About Uzima chicken

Uzima Chicken Ltd is a poultry company dedicated to making farmers healthier and wealthier. Uzima is the leading distributor of high-quality, dual-purpose day-old chicks in East Africa. Uzima plans to transform the poultry industry in Rwanda, providing smallholder farmers with a robust, disease-resistant bird that can thrive in local, rural conditions and is more productive than local birds. Uzima believes its dual-purpose birds can help eliminate poverty and malnutrition across East Africa.

Job title: “ Stock Controller ”

Job Location: Rwamagana ,Rwanda with travel to production sites

Type of Position:Open Ended

Division/Department: Production

Reports to: FeedMill Site and Distribution Manager with dotted lines to Senior accountant

Main staff reports to: None

Summary of Position

The stock controller is responsible for making sure the company stock is safeguarded all the time, monitor transactions, entering accurate data into stock cards and other stock monitoring reports, checking discrepancies and presenting the findings

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Inventory

• Maintain Company stocks in sound and accurate state and all movements tracked and accurately documented as per laid down procedures. Ensure all stock movements are captured on the stock card
• Reconciliation of Feed Mill Delivery notes and GRVs of receiving departments to be done after every dispatch
• Correctly account for reprocessed products, returns, rebagging and product change of form.
• Make sure that every raw material batch and finished good batch has a corresponding stock that that is reconciled
• Proper filling and matching of Requisition form, proforma Invoice, Purchase order, Invoice GRV and weighbridge ticket
• Receiving of raw material in stock cards and Excel information as per the physical document and PO raised
• Conduct random inventory checks and ensure accuracy in inventory reports
• Maintain up to date inventories of finished goods and raw materials
• Work with Production leadership to review production costs on a weekly and monthly basis
• Ensure that the stock is reconciled on a daily basis and the necessary documentation are reconciled and updated real time
• Work with the assistant cost accountant and make sure whatever deliveries , dispatches captured are forwarded to him on real time basis
• Ensure each stock has a corresponding stock card that matches to the actual stock

Reporting

• Report all Closing balances to the assistant cost accountant on the daily basis
• Produce daily, weekly and monthly inventory reconciliation reports for raw material and finished good

External Stakeholder Management

• Support in providing information to external auditors during annual audits

Other tasks

• Support Inventory and cost accountant during month end reporting
• Make sure all Stock cards for raw materials and Finished goods are up to date
• Carry out any other activities as assigned from time to time

Skills and Experience

• BBA Finance ,BSC Accounting and other related field
• A team player with leadership abilities and management skills.
• Experience in Stock Management is added value
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities, including negotiation skills.
• Be a person of integrity.
• Have analytical and excellent organizational skills.
• Attention to detail and high level of accuracy
• Cultural awareness and sensitivity

Language Proficiency

Fluency in written and spoken English and Kinyarwanda.

Functional competencies

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to identify issues, analyze and participate in the resolution of issues/problems. Ability to conduct data collection using various methods.
• Excellent analytical skills for the review and assessments of sites situations
• Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint), database applications, spreadsheet and graphics presentations
• Takes responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives and ensuring the equal participation of women and men in all areas of work.

Core Competencies

Transparency: Able to build trust and contribute to informed and responsible decision making by carrying out the work of Uzima in a transparent manner; provides clear guidance to ensure that objectives and desired measurable results are understood by members of the team.

Inclusiveness: Understands and accepts cultural diversity, and provides a tolerant, positive and supportive working environment that fosters respect for diversity, demonstrates ability to work in a multicultural, multi ethnic environment and to maintain effective working relations with people of different nationalities and cultural backgrounds.

Professionalism: Promote the organization’s interests, objectives and values in a diligent and professional manner.

HOW TO APPLY

Interested candidates should address their applications enclosed with a cover letter, Curriculum vitae, academic documents and other relevant certificates to the Managing Director of UZIMA CHICKEN LTD and delivered in a single PDF document to email: “careers@uzimachicken.com” no later than 13th February 2025

• The subject of the email should be mentioned “Stock Controller ”
• Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interview