1. Branch Warehouse Manager
About Us:
Sokowatch is transforming communities across Africa by revolutionizing access to essential goods and services. By connecting small shops to the digital economy, we fix inefficient supply chains and provide services that were previously unavailable. Sokowatch aims to provide everything a retailer needs, no wholesalers or banks necessary.
Our Vision
Dominate the duka market across Africa by being their #1 partner for all goods and services by 2021. provide services that were previously unavailable. Sokowatch aims to provide everything a retailer needs, no wholesalers or banks necessary.
Thousands of retailers across Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya use Sokowatch’s mobile ordering and delivery platform to receive the goods they need as quickly and cheaply as possible while also accessing growth financing for the first time. We’re looking to grow our team with highly talented and motivated employees who are excited to work in a fast-paced and dynamic startup environment. Sokowatch will provide everything a duka needs, no wholesalers or distributors necessary.
Job Description: Rwanda Warehouse Manager
Sokowatch is searching for a stellar warehouse manager to be based in Kigali. They will undertake all aspects of warehouse manager for Sokowatch in Rwanda. The primary goal of this position is to monitor, report, and optimize inventory controls in Rwanda.
Requirements
- A Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, commerce, business administration, or a closely related field.
- Proven work experience as a warehouse manager for at least 5 years.
- Expertise in development and implementation of warehouse management procedures and best practices.
- Proven ability to implement processes improvement initiatives.
- Strong knowledge of the warehousing key performance indicators (SOPs)
- Leadership skills and ability to manage staff effectively for optimal performance.
- Strong decision making and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication skills and must be fluent in English
- Must exhibit a high level of integrity, keen on details, and comfortable working with numbers.
- Ability to multitask, provide leadership, and perform under pressure.
- A go getter and a problem solver.
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for the supervision and management of all warehouse operations in Rwanda including staff.
- Responsible for the development and compliance of agreed-upon warehouse standard operating procedures across all warehouse functions (eg. loading, stock reconciliation, cash reconciliation, storage, stock counts).
- Spearhead all inventory cycle counts, analyze variances, and fully investigate and report on stock variances i.e expected versus actual / physical.
- Generate reliable reports on inventory levels, movement as well as stock valuation on a weekly and monthly basis.
- Responsible for the management of inventory across all branches. Ensuring each branch is not over/under- stocking on any SKU.
- Responsible for managing the communication flow between branch level warehouse team and finance team with regards to timely payment for LPOs.
- Responsible for managing the communication flow between country level warehouse managers, supplier relations, and procurement teams to ensure timely delivery of requested LPOs.
- In charge of tracking and reporting of country level agent shorts, inventory shrinkage as well as send out
- Responsible for the development of branch-level warehouse team budgets (eg. budget for additional personnel, storage capacity, parking capacity, offloading capacity, stock forecasting)
- Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
How to apply
Qualified candidates to send their applications to careers@sokowatch.com clearing indicating by 30th January 2021
‘Warehouse Manager Rwanda’ on the subject by ’
Only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted.
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2.Country Procurement Manager
Post: Country Procurement Manager
About Us:
Sokowatch is transforming communities across Africa by revolutionizing access to essential goods and services. By connecting small merchants to the digital economy, we fix inefficient supply chains and provide services previously unavailable to informal businesses. Sokowatch aims to provide everything a retailer needs, no wholesalers or banks necessary.
Thousands of retailers across Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Uganda use Sokowatch’s mobile ordering and delivery platform to receive the goods they need as quickly and cheaply as possible while also accessing growth financing for the first time. We’re looking to grow our team with highly talented and motivated employees who are excited to work in a fast-paced and dynamic startup environment.
Role: Rwanda Procurement Manager, Reporting to East Africa Procurement Manager
Your role is to assist in building and maintaining strong supplier partnerships. You are responsible for driving company supplier term negotiations, by ensuring we receive the best margins, payment terms, and build strong partnerships across the country operations.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Negotiate terms and conditions of supplier partnerships
- Schedule regular reports and meetings
- Actively manage and monitor the procurement and delivery of goods to the warehouses, to ensure KPIs are being met and revised regularly
- Improve supplier lead-time compliance through optimization of delivery tracking
- Managing supply chain relations activities at a country level
- Monitor all distribution agreement contracts and ensure invoices from suppliers and POs to suppliers are as per the agreed terms.
- Proactively identify opportunities that will align supplier needs with the organizational goals
- Manage and implement strategies for procuring, and distributing goods to maintain stock levels
Requirements:
The successful candidate will possess:
- Preferred 3 years of experience in a similar role
- Bachelor degree, preferably in Business Management, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Economics, or a Related Field
- Understanding of Procurement Management Procedures, Logistics Skills, Strategic Planning Abilities
- Understand cross-border logistics
- Ability to work efficiently and independently in a fast-paced s
- ales environment
- Strong negotiating and consulting skills
- Strong data analysis and superior organizational skills,
- Effective interpersonal and analytical abilities
- Strong oral, written communication & presentation skills
- Willingness to travel for work within the country
- Must love working with people and cross-cultural teams
How to Apply
Qualified candidates to send their applications to careers@sokowatch.com by 30th January 2021.
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3. Assistant Branch Manager
ASSISTANT BRANCH MANAGER
Job Title: ASST BRANCH MANAGER
Reporting to: Consumer Head/Country Head
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Launch store 1 and grow the bottom line by attracting and retaining customers. 1.Set up and launch of Kigali Store 1 2.Meeting and exceeding customers’ needs and expectations; 3.The development and management of a motivated, empowered, and customer-centric staff; and 4.The development and continuous review of the branch business plan.
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Pre -Launch operations
Post-launch operations Customer Service
Retail Operations Management
Shop Floor Management: To ensure strict adherence to the shop operations procedures to ensure smooth floor operations and service to the customers Back Store Management: To ensure FIFO standards, good stacking procedures, and stock holding levels are strictly adhered to. Cash Management: To ensure constant cash safekeeping and daily store cash banking Advertising and Promotion
Procurement
Expires Monitoring and disposal: Ensure close monitoring of goods aging report and a zero tolerance on expired products on the shop floor Staffing
Company policy and procedures education and general dissemination Business development:
Budgeting (mainly of branch costs, staff costs, and sales projections) and monitoring of the same Communication:
Public Relations: To ensure proper representation of the organization within the locality by ensuring good spokesmanship with all public quarters Stocktake:
Market Intelligence: Ensure the weekly market intelligence with our competitors is done to ensure the branch remains competitive Document Processing:
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How to apply
Qualified candidates to send their applications to careers@sokowatch.com clearing indicating by 30th January 2021
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