About Organisation:

Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks company with an outstanding collection of brands, such as Don Julio, 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 build shared value.Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) is a fully coordinated beverage business in Diageo Africa (supply and demand for beer and spirits).

Job Summary: This role interfaces with dynamic transactions/operations with a wide range of inbound and outbound activities both physical and SAP movements, plus the complexity of reverse Logistics that requires maximum attention.

The role serves stakeholders with varying interests and requires appropriate reporting of inventory KPIs for informed decision making in different aspects of the Business. This also implies a high level of inventory accuracy and controls compliance.

This position provides direction and leadership to material and finished goods warehousing teams, responsible for goods receipts, issuing, stock counts and reconciliations plus all relevant reporting.

The role seeks to partner closely with Packaging and Blending team, Imports & Export, Customer service, Third party contractors, Planning and Procurement, Governance and Security plus all the Logistics sections.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Inventory Management & Quality Control

• Monitor inventory levels, stock aging, First In First Out(FIFO) management, batch picking alignment, SLOBs and expiries management.
• Coordination and planning
• Implement warehouse capacity planning and space optimization, with daily operations set up review and layout configuration to deliver key performance indicators.
• Inventory reconciliations
• Reconcile stocks (system Vs physical), document variance explanations, and enforce the inventory accuracy requirement.

Warehouse Safety

• Ensure warehouse space meets HSE standards with right tools of work, toolbox talks for shop floor teams, hazard identification, PPE compliance and safety walk abouts (spot and correct).

Controls and Compliance

• Doing Business the right way, real time and accurate system postings, tracking daily stock movements and timely reconciliation.

Warehouse Hygiene

• As guided by Governance and adherence with all relevant quality standards in line with Food protection and defence.

Audits

• Ownership of audits both internal and external and accountable for action closure.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Degree or equivalent experience in Business Commerce, Business Administration or an equivalent with good accounting knowledge.
• Supply chain knowledge

Experience:

• 5 years hands-on experience in inventory management and reconciliation preferably in an FMCG environment.

Super User of SAP

• Experience in overall Logistics operations is an added advantage.