Job Title: Nigeria Regional Warehouse Coordinator (Fixed-term)
Location: Bida, Niger
Preferred Start Date: As soon as possible
About the Role
- Seeking a supply chain professional with 2-5 years' experience to coordinate warehouse and inventory operations, team supervision, and space optimization to support efficient and scalable program delivery.
Responsibilities
Regional Warehouse Operations & Performance:
- Coordinate day-to-day warehouse operations across assigned regional facilities.
- Ensure warehouses consistently follow approved OAF warehouse processes, and SOPs.
- Monitor warehouse performance against agreed KPIs for inventory accuracy, shrinkage, service, productivity, safety and compliance.
- Identify and share best practices across warehouses to improve consistency and performance.
- Plan ahead for peak periods and ensure warehouses are ready to support field and farmer needs.
- Regularly Go to Gemba to understand operational challenges and drive practical improvements.
Inventory Management & Control:
- Lead regular physical stock counts, reconciliations and inventory reviews across assigned warehouses.
- Ensure physical stock is accurately reflected in the relevant inventory management system.
- Investigate inventory variances, identify root causes and ensure corrective actions are completed.
- Monitor inventory ageing, stock movements, transfers and potential losses.
- Strengthen controls that prevent shrinkage, stock errors and unauthorized stock movements.
- Ensure inventory records and supporting documentation are complete and audit-ready.
Warehouse Systems, Documentation & Compliance:
- Ensure receiving, dispatch and inter-warehouse movements are properly documented and recorded on time.
- Maintain accurate warehouse records, including stock count sheets, waybills, delivery notes, GRNs, transfer documents and quality records.
- Conduct regular compliance checks and follow up on identified gaps.
- Support internal and external audits by ensuring warehouse records and physical stock are readily available.
- Escalate suspected theft, fraud, significant loss or other serious compliance concerns through the appropriate channels.
Warehouse Layout, Quality & Process Improvement:
- Ensure effective warehouse layout, product segregation, palletization, labelling and storage practices.
- Work closely with QA/QC to maintain appropriate product handling, storage and release standards.
- Identify bottlenecks and opportunities to improve warehouse flow, space utilization and productivity.
- Lead practical improvement initiatives using data, root-cause analysis and feedback from warehouse teams.
- Standardize successful improvements across other regional warehouses where appropriate.
Health, Safety & Environment:
- Promote a strong safety culture across all assigned warehouses.
- Conduct regular warehouse Gemba walks and safety checks to identify and address hazards.
- Ensure appropriate use of PPE and compliance with warehouse safety standards.
- Maintain clean, organized and safe working environments for employees, casual workers and visitors.
- Ensure incidents, near misses and safety concerns are reported, investigated and followed through to closure.
- Encourage team members to speak up and take ownership of safety.
Distribution & Supply Chain Coordination:
- Coordinate with Logistics, Procurement, QA/QC and field teams to ensure smooth warehouse operations and timely movement of inputs.
- Support efficient loading, dispatch and inter-warehouse transfer activities.
- Ensure warehouse capacity and dispatch plans are aligned with operational demand.
- Work with Logistics teams to resolve delivery and dispatch challenges quickly.
- Support efficient use of warehouse and transport resources to reduce avoidable operational costs.
Team Leadership & Development:
- Provide day-to-day leadership and support to Warehouse Supervisors and warehouse teams.
- Set clear expectations, priorities and performance standards.
- Coach team members to improve warehouse practices, inventory controls, safety and customer service.
- Build a culture of accountability, teamwork, feedback and continuous improvement.
- Support performance reviews, recruitment, onboarding and development of warehouse staff.
- Lead by example and create an environment where people can take ownership and grow.
Qualifications
Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:
- Bachelor's Degree or HND in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, Agribusiness, Science & Engineering or a related discipline (A Masters degree with relevant professional certificate in supply chain would be an added advantage)
- At least 2 - 5 years of relevant experience in warehouse, inventory, logistics operations including supervising, managing or coordinating
- Strong leadership skills to effectively lead and motivate a team.
- Organizational skills to efficiently plan, prioritize and delegate tasks.
- Warehouse operations; inventory management and reconciliation; warehouse systems/WMS; stock control; warehouse layout and capacity planning; HSE; basic data analysis; process improvement; documentation and compliance.
- Makes day-to-day operational decisions within approved policies, SOPs and budgets; escalates significant operational, financial, safety and compliance risks appropriately.
- Quick problem-solving abilities to anticipate, identify and resolve issues with deliveries and transport operations.
- High attention to detail to accurately plan, schedule and track all deliveries.
- Excellent communication skills to effectively interact with clients, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Computer literacy to efficiently use software and systems for planning, managing and tracking deliverables.
- Efficient time management capabilities to ensure timely execution of deliveries and transport operations.
- Flexibility to adapt to evolving customer needs and requirements.
- Commercial awareness to identify cost-saving opportunities and make profitable decisions.
Application Closing Date
8th January, 2027.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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