Storekeeper - SC4 - Multan

Organizational Context

The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian organization, dedicated to saving lives and building a pathway to peace and prosperity. Operating in over 120 countries, WFP uses food assistance to combat hunger, support recovery from conflict and disasters, and address the impacts of climate change. The organization values diversity, inclusion, and high performance, fostering a collaborative environment.

Job Purpose

The Storekeeper will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of warehouse operations, ensuring the efficient and accurate receipt, dispatch, and verification of commodities. This role is crucial for maximizing the quality of warehouse operations, minimizing losses, and upholding best storage management practices in compliance with WFP standards. The incumbent will manage inventory, conduct reconciliations, and ensure commodity safeguarding against spoilage, damage, or theft. Additionally, the Storekeeper will maintain organized records, optimize warehouse space, and may provide supervision and on-the-job training to other warehouse staff, contributing to overall operational excellence and support for WFP's humanitarian mission.

Responsibilities

The primary responsibilities of this role revolve around the meticulous management of warehouse operations, with a strong emphasis on commodity handling and inventory control. This includes supervising the accurate receipt and dispatch of both food and non-food items, ensuring precise physical counts and quality verification against official documentation. A key aspect is maintaining comprehensive and organized records of all warehouse transactions, adhering to WFP's corporate systems and audit requirements. The role demands diligent inventory management, including daily reconciliations and support for periodic stock counts, to ensure accuracy and prevent losses. Quality assurance is critical, involving routine inspections, identification of discrepancies or damages, and the preparation of detailed loss reports with corrective action recommendations. Safeguarding commodities from spoilage, contamination, theft, or damage through adherence to WFP procedures is paramount. Furthermore, the position involves maintaining the physical condition of the warehouse for safety and optimal space utilization, as well as providing guidance, supervision, and training to warehouse staff to ensure operational standards are met and team performance is enhanced. The role also encompasses performing other related duties as assigned.

Work Experience

Requires a minimum of 4 years of experience in logistics, warehouse operations, or a related field. Experience with logistics databases for reporting, managing food/NFI warehouses, inventory management, and processing invoices is also needed.

Skills

Commodity receipt and dispatch, Documentation and record-keeping, Inventory management and reconciliation, Quality assurance and loss investigation, Commodity safeguarding and compliance, Warehouse maintenance and space optimization, Staff supervision and capacity building, Logistics, Warehouse operations, Logistics databases, Inventory management, Processing invoices, English, Urdu

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