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The services of a warehouse specialist are usually required at airports or shipping docks and maintaining the quality of these facilities' functions is one of the focuses of such a specialist. The warehouse specialist has to verify all the incoming merchandise and its documents and report any damages or discrepancies. He/she must have a complete understanding of the facility's storage plan and methods and perform the prescribed duties in accordance with them. Some of these duties refer to staking or storing materials, inventorying and examining them, then reporting to the supervisor any deterioration of the materials. The next step is to remove and prepare everything for shipment.
Often, warehouse duties imply operating a hand or power truck and handling heavy equipment, so it is necessary for the warehouse specialist to be able to safely operate machinery and be physically fit.
He/she must collaborate with the receivers and place the merchandise in the proper location. The warehouse specialist is required to double-check all the ongoing processes to prevent any errors. This position calls for team spirit, administrative, management skills, and strong communication skills as well. In addition, the ability of leading and correctly evaluating a team and of efficiently managing time is necessary.
To occupy this position, a Bachelor's Degree in trade, management or other related fields of study is required as well as a Post Graduate Degree in bookkeeping, materials management or other related disciplines.
Job Responsibilities
A warehouse specialist has to prepare the client order, package it, and then compile regular reports and statistics. These have to be produced on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
This position requires the ability to retrieve and classify any information regarding the stored goods, as well as efficiently organizing them and preparing distribution lists. With the help of the daily inventory, it is necessary to analyze the merchandise and collaborate with the shipping companies.
Another responsibility refers to the supervision of all the dispatched and received materials and report any surplus or missing item from the inventory. All the materials have to be labeled and packed properly and the specialist has to regularly examine the stored merchandise, making sure it is in accordance with the standard of quality imposed by the warehousing norms.
He/she must ensure that all the goods are delivered to the specified destinations according to the schedule and regularly conduct audits and evaluations. All the warehouse staff is under the supervision of the warehouse specialist, who is required to brief his team leaders on a daily basis. The person occupying this position must keep the standards of safety and health in the work environment high. Identifying and contributing in potential improvement areas as well as coming forth with a viable plan of action are highly regarded.
The involvement of the warehouse specialist in other duties related to the facility may be required.
Job description of warehouse is to manage product in safety stock. He needs to communicate with production team, ensure FIFO, product conformity. He needs to communicate with national & international depot zonal manager about safety stock. He will also communicate with sales people about sales target. Also he will maintain nice transport system to send & receive product all over the country.
Warehouse specialist is for managing the warehouse,
with Proper GIGO and MIGO and material stackings, and Sfaety of the material.
The job description of a warehouse specialist is to make sure all the stock and raw materials required for production is kept in stock and safely. should communicate with the production department regularly and maintain their requirements a top priority.