Savannah Cement
is the newest cement player to get into the Kenyan market and is
currently about to complete a state-of –the-art greenfield cement
grinding plant in Athi River Kenya.
The plant will employ the latest cement technology in the market to produce 1.5 million tonnes of various cement types per annum for the Kenyan and regional market.
Savannah Cement is seeking to recruit highly motivated, dynamic, innovative and result oriented professionals, seeking a thrilling and fulfilling experience, to join the company in the following positions:
Stores Controller
Reporting to the Business Performance Analyst, the Stores Controller is charged with inventory control and ensuring both internal & external user requests are properly serviced, maintaining optimal stocks while enhancing best practice controls and procedures.
Responsibilities
The plant will employ the latest cement technology in the market to produce 1.5 million tonnes of various cement types per annum for the Kenyan and regional market.
Savannah Cement is seeking to recruit highly motivated, dynamic, innovative and result oriented professionals, seeking a thrilling and fulfilling experience, to join the company in the following positions:
Stores Controller
Reporting to the Business Performance Analyst, the Stores Controller is charged with inventory control and ensuring both internal & external user requests are properly serviced, maintaining optimal stocks while enhancing best practice controls and procedures.
Responsibilities
- Develop and ensure proper control measures and procedures are maintained
- Monitor compliance and reviewing adequacy of the procedures
- Ensure all material movements (consumption, receipts, returns, downgrades, adjustments, scrapings) for all stock are properly documented in the ERP
- Perform reconciliations between sales, packing plant dispatches and weighbridge reports for outbound logistics and reconciliation of inbound logistics between receipts and actual supplies
- Set re-order levels and ensure stock requisitions are done on a timely basis
- Evaluate and challenge stock replenishments and user requirements to control excesses and maintain optimal stock holding
- Develop a stock count calendar covering cyclical and annual counts, oversee these counts to ensure correct procedures are observed
- Review the weighbridge operations and reports to ensure compliance to internal controls and best practices.
- Ensure proper custody of stock while ensuring good housekeeping of the warehouse
- Manage the weighbridge teams to ensure high service levels; and
- Prepare monthly and periodic end-of period reports on stock movements, exceptions, and key highlights.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience
- A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a business related field with professional qualifications in stores management, logistics, production or other plant operations
- Minimum 3 years experience in a reputable commercial organization with exposure to most or all the above job requirements
- Good ICT knowledge, especially in an ERP environment, and good spreadsheet skills
- Ability to work under pressure; and
- A high level of integrity, excellent reporting, team relations, planning and coordination skills.
Applications should be submitted on or before March 15, 2012 to:
The Head of Human Resources,
Savannah Cement (epz) Limited,
P.O. Box 27910, 00100,
Nairobi.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Savannah Cement is an equal opportunities employer.
The Head of Human Resources,
Savannah Cement (epz) Limited,
P.O. Box 27910, 00100,
Nairobi.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Savannah Cement is an equal opportunities employer.
