Nestlé S.A. is a Swiss multinational food and beverage company headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. It is the largest food company in the world measured by revenues.
Nestlé’s products include baby food, bottled water, breakfast cereals, coffee and tea, confectionery, dairy products, ice cream, frozen food, pet foods, and snacks. Twenty-nine of Nestlé’s brands have annual sales of over CHF1 billion (about US$1.1 billion), including Nespresso, Nescafé, Kit Kat, Smarties, Nesquik, Stouffer’s, Vittel, and Maggi. Nestlé has 447 factories, operates in 194 countries, and employs around 333,000 people. It is one of the main shareholders of L’Oreal, the world’s largest cosmetics company.
Nestlé is committed to enhancing the quality of consumers\’ lives through nutrition, health and wellness. Our mission of \”Good Food, Good Life\” is to provide the best tasting, most nutritious choices in a wide range of food and beverage categories and eating occasions, from morning to night.
Providing safe, quality nutrition for more than 140 years
Operations in more than 86 countries
2 000+ brands worldwide
CHF 92 billion sales in 2013
More than 330 000 employees
Objective to be the leader in nutrition, health and wellnessPosition Summary
Joining Nestlé means you are joining the largest Food and Beverage company in the world. At our very core, we are a human company driven by our purpose to improve the quality of life and contribute to a healthier future.
Nestlé Nigeria is currently looking to fill the role of Warehouse Supervisor, whose responsibility would be to drive warehouse team performance to attain superior service level at a lower cost.
A day in the life of a Warehouse Supervisor:
Set adequate target values for warehousing service and cost KPIs, and keep tracked KPIs close to the target values by: – Supporting Logistics service and productivity levels
Ensuring key performance measures are maintained
Focusing on problem solving skills
Managing labor and equipment utilization
Ensuring the premises are hygienic and sustainable
Creates safety awareness and compliance
Drive/Support cost saving initiatives to improve performance and cost of the warehouse operation.
Influence Distribution Management and Customer Service in order to continuously improve service and cost through:
Regular communication that will keep customers and CS updated to manage proactively
Collaboration with Customer Service, Production and Transport to ensure customer service level, freshness and avoidance of bad goods
Oversees co-packing activities
Motivates 5S, and nurtures refusals & disposals
Overseas Security and Occupational health
Training, constant engagement, and motivation of the team. Assists Goal Alignment implementation and maintain operational reviews.
Supports and helps the LEAN roll out, ensuring that a continuous improvement culture is developed and sustained
What Will Make You Successful?
Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree or Higher National Diploma
Minimum of 2 years relevant experience in supervisory level in warehouse management.
Relevant operational experience in or interfacing with the following areas is beneficial:
Customer Service
Demand & Supply Planning
Sales
Transportation
Technical
Finance: Business Planning, budget control, cost management
Experience in the management of projects such as: – Warehouse Design, High Performing Warehouse, WMS Implementation.
Desirable to have had worked on a leadership position in a LEAN organization, who has adapted LEAN concepts and tools as part of their way of working.
Desirable to have had experience implementing LEAN concepts and tools.