STOCK & INVENTORY OFFICER

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PLACE : LAGOS, IKOYI

AVAILABILITY : ASAP

Oolu Solar is a growing solar energy provider in West Africa with presence in Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso , Cameroon and Nigeria and plans to expand within the region. 

Our vision is to be a leading energy and financial services provider for millions of customers in developing countries.

Core responsibilities : 

•  Warehouse operations
  • Receive goods physically into the warehouse, ensure the quantity received of any product is same with the quantity ordered on purchase order
  • Prepare products to be sent out of the warehouse, respecting the process and guidelines set (checklist and contract form included, waybills, …)
  • Ensure the stock is in the right place in the warehouse and in the right condition
• Day-to-day stock management
  • Efficiently manage and track ALL incoming and outgoing stock in the warehouse
  • Ensure the documentation of ALL deliveries and transfer to shipments as well as prepare detailed daily, weekly and monthly reports on inventory operations and stock levels.
  • Communicate effectively with the sales field teams on their deliveries and promptly respond to their order requests. The requests include: replacements on batteries, movement of items on the ERP, etc.
  • Ensure shipments are delivered by courier OTIF (on time and in full)  without stock loss in transit and if there is reimbursement is requested. 
• Inventory reconciliation
  • Conduct daily, weekly and monthly stock reconciliation within the warehouse
  • Responsible for daily and monthly inventory count in the warehouse and ensure no variance with physical inventory and ERP count

• Receiving Stocks
  • Ensure deliveries are accompanied with the right documents, Purchase order, invoice and waybill if required
  • Receive only quality products and reject if product does not meet standard
  • Document stocks as appropriate on receipt using GRN and forwarding invoice and GRN to finance for payment
  • Ensure products received are arranged appropriately into the warehouse (New/Recycled, Components/Incomplete or KOs)
• Returned stock management
  • Ensure any material (battery, SHS, …) received from the field and brought back to the warehouse(s) is tracked and accounted for based on the reverse logistic procedure
  • Ensure adherence to the SOP for forward logistics and also use the right documents for shipment processing
• ERP Operations
  • Ensure all categories of goods received physically into the warehouse or shipped are also processed on the ERP.
  • Ensure Design, implement and manage a system for monitoring the activities of warehouse to ensure effective control and mitigate risks of theft, loss of stock & working materials etc.
  • Provide weekly reports to the management on all supply chain and operations, issues etc.
  • Establish and promote best practices
•  Safety & Hygiene

• Ensure daily monitoring of stock against theft, pilferage and obsolete inventory
• Maintain high level of health, hygiene and good housekeeping procedures
• Ensure high level of safety to prevent hazards from improper stacking/storage of products

Profile :

• BSc/BA or HND in Logistics or relevant field;
• Minimum of 3 years with proven experience in similar role;
• Creative, Proactive and Dynamic Individual
• Good understanding of in-bound and out-bound logistics;
• Enthusiasm for learning and continuous improvement of existing systems