Recent Vacancies at The Place

⏲ Apr 21, 2021, 4:22 PM
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The Place is a trademark of Smackers Limited. It is a profitable player in the QSR industry in Nigeria with great prospects and staff strength of +1400 employees. Currently, our operations span across 17 locations (15 stores and 4 central operation units) in Lagos, Nigeria, with rapid expansion plans to penetrate more locations in the short to medium term.

Our current management team consists of experienced hands with over 60 years of experience that spans industry as well as management consulting in foremost multinational professional services companies.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Inventory Manager

Location: Lekki Phase I, Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time

Job Description / Responsibilities

The Inventory Manager will coordinate all warehouse and outlet stores activities in a multiple location.
Develop, document and implement best practice inventory control and management processes
Develop and implement policies to ensure stock items are properly stored in all the warehouse and stores including cold chain to prevent damage, spoilage and loss
Ensure warehouse layout is optimally utilized by constantly reviewing layout, space utilization and materials
Liaise with procurement and inbound logistics to ensure effective planning of stock activities using historic sales data and adequate documentation
Define minimum stock level and reorder quantity taking lead time of each item into consideration. Ensure this is regularly updated in line with changes in business operations
Develop effective supply chain procedures and ensure proper communication between central warehouse and outlet storekeepers/accountants in terms of items transferred to the outlets.
Ensure adequate and timely stock accounting records are maintained for stock receipts and issuance including inter location transfers at all times.
Monitor stock level on daily basis and ensure adequate stock levels are maintained at all times in line with sales
Authorise all stock receipt and dispatch from central warehouse and equipment store
Analyse data to proactively plan for future needs including imported items
Ensure the rule of First-in-first-out is complied with across all warehouse and our stores. Also ensure that perishable stock like plantain are painstakingly sorted at the point of receipt to ensure that riper/ softer ones that are more likely to perish sooner are used first
Oversee warehouse and store staff and conduct performance appraisal on a timely basis
Drive capacity building and training of warehouse and store staff including induction and orientation for new staff
Define and implement an optimal departmental structure to support expanding operations of the Company
Ensure regular stock count exercise are performed and all discrepancies are resolved in a timely manner
Investigate in conjunction with internal audit damage/obsolete or missing stock items
Ensure implementation of good housekeeping principles within the warehouse
Liaise with Procurement to define and update standards for inputs/ raw materials: photo of standard, shape, size (dimension/ weight), ripeness, colouration, texture etc (particularly for inconsistent raw agricultural products): eg plantain, pepper, tomato, asun; (fish, prawn & snail etc size)
Ensure compliance with standards on inputs/ raw materials received into store (thoroughly check, reject sub-standard items, promptly report/ record, track and resolve issues)
Carry out research and liaise with maintenance to define and update optimal storage, preservation or ripening practices for item in store, and ensure compliance.

Qualifications

Minimum of First Degree in relevant discipline
About 8 years warehouse/inventory experience in a manufacturing/food industry
Inventory Management experience on ERP eg Microsoft Navision is very important
External or internal audit background is an added advantage
Microsoft office skills especially Microsoft Excel skill is a must
Analytical mind with excellent numeric abilities
Strong problem-solving skills
Strong leadership and supervisory skills
High level of integrity.

Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply

Application Deadline 28th April, 2021.

Job Title: Lead Network Administrator

Location: Lekki Phase I, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

Provides the routine testing and analysis of all elements of the network to proactively take the necessary steps required for remediation.
Uses network analytic tools to diagnose network problems and factors affecting network performance.
Manages site to site VPN connection between the head office and the restaurants.
Manages user VPN connections.
Manages firewall admin privileges
Manages endpoint access and policies.
Converts administrative access policies on the network to technical/logical policies for enforcement.
Maintains a monthly network report on attacks, bandwidth abuse, resource utilization, service downtime/uptime.
Lead the setup of new network
Provides input to policy level discussions regarding standards
Maintains backup of running configuration of the core network equipment which include network routers and switches
Escalates ISP related issues to the service providers and manages resolution.

Qualifications

Minimum of 4years experience in similar role
Hardware and software configuration – should have extensive experience configuring and managing software and hardware related to LANs and WANs
Technology exposure – Experience managing Unified threat management system, email exchange, routers and switches. Firewalls
Certification – Relevant IT certification will be an added advantage

Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply

Application Deadline 5th May, 2021.

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