JOB DETAILS:
Position Objective
Responsible for managing WMS applications. He/she will support daily Warehouse Management Systems issues and manage continuous improvement projects

The WMS Officer is responsible for the WMS information management, storage, and analysis of information through computer networks, systems, and computer databases. Responsibilities include but are not limited to efficiencies, installing, maintaining, and supporting the WMS systems. The WMS Officer will provide general maintenance and system updates on WMS software, analyze problems, and monitor networks to ensure their availability to users.

Position Objective
• Responsible for ensuring that all Goods, Items and or Cargo to the warehouse are received in a timely and accurate manner. Their major KPIs are stock accuracy and vehicle turnaround time. Supervise daily activities of warehouse operations to ensure safe and efficient receiving and issuing of stock as per SOPs and QHSE standards.
• He/she is also responsible for developing plans to monitor storage utilisation levels, managing warehouse facilities, reviewing operational quality and efficiency of warehouse storage and layout plans. Analytical and logical, he/she is required to explore solutions and analyses the feasibility of plans.

Key Responsibilities
• Conduct / Partake daily operations meetings with relevant warehouse teams
• Allocate equipment, warehouse space, and personnel in accordance with the Site manager planning schedule and prealerts.
• Conduct daily spot checks to ensure warehouse staff adhere to rules and procedures as published in relevant SOPs
• Coordinate in-bound, storage in a timely manner while ensuring full accountability.
• Ensure correct stacking and storage are adhered to as per warehouse instructions
• Perform Cycle counts, monthly stock takes with gap analysis and action plan follow up in accordance with SOP
• Preparations of goods receipt notes as per truck activity.
• Immediate alert / Notification of damaged goods
• Supervise permanent and casual staff in the warehouse to ensure their job activities are performed to correctly and at the maximum QHSE standards.
• Evaluate complaints received on shipments of equipment and stock and take appropriate action.
• Coordinate offloading of returns from drivers’ vehicles
• Coordinate pickup of returns from the car park to the warehouse
• Ensure the quality of items being returned to the warehouse
• Proper sealing or repackaging of any returned items if needed
• Identify and put away any damaged returns. Also, syncing with finance to ensure the proper treatment is done
• Proper physical confirmation of all items returned to the warehouse
• Accurate input of all returned items into the warehouse management system (WMS)
• Get physical sign offs and documentation for all returned items
• Conduct daily reconciliation of system returns vs physical returns position
• Ensure no items are left in the returns bay and all pending returns are received in the warehouse both physically and on the system
• Provide daily reports on drivers whose physical returns do not match their system generated returns
• Participate to all safety training as required
• Adhere to all HSE requirements of the project
• Any other work that may be assigned by Management

Education
• Degree or equivalent; preferably in Computer Science, Information Systems, other Logistics, or any other relevant field
• Registered with the Procurement and Supplies

Professionals and Technicians Board (PSPTB) will be an added advantage
Professional Qualification
• N/A

Experience
• Minimum 4 years’ experience in a similar role
• Knowledge in warehouse management systems and SQL.

Apply to careers.tanzania@eals.co.tz 

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