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Job Purpose

Warehouse Officer is responsible for the warehousing of Mobisol’s new (UNUSED) products. This involves supervision of physical stock handling in the warehouse with minimum damage to products and product packages, while maintaining proper record(s) of transactions in provided tools

Responsibilities:

• Organize and maintain warehouse and inventory yard areas for efficient, safe, and clean material storage and handling in line with warehouse management principles such as first-in-first-out (FIFO).
• Ensure integrity of all movements of stock in and out of the warehouse, recorded in bin cards, stock control sheets and administered correctly in the Database.
• Reporting of all the received shipments at the warehouse such as containers, airfreights and small parcels (offloading reports, quality and quantity).
• Administration of documents per delivery shipment including delivery notes (hard copy and digital), inventory sheets, and ensuring digital data compliance (database transports).
• Execute planned distribution by ensuring preparation and organization, of all required new products.
• Receive TV spare parts (screens and motherboards) from incoming shipments, record all details in the excel tool, track their consumption and every month report to Warehouse and workshop Manager on the inventory status and usage of TV spare parts (screens and motherboard).
• React to abrupt and unplanned stock requirements as they occur by: Reacting to emergency deliveries of new (UNUSED) product demands.
• Prepare weekly and monthly reconciled stock reports for the warehouse (new ‘unused’ products) and submit to the inventory control officers for auditing and controlling purposes (loop in Warehouse and Workshop Manager).
• Accountable and responsible for stock discrepancies of the new (UNUSED) products, in the dedicated warehouse.
• Adhere to warehouse safety procedures, especially limiting admissions into the warehouse, ensuring incoming and outgoing stock items are clearly separated to docking stations, and ensuring loading yard areas for assembly and distribution are well maintained.
• Drive the adherence and compliance to existing inventory management policies and guidelines to ensure product quality and value preservation in the warehouse.
• Ensure continuous improvement across the warehouse using techniques such as (Kaizen and 5s, Six Sigma) by identifying constant improvement areas and formulating approaches for improvement
• Compliance to health and safety standards by ensuring proper functionality of fire extinguishers and smoke detectors and ergonomics combat.
• Monitoring and reporting on a weekly & monthly basis while ensuring integrity and completion of data recorded in control sheets, database transports, and ticketing system.
• Ensure the logistics equipment i.e, Forklifts, Hand lifters and Truck dolls are fully operational.

Requirements

• University degree in Logistics, Logistics or Operations Management
• ≥2 years of working experience in Logistics Operations roles related to Mobisol Operations
• Proficient in spreadsheet and database applications and comfortable with quantitative analysis
• Experience with DMS Logistics, CILT and CIPS is advantageous
• Previous experience in a managerial role is a plus
• Very good organizational and interpersonal skills
• Strong communications skills
• Strategic mindset and commercial awareness and Team player
• Valid certification and professional vehicle driving license as per laws of Tanzania.
• Fluency in Swahili and English languages with excellent verbal communication skills.

• Organize and maintain warehouse and inventory yard areas for efficient, safe, and clean material storage and handling in line with warehouse management principles such as first-in-first-out (FIFO).
• Ensure integrity of all movements of stock in and out of the warehouse, recorded in bin cards, stock control sheets and administered correctly in the Database.
• Reporting of all the received shipments at the warehouse such as containers, airfreights and small parcels (offloading reports, quality and quantity).
• Administration of documents per delivery shipment including delivery notes (hard copy and digital), inventory sheets, and ensuring digital data compliance (database transports).
• Execute planned distribution by ensuring preparation and organization, of all required new products.
• Receive TV spare parts (screens and motherboards) from incoming shipments, record all details in the excel tool, track their consumption and every month report to Warehouse and workshop Manager on the inventory status and usage of TV spare parts (screens and motherboard).
• React to abrupt and unplanned stock requirements as they occur by: Reacting to emergency deliveries of new (UNUSED) product demands.
• Prepare weekly and monthly reconciled stock reports for the warehouse (new ‘unused’ products) and submit to the inventory control officers for auditing and controlling purposes (loop in Warehouse and Workshop Manager).
• Accountable and responsible for stock discrepancies of the new (UNUSED) products, in the dedicated warehouse.
• Adhere to warehouse safety procedures, especially limiting admissions into the warehouse, ensuring incoming and outgoing stock items are clearly separated to docking stations, and ensuring loading yard areas for assembly and distribution are well maintained.
• Drive the adherence and compliance to existing inventory management policies and guidelines to ensure product quality and value preservation in the warehouse.
• Ensure continuous improvement across the warehouse using techniques such as (Kaizen and 5s, Six Sigma) by identifying constant improvement areas and formulating approaches for improvement
• Compliance to health and safety standards by ensuring proper functionality of fire extinguishers and smoke detectors and ergonomics combat.
• Monitoring and reporting on a weekly & monthly basis while ensuring integrity and completion of data recorded in control sheets, database transports, and ticketing system.
• Ensure the logistics equipment i.e, Forklifts, Hand lifters and Truck dolls are fully operational.

• Proficient in spreadsheet and database applications and comfortable with quantitative analysis
• Very good organizational and interpersonal skills
• Strong communications skills
• Strategic mindset and commercial awareness
• Team player

• University degree in Logistics, Logistics or Operations Management
• Valid certification and professional vehicle driving license as per laws of Tanzania.