager?? Promotes and disseminates a positive health and safety culture and ensures the health, safety and welfare of self and others?? Ensures employee health and safety programs and guidelines are developed, regularly maintained, implemented and complied with?? Identifies any Health, Safety or Environmental risks and recommends and implements measures and solutions to mitigate these risks?? Performs miscellaneous tasks as assigned by the Supply Chain Manager?? Is responsible for the development, performance appraisal and succession planning of all direct and indirect reports?? Identifies and tracks KPIs for his function, and devises plans and initiatives for operational improvements?

Keyskills :
Marine