The Dangote Group is one of Africa’s leading conglomerates producing diversified products. Dangote Cement is a subsidiary of the Dangote Group, is the leading produce of cement in Zambia with a modem and advanced integrated cement plant in Ndola, on the Copperbelt. Support the effective management of materials at the plant to ensure alignment of inventory levels with appropriate guidelines.
Responsibilities
- Manage the day-to-day operations and activities of the stores (centralized) under the supervision of the Head, Stores
- Conduct physical counts to verify accuracy of incoming and outgoing products at the stores
- Ensure incoming products are received and stored according to DCP’s policies & procedures
- Maintain online inventory management software and ensure timely identification of triggers (or manually identify when minimum threshold levels have been reached) to initiate actions for stock replenishment
- Post details of receipt and dispatch transactions and ensure integrity of the inventory management system
- Maintain up to date records of materials inventory at the stores (existing stock, pending orders)
- Provide information on current stock and orders to provide justification for re-ordering
- Monitor trends of product receipt and dispatch at the stores to provide basis for demand forecasting
- Conduct periodic inventory stock counting or inventory accuracy checks
- Perform end-of-day inventory reconciliation to ensure discrepancies are identified and resolved in time
- Notify Head, Stores of irregularities in inventory records and support in reconciling or resolving
- Maintain approved HSE best practices in the stores
- Develop periodic reports of stores operations and performance as required
- Maintain electronic inventory management database
- Perform any other duties assigned by the Head, Stores
Qualifications
- Education and Work Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree or its equivalent in any discipline
- Minimum of five year relevant work experience
- Skills and Behaviours
- Good understanding of the cement manufacturing industry trends, challenges, opportunities, regulations, legislation
- Sound knowledge and understanding of the organization’s product and service offerings
- Working knowledge of inventory management terminologies, methodologies and approach
- Basic knowledge of system based inventory management systems
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Attention to detail and quality
- Willingness to learn, improve and adapt to changing requirements
- Possess relevant skills in basic MS Office applications and working knowledge of business Enterprise Resource
- Planning systems
How to apply
Candidates meeting the above requirements should send their applications to:
The General Manager HR & Admin.