Warehouse Keeper

Key Responsibilities

1. Receiving & Cold Chain

- Inspect delivery vehicles for cleanliness, pests, and damage.

- Check and record temperatures of chilled and frozen materials.

- Verify delivery notes, CoA, production and expiry dates against purchase orders.

- Reject and isolate damaged, unlabeled, or non-compliant materials.

- Label pallets according to storage requirements.

2. Storage & Material Control

- Apply FIFO/FEFO to prevent expiry and waste.

- Separate allergens and store chemicals in locked areas away from food.

- Label materials with batch numbers and allergen information.

- Monitor temperature and humidity in all storage areas and report deviations.

3. Hygiene & Food Safety

- Maintain daily warehouse cleaning and sanitation.

- Follow HACCP, GMP, hygiene, uniform, hairnet, and health certificate requirements.

4. Inventory & Dispatch

- Conduct stock counts and reconcile ERP/WMS records.

- Prepare and issue materials according to production requests.

- Verify quantities and batch numbers before dispatch.

- Ensure products are loaded into clean, sanitized, pre-cooled vehicles.

KPIs

- Inventory accuracy.

- Minimum expiry and material waste.

- Zero food safety audit non-conformances.

- Zero cold chain violations.

- Accurate and timely delivery of materials to production.

Qualifications

- Minimum 4 years of warehouse experience in a food factory.

- High school diploma or technical certification.

- Knowledge of HACCP, GMP, allergen control, and food safety.

- Experience with ERP/WMS inventory systems.