Title: Junior Warehouse Associate
Reporting to: Warehouse Assistant
Location: Ruiru
About Food for Education
Food for Education (F4E) is an African-led, women-led social enterprise that uses technology, smart operations, and logistics to provide low-cost, high-quality meals that improve nutrition and education outcomes for primary school children in Kenya.
We are growing quickly. Our mission is to scale models that prioritise efficient supply chain management and sustainable sourcing, so we can continue lowering the cost of school lunches. We have delivered over 100,000,000 meals since 2012 and are expanding to reach our goal of serving at least 1,000,000 public primary school students in Kenya every day by 2027.
Our Values
At Food for Education, our values are guiding principles that provide us with purpose and direction and set the tone for our interactions with all stakeholders:
- Build with excellence and curiosity - We’re not afraid to try new things and iterate as much as we can to find the best and most efficient way to get results;
- Be the change you seek - We acknowledge that continuous improvement is a shared responsibility;
- We do what we say; and say what we do - We embrace an ownership mentality;
- Ask why; and commit - Share openly and question respectfully and commit fully. When we understand the why, we are able to work with a purpose.
About the Role
You will play a key role in ensuring the smooth operation of warehouse activities at Food for Education warehouse. You will be responsible for overseeing end-to-end inventory processes including receiving, sorting, storage, dispatch, and accurate record-keeping. The ideal candidate will ensure quality control, maintain stock accuracy, and support efficient production planning and logistics. Additionally, the role includes supervising, sorting and loading staff to uphold high operational and product standards..
Key Duties & Responsibilities
Production Planning and Supervision
- Oversee all sorting processes from machine sorting to hand sorting.
- Oversee weighing of unsorted, machine-sorted, and hand-sorted stock and waste collection.
- Maintain accurate records of sorting processes and proper documentation or stock movement
- Verification of machine-sorted grains regularly to ensure stock dispatched is of good quality.
- Prepare production schedules for the sorting staff.
- Maintain a safe, well-organized, and clean work environment.
Inventory Management
- Regular spot checks to ensure that there is enough sorted stock ready for delivery.
- Continuously practice batch tracking systems while maintaining well-updated inventory movement stock cards.
- Oversee warehouse operations, stock management, and security.
- Conduct monthly stocktake and weekly stock counts.
- Warehouse planning/arrangement/stacking
Inventory/Stock Receiving
- Receive incoming deliveries and meticulously verify quantities and quality/condition of goods against invoices and delivery notes.
- Oversee the organization and storage of inventory effectively.
- Continuously practice batch tracking systems while maintaining well-updated inventory movement stock cards.
- Identify and report any discrepancies or damages promptly.
- Proper documentation of bin cards and delivery notes.
Dispatches
- Receive kitchen orders and schedule deliveries
- Identify, load, and dispatch kitchen orders as per schedule and request
- Liaison with the kitchen Managers to ensure what was ordered is what was delivered on time
- Resolve any discrepancies with the recipient on what was dispatched/received vs what was ordered
Supervisory role
- Supervise Quality Controllers to ensure that the quality of the sorted product is above 99%
- Supervise warehouse loaders, schedule tasks, and performance
Qualifications
- University degree in Business Administration/Procurement/Warehousing or similar degree.
- At least 2 years of experience in warehousing, inventory management, stacking and logistics.
- Computer literate with excellent working knowledge in MS Office/Google Suite/SAGE
- High professional ethics and integrity.
- Good interpersonal and organizing skills.
- Strong communication skills.
- Experience working in the INGO/FMCG in a similar role is an added advantage.
We are an equal opportunity employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.
Career Growth and Development
We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You will have weekly check-ins with your manager, and regular feedback on your performance. We hold career reviews every six months and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You will have the opportunity to shape a growing organisation and build a rewarding, long-term career.
We aim to contact all our applicants, but due to the high volume of applications only shortlisted candidates are contacted. If you do not hear from us within two weeks your application might not be successful on this occasion. This does not mean you will not be considered for future roles so please keep an eye on our job board and apply for positions that match your skills and experience.
Potential Profiles