OpenWarehouse and logisticsKampala, Uganda, with warehouse and delivery work
Inventory and Warehousing Officer
Protect one of Imani's most important assets, its stock: receiving, counts, batch traceability, warehouse layout, dispatch, deliveries, damages and stock reporting.
Role details
Type: Full time
Reports to: Operations Manager
Posted: 30 September 2026
Closes: 31 December 2026
Apply for this roleMission
- Make sure Imani always knows what stock it has, where it is, what condition it's in, what has moved, and what needs reordering.
First 30 / 90 / 180 Days
30 days
- Receive and reconcile all stock by SKU, carton, batch and quantity against the packing list and invoices.
- Create the warehouse layout, SKU labelling, stock card system and dispatch control template.
- Identify damaged, short, over-supplied or mismatched stock and escalate variances immediately.
- Put sample stock controls in place with Sales.
90 days
- Run regular cycle counts and produce weekly stock reports for management.
- Put in place delivery notes, dispatch approvals, a returns log and a damage and loss register.
- Work with Accounts on inventory valuation and landed cost records.
- Set reorder alerts from sales velocity and minimum stock levels.
180 days
- Build warehouse and dispatch processes that scale for Uganda and future regional shipments.
- Support regional stock allocation and sub-distributor dispatch controls.
- Keep stock accuracy high and shrinkage low as volume grows.
Responsibilities
- Receive imports and local supplies, checking carton and SKU counts, condition and batch details.
- Organise the warehouse for fast picking, clear SKU separation and safe storage.
- Keep carton labels, stock cards, batch and expiry information and count records up to date.
- Prepare stock for deliveries from approved orders and delivery notes, and coordinate transport and handover documents.
- Track returns, damages, missing items and delivery exceptions.
- Run cycle counts, monthly stock counts and variance investigations.
- Prepare weekly inventory reports: opening stock, receipts, dispatches, closing stock and variances.
- Reconcile physical stock with accounting records alongside Accounts.
- Write SOPs for receiving, storage, picking, dispatch, counts, returns and damages, and recommend reorder quantities and buffers.
Required Experience
- 5+ years in warehouse, inventory, logistics or stock control in FMCG, distribution, import, wholesale or manufacturing.
- Strong understanding of physical and cycle counts, FIFO/FEFO, delivery notes, GRNs and stock reconciliation.
- High numerical accuracy and attention to detail.
- Experience supervising warehouse assistants, casual workers or dispatch teams.
- Comfortable with spreadsheets and simple inventory or ERP systems.
- High integrity and strict accountability for stock.
Preferred Background
- Handling imported goods, customs and packing lists, or multi-SKU FMCG stock.
- Zoho Inventory, QuickBooks inventory, ERP systems or barcode workflows.
- Storage requirements for household and personal-care goods.
KPIs
- Stock accuracy above 98%
- Dispatch accuracy above 99%
- Shrinkage and damage rate
- Cycle count completion
- Delivery note compliance
- Inventory report timeliness
Case Exercise
- Given a packing list and a received-stock variance, reconcile the numbers and design a dispatch process that prevents leakage.
- Compensation is discussed with shortlisted candidates.
- Apply with the form below. In your cover note, tell us why you're a strong fit and describe one achievement that shows you can build, sell, operate, control stock or manage finance in a fast-moving business. We may contact strong candidates quickly; only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the next stage.