Job Description
Regional Store Coordinator - Maputo
Department: Operations
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Mozambique
Job Location: Maputo, Mozambique.
About The Role
The Regional Store Coordinator will oversee inventory management at the Company’s retail centers, extending to field based agents. The role involves regular travel within the station region. The position works closely with sales, warehouse, procurement, logistics, finance, fulfilment and distribution teams to optimize stock movement, maintain inventory controls, and improve regional stores performance.
What you will be expected to do:
Stores & Inventory Management
- Coordinate daily and weekly stock reconciliation regionally between the systems and physical stock in the retail centers
- Coordinate reconciliation of Out of Warranty stock from the retail centers to the Central Warehouse in Maputo
- Ensure that inventory movement from the retail centers is as per International Inventory Management Standards – FIFO
- Ensure that stock in the retail centers is tagged and well stacked as per International Inventory Management Standards
Systems Inventory Movements
- Initiate stock transfers with retail centers as per approval of the Operations Manager
- Ensure that inventory issued to field agents from the retail centers is tagged correctly on the inventory management systems
- Audit the inventory management systems to ensure that all transactions are effectively booked. This includes but is not limited to returns to the Central Warehouse
- Liaise with the warehouse team to ensure that all replenishment to retail centres is accurately recorded in the system
Field Inventory Management
- Coordinate stock recovery initiatives from the agents within station region
- Ensuring allocation of stock to field agents is per maximum holding limits as communicated by the Country Sales Lead in Liaison with the Operations Manager
- Ensuring that inventory levels in the field of station regions reflect selling trends and field agent productivity
- Conduct regular audits and publish audit reports within 24hrs of the audit. Investigate inventory discrepancies and implement corrective actions.
- Liaise with relevant stakeholders to ensure accountability of lost stock in the retail centres and field and initiate recovery process as per policy
Compliance & Safety:
- Ensure compliance with company policies, inventory procedures and audit requirements.
- Maintain safe and organized storage environments in line with health and safety standards
- Ensure business continuity by having a large pool of qualified store management relievers per retail centre.
Training and Mentorship
- Ensure that Retail Center Executives are well trained on Inventory Policies
- Coordinate onboarding of assistant Retail Center Executives when there are openings
- Ensure that Retail Center Executives are well trained on the use of Inventory Management Systems
You might be a strong candidate if you have:
- A degree qualification preferably in Monitoring and Evaluation, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Data Science, Auditing or any Finance Related Course from a Premier Institution
- Have a 2-3 years’ experience in data research, inventory planning and management, auditing, monitoring and evaluation
- Have an Excellent MS Excel and Google Sheets data research and presentation skills
- Have the ability to work comfortably with and maintain large volumes of data
- Have excellent verbal & written communication skills in both English and Portuguese
- Have the ability to work remotely under minimal supervision
- Have a high level of accountability and integrity
- Ability to work in a fast paced operational environment
- Experience working across multiple warehouse or branch locations is an advantage.
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 a 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.
We place great importance on sustaining a diverse, inclusive work environment.
We believe that innovation and understanding come from diversity on every spectrum. We work to make sure every Sun King team member knows that they belong, knowing that sustaining an inclusive workplace requires conscious effort and is a continuous journey, not an end-state.
Sun King recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes people based on their experience, skills, effort, and results. We explicitly prohibit discrimination based on race, religion, caste, national origin, color, gender, marital status, family structure, sexual orientation, HIV/AIDS status, or disability.
