Warehouse Manager

Description

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Job Title: Warehouse Manager

Job Type: Full Time

Location: Ikeja

Grade Level: L5

Reports to: Head of Logistics

About us

Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks company with an outstanding collection of brands, such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray and Guinness. Our purpose – Celebrating life, every day, everywhere – has an important role in our company, for our people, our diversity, our brands, in how we perform and how we create shared value.

Supply

As the home of iconic brands such as Baileys, Guinness, Smirnoff, and Johnnie Walker, at Diageo we source, produce and deliver 6.5 billion litres of world-leading products every year across 180 markets globally. Because of this huge undertaking, we rely on highly reliable systems as well as the very best talent to make sure our businesses continue to run efficiently.

To give you some idea of the scale of our operation, over half of our 30,000 employees work in our supply chains. We have teams in over 100 sites across more than 30 countries, but what matters is that wherever you work, you are part of a diverse, inclusive team where there are opportunities for everyone. Whether you work in planning, logistics, technical teams or manufacturing, you will be part of an innovative, dynamic organisation. We set ourselves the highest standards, and our practices have earned us international recognition. And it’s people with energy, dedication and problem-solving skills who’ll help us get even better. In return, we offer a world of opportunities for you to explore, to craft and progress your career.

About the role

Our performance ambition calls for us to build the best performing most trusted and respected consumer products company in the world; this requires the right transportation and Warehouse management assets and processes are in place and improved to support GN annual performance of NSV of about £360m and trading profit of £150m

The role will drive efficiency across the Guinness warehousing operations and embedding standard processes such as FEFO in other to drive waste/SLOB down.

Accountable for inventory management from raw materials to components and other category of inventory. The role is also responsible for fulfilment of customers’ order.

Dimensions

a) Financial:

This role will provide support to the Logistics Operations Manager in leading performance / operations within a total cost budget of about £20m per annual and support delivery of annual logistics cost savings of £2m per annual.

b) Market Complexity

Works in across all the distribution centres across in Nigeria through own- and third-party logistics service providers to create step changes in customer service delivery to both internal and external customers

Handles all external warehouses (depots) to ensure the delivery of Guinness Nigeria business goals and objectives.

c) Leadership Responsibilities

Consistently Deliver Phenomenal Performance - This is a significantly matrixed role. The role holder will work closely with packaging, sales, Brewery logistics and third-party service providers to deliver GN strategic goals and meet / exceed customer expectation

Create Conditions for People to Succeed - Leading the Logistics team comprising of L6 and L7.

Purpose of Role

To deliver and embed best in class processes in all warehouses and customer service operations in Guinness Nigeria through the development of a committed team that is able to deliver significant value and competitive advantage to our business

Key Decision

Optimisation of Distribution networks

Empties availability for Brewery operations at the right quality

Job Responsibilities

Formulate and implement warehousing standard methodology in line with Diageo supply chain capability framework in all brewery distribution and depots to deliver driven service.

Manage empties and finished inventory to support GN supply chain in meeting customer / consumer satisfaction and to ensure accountability.

Play a lead role in the achievement of sales targets and competitive advantage through physical distribution and order fulfilment.

Ensure the achievement of all key performance indicators in line with GN business objective in order to drive superior performance.

Formulate and implement critical initiatives as well as suitable logistics operations improvement in all distribution centres to enhance GN supply chain efficiency and effectiveness

Qualifications and Experience Required

Proven experience particularly in physical distribution activities; with a depth of capability in logistics and customer management / process design and development.

Ability to take commercial insights and translate into performance to grow the business.

Proven track record to persuade, influence and build credibility with all levels and all functions

Analytical, interpretative and decision-making skills within a highly dynamic process environment

Fully conversant with inventory management processes using SAP systems.

Detailed knowledge of Diageo warehouse management standards.

Ability to competently coach and facilitate multi-disciplinary teams.

Bachelor’s degree qualification. Master’s degree or equivalent experience is an added advantage

Celebrating our inclusive and different ways is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, gender, disability, religion or ethnicity.

We know that for us to succeed and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.

Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying.

Character Is Everything

Worker Type :

Regular

Primary Location:

Ikeja Brewery

Additional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date :

2024-04-15