Warehouse Lead

Warehouse Lead

• Application Deadline: 10 October 2025
• Department: Operations
• Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
• Location: Malawi

Description

Job location: Lilongwe, Malawi


About the role:
The Warehouse Lead at Sun King will perform a variety of duties to ensure consistent service delivery as per assigned KPIs. This will include but not limited to WarehouseFloor Plan Implementation, Overseeing Inbound & Outbound Order Execution, Warehouse Inventory Planning and Warehouse team management.

What You Will Be Expected To Do

Oversee Warehouse Operations 

• Oversee the daily operations of the warehouse, including receiving, inspection, storage, and dispatch of finished goods, spare parts and merchandise at designated facilities within the set SLAs.
• Coordinate on warehousing monthly billings based on agreed SLAs.
• Following up with 3PL and all relevant parties to ensure order picking/filing is done accurately.
• Ensuring dispatch to B2C & B2B networks is done in full and on time.
• Timely follow ups with relevant parties on distribution anomalies.
• Implement best practices for warehouse efficiency, including lean principles and cost saving initiatives.
• Supervise a team of warehouse staff which includes but not limited to; fostering a good working environment, KPI setting, tracking, including training and performance evaluations.
• Lead, train, and motivate warehouse assistants and loaders on warehouse management procedures and safety protocols, ensuring compliance with operational standards and promoting a safe working environment. 
• Liaising with the team to ensure the correct warehouse layout is maintained at all times to ensure space optimization.
• Supervise and oversee labour broker staff in the warehouse, ensuring compliance with operational procedures, productivity targets, and safety standards, while escalating contractual or disciplinary issues to the service provider.
• Develop and maintain inventory control procedures to minimize loss and ensure accurate tracking of products.
• Liaising with the distribution and planning team to set inventory reorder levels, as well as put together a last mile fulfillment schedule.
• Ensuring inventory is managed in accordance to the best practice of FIFO.
• Planning and conducting cycle spot checks, monthly stock takes and end month stock reconciliations.
• Ensuring basic maintenance standards and compliance with health and safety regulations.
• Train, guide and evaluate new warehouse workers on safety rules. 
• Ensure warehouse teams adhere to set warehouse safety guidelines such as but not limited to use of PPEs at all times. 
• Generate regular reports on warehouse performance, including inventory levels, order fulfillment, and efficiency metrics, weekly stock holding .
• Analyze data to identify opportunities for process improvement and cost reduction.
• Enforce timely actions on ERP data postings relevant to Warehouse and Distribution .
• Any other duties as assigned by the line manager

Inventory Management Evaluate Health, Safety and Compliance.Reporting and Analysis.

You Might Be A Strong Candidate If You Have/Are

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Warehouse and Distribution, Transport and Distribution, Procurement and Logistics or Business administration.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Supply Chain Management, with at least 3 years in warehouse & inventory management and logistics/distribution at a mid-senior level.
• Must demonstrate previous management experience, with ability to lead professionals and guide their career development.
• Proven ability to work with distributors, 3PLs and sales teams to ensure smooth distribution operations as well as ability to implement process improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the relevant legislation pertaining to the region.
• Is knowledgeable about inventory management, transport routes, warehousing and distribution networks.
• Knowledge and working experience with a robust ERP and WMS.
• Advanced skills in large volume data management.
• Excellent verbal & written communication skills.
• Ability to work remotely under minimal supervision.
• Effective People management skills

What Sun King Offers

• Professional growth in a dynamic, rapidly expanding, high-social-impact industry
• An open-minded, collaborative culture made up of enthusiastic colleagues who are driven by the challenge of innovation towards profound impact on people and the planet.
• A truly multicultural experience: you will have the chance to work with and learn from people from different geographies, nationalities, and backgrounds.
• Structured, tailored learning and development programs that help you become a better leader, manager, and professional through the Sun Center for Leadership.