LPG Plant & Warehouse Manager

• Responsibilities
• LPG cylinders warehouse management
• Provide direct line management to the LPG Cylinders Warehouse Officer, set warehouse priorities and performance targets, and review daily cylinder receipts, issues, returns, transfers, balances and exceptions.
• Ensure accurate custody, identification and segregation of filled, empty, defective, condemned, quarantined, customer-owned and company-owned cylinders by size, ownership and condition at the warehouse.
• Oversee cylinder receipt, inspection, counting, bin/location assignment, stacking, storage, picking, loading, issuance and return processes in accordance with approved warehouse procedures and safe-storage requirements.
• Review and approve daily and periodic cylinder stock reconciliations and escalate material variances.
• Ensure all cylinder movements are supported by authorised documents and recorded promptly in the approved stock-control system, registers and warehouse reports.
• Coordinate cylinder repair, requalification, valve replacement, painting, branding, condemnation and disposal processes, ensuring complete traceability and approval before any stock-status adjustment.
• Ensure the warehouse remains secure, orderly and compliant with fire-safety, access-control, traffic-management, manual-handling, housekeeping and emergency-response requirements.
• Coordinate with Sales, Logistics, Plant Operations, Finance, Procurement and Security on dispatch priorities, cylinder recovery, customer balances, transport planning and inventory accountability.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher diploma in Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain or a related field.
• Progressive 5 years experience in LPG, petroleum, Oil and Gas Terminal / Warehouse or process-plant operations.

Skills & Competencies:

• Academic qualifications
• Minimum qualifications
• Strong competence in inventory planning, replenishment, documentation control, budgeting, labour administration and management reporting.
• Sound understanding of LPG operational hazards, legal/compliance framework, emergency preparedness and contractor control.
• Relevant HSE, fire safety, first aid, project management or LPG operations training is an advantage.