Supply Chain Manager
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Industry: Construction
Employment Type: Full-time
Working Days: Monday to Saturday
Role Overview
A leading construction group is seeking an experienced Supply Chain Manager to oversee its warehouse and inventory operations in Nigeria.
The role will act as the key link between store/warehouse operations and upper management, ensuring effective inventory control, accurate stock management, proper material flow, and strong operational discipline across multiple warehouses.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee day-to-day operations across multiple warehouses and project stores.
- Ensure accurate control of receiving, issuing, transfers, returns, and stock balances.
- Maintain high levels of inventory accuracy and investigate discrepancies.
- Monitor stock levels, ageing, slow-moving, excess, and critical materials.
- Ensure proper storage, documentation, labeling, and material handling procedures.
- Supervise warehouse managers, storekeepers, handlers, and related operational teams.
- Establish and enforce warehouse SOPs, controls, KPIs, and reporting standards.
- Consolidate warehouse reports and provide clear updates and recommendations to senior management.
- Coordinate with procurement, project teams, logistics, and finance to ensure material availability and operational continuity.
- Support stock counts, reconciliations, audits, and loss-prevention measures.
- Ensure proper use of ERP systems for warehouse and inventory transactions.
- Monitor the movement and availability of construction materials across active projects.
- Travel within Nigeria when required to support warehouse and project operations.
Requirements
- Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in supply chain, warehousing, stores, or inventory management.
- Strong hands-on experience managing warehouse and inventory operations.
- Experience overseeing multiple warehouses or project stores.
- Previous experience within construction, infrastructure, contracting, or building materials is strongly preferred.
- Good exposure to construction materials such as:
- Cement
- Reinforcement steel / rebar
- Aggregates
- Precast materials
- MEP materials
- Strong experience in stock control, reconciliation, material receiving and issuing, and warehouse reporting.
- Proven experience leading sizeable operational teams.
- Strong ERP exposure; SAP experience is preferred.
- Good communication, reporting, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Comfortable working in a hands-on operational environment.
Preferred Profile
- Previous experience in Nigeria or Africa is an advantage.
- Experience managing multicultural teams.
- Strong knowledge of warehouse controls, inventory audits, and loss prevention.
- Ability to operate effectively between site/store teams and senior management.
- Strong process-improvement and KPI-management experience.