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Our Company Purewood Pulp Paper & Packaging PLC seeks to hire competent, experienced & aspiring applicants to fill the following vacant positions.

Department: Sales and Marketing

Report to: Sales and Marketing Manager

Place of work: Addis Ababa, Ayer Tena

Number of vacant post:- 1 (One)

Employment Type: Permanent with 60 days probation period.

Job Purpose: Serves customers by selling products; meeting customer needs.

Job Summary

Under the supervision and control of the Sales & Marketing Manager, the Storekeeper is responsible for managing the warehousing, handling and record keeping of the stock items in store; supervising the activities of loading and unloading; maintaining warehouse inventory; storing, issuing raw materials, finished goods, fuel and lubricants, spare parts, stationery and general goods items; performing store activities including receiving, recording, storing and issuing general store inventory items.

Duties and Responsibilities:-

• Requests, receives, examines, records, stores, issues store items to requesting units based on rules and regulations of the company;
• Develops a comprehensive location coding system;
• Makes an efficient use of available space, reduces handling costs;
• Checks that requisitions are properly filled, verifies that supplies delivered are in accordance with requisition and ensures their systematic storage;
• Supervises and coordinates the assembly and packing of goods and the loading/ unloading of trucks;
• Conducts physical count of all inventory items in the store;
• Responds to all report requests for items balance  in a quick and efficient manner for both Marketing & Finance department ;
• Identifies and reports dead or obsolete items and treats accordingly for both ;
• Establishes and implements a stock ordering system;
• Unpacks stationery items and checks invoices and purchase orders against stock received and stores same;
• Receives requisitions, checks signatures for authenticity, withdraws goods from stock and issues as per the request and approval;
• Keeps the stock balance goods up-to-date by reconciling the bin cards with the stock record cards;
• Ensures that all precautions are taken for the safety of stored goods;
• Operates various types of material handling equipment;
• Periodically checks records against stocks held and submits reports to immediate supervisor Finance and ;
• Critically examines material characteristics such as size, weight, associated hazards and perishability before storing materials in warehouses;
• Maintains proper records of details on goods-received note, issuance, transfers and other working documents;
• Keeps a separate record of stock movements;
• Ensures maximum protection of stocks against all causes of deterioration and damages;
• Considers and complies with the layout factors of similarity, popularity, size, characteristics of materials and capacity of storage facilities;
• Receives and unpacks materials, prepares Goods Received Notes /GRN/;
• Receives requisitions, checks authenticity of signatures and other authorizations, prepares Supply Issue Notes and issues as per the request and approval by superior;
• Maintains records of incoming and outgoing materials on bin cards as well as the store record book;
• Requests purchase of fast moving items well ahead of running short of stock;
• Compares the purchased materials against invoices and purchase orders;
• Returns the purchases to suppliers if the items purchased do not meet the specifications provided in the respective purchase orders;
• Ensures that the purchased materials are as per the requisitions and specifications provided;
• Ensures that all precautions are taken for the safety of stored goods;
• Performs other job related duties as required by the immediate supervisor.

Remark:- Finance department as per needed control bin card item balance, operates surprise inventory counting, other related duties. Reporting sales & none sales goods for finance.

Report sales goods related report to sales & marketing    

Education, Training and Experience:- 

• BA Degree in in Management/ Accounting/ Supplies Management/ Materials Management.
• University/ College/ TVET (10+3) diploma in Management/ Accounting/ Supplies Management/ Materials Management and 2 years related work experience Or
• TVET (10+2) certificate in Accounting or in other relevant fields and 4 years related work experience Or
• TVET (10+1) certificate in Accounting or in other relevant fields and 6 years related work experience

Working Conditions:- Working conditions are normal for a manufacturing environment; work involves frequent lifting of materials and products.