L’IRC recrute un agent d’entrepôt et de transport, Buea, Cameroun

Requête nº : req9994

Intitulé de poste : Warehouse and Transport Officer (BUEA)

Secteur d’activité : Opérations

Type de contrat : Régulier

Taux d’occupation : Plein temps

Ouvert aux expatriés : Non

Lieu de travail : Buea, Cameroon

 

Descriptif du poste :

Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) is one of the largest humanitarian organizations in the world. The IRC assists, provides rehabilitation and provides post-conflict reconstruction support to victims of oppression and violent conflict. Present in more than 40 countries, IRC’s mission is to help the people whose lives and livelihoods are affected by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and take charge of their future.
In the face of a growing humanitarian crisis, the IRC is running emergency programs in the Far North and South West regions of Cameroon. The planned programs include environmental health (EH), Protection and Rule of Law (PROL), Economic Recovery and Development (ERD) and the Women Protection and Empowerment (WPE).
 
The Warehouse and Transport Officer based in Buea and reporting to the Supply Chain Manager, supports and coordinates all of the warehousing and fleet activities for the Buea Office. The position is critical to the success of the project and as such should deliver a high quality product in the shortest amount of time possible in a completely transparent and accountable way. 
 

Specific responsibilities :

Warehousing skills :
  • Understand, implement and / or maintain standard IRC inventory management policies and procedures ;
  • Train warehouse staff as required ;
  • Manage and document the receipt, handling, storage, release and reporting of goods through the IRC warehouse(s) ;
  • Advise supervisor of potential inventory shortage ;
  • Manage casual laborers in the warehouse ;
  • Ensure the maintenance of warehouse building(s), fittings and equipment ;
  • Implement and ensure clear safety procedures ;
  • Implement and ensure clear loading / unloading procedures, correct stacking and turnover (FIFO) procedures ;
  • Advise the Supply Chain officer of warehouse-specific issues or improvements ;
  • Maintain the Warehouse activity book recording all outgoing and incoming receipts and activities ;
  • Carry out any other task assigned by the Supply Chain officer ;
  • Warehousing and Inventory ;
  • Monitor security of IRC’s storage and supplies ;
  • Receive completed store’s request forms and prepare the goods for issuance ;
  • Ensure goods, equipment are signed for received on the request form (office expendables) or waybill (all other items) ;
  • Prepare weekly and monthly report for the expendables store outlining all stock movements and remaining balances ;
  • On a monthly basis, work with the Supply Chain officer to reconcile the Warehouse register in the Asset tracking sheet and equipment issuance forms ;
  • Update the stock record cards regularly ;
  • Conduct routine inventory inspection and submit report to the Supply Chain officer in a timely manner ;
  • Maintain full and accurate inventory records ;
  • Undertake (documented) monthly and ad-hoc physical inventory checks ;
  • Conduct documented quarterly job performance reviews of Warehouse staff, providing appropriate feedback ;
  • Provide on-time, standard monthly reports to the Supply chain Officer.
Fleet Management :
  • Maintain electronic databases of registration, inspections and maintenance of fleet management ;
  • Ensure fleet availability to meet all requests by scheduling, forecasting and surveying current user trends ;
  • Maintain knowledge and utilize all fleet information and user surveys to forecast new requirements ;
  • Arrange fleets and fleet operational staff to provide support and schedule Event Planning ;
  • Perform vehicle registration, insurance and CHP formalities and documentation regarding induction of new drivers before onboarding ;
  • Oversee routine and ad hoc maintenance, obtain tags for new vehicles and renew old ones to ensure schedule fleet management ;
  • Monitor and ensure fleet operations are in compliance with local and state rules and regulations ;
  • Maintain and monitor data management system to organize fleets as per various schedules and request ;
  • Streamline and monitor fuel purchase with assistance of Fuel Cards for all vehicles and drivers ;
  • Develop and implement standard operational standards to maintain vehicles by advocating best practices ;
  • Facilitate and implement corrective actions and capacity building to manage entire fleet to achieve the Organization’s objectives ;
  • Maintain receiving, warehousing and distribution operations by initiating, coordinating, and enforcing programme, operational personnel and all personnel adhering to organizational policies and procedures ;
  •  Complies with the Organization’s warehousing, material handling and shipping requirements by studying existing and new SOPs; enforcing adherence to the Organizations requirements; advising management on needed actions ;
  • Safeguards warehouse operations and contents by establishing and monitoring security procedures and protocols ;
  • Controls inventory levels by conducting physical counts; reconciling with data storage ;
  • Completes warehouse operational requirements by scheduling and monitoring programmes outbound activities relating to materials in stock ;
  • Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Profil :

  • A degree in Warehouse and Transport Management or General Supply and Logistics Management ;
  • Knowledge of generic warehouse and fleet management systems and forms ;
  • Physically mobile, able to lift 50kg without strain ;
  • Valid driving licence with good knowledge in mechanical management  ;
  • Competent in spoken and written English ;
  • Good mathematical skills ;
  • Competent use of PC especially spreadsheets (format / sort / filter). 

Presentation of the file :

  • An up to date (CV) ;
  • The names, positions, telephone number and e-mail address of at least two professional references.
 
NB : Deadline for the admissibility of files : 27th August, 2020 at 5 p.m. promt.
 
Female candidates are strongly encouraged. Only the preselected candidates will be contacted.