Warehouse Manager / Head Storeman

SUMMARY:
Take Charge of Busy Technical Stores and Staff
 
Job Title: Warehouse Manager / Head Storeman
 
Location: Springs, East Rand, Gauteng
 
Salary: From R20K to R30K based on qualifications, skills & experience.
 
The Company  
Our client is a well-established industrial leader with more than twenty-five years of business growth. They are a respected national distributor of welding equipment, cutting tools, and vital safety gear. The company supplies busy regional branches, manufacturing hubs, and engineering operations across South Africa. They provide a secure, professional workplace with solid long-term career stability for their staff. You will join a supportive operations team committed to quality service and high workplace standards.

POSITION INFO:
The Opportunity

This key position puts you in charge of daily floor operations at a new facility. You will lead the warehouse team and work with logistics to maintain fast stock dispatches. Use your hands-on stores experience to grow your career in a well-managed industrial environment.
 
Job Description

• Supervise warehouse floor teams, stock pickers, packers, and forklift operators every day.

• Manage the receiving, safety checks, and binning of incoming tools, machinery, and consumables.

• Oversee accurate order picking and packing for direct branch transfers and customer dispatches.

• Conduct routine inventory cycle counts and regular stock audits to prevent stock discrepancies.

• Enforce stock rotation rules and ensure high-value technical equipment is stored safely.

• Keep staging areas organized for smooth handover to the logistics and transport team.

• Maintain a tidy warehouse floor and enforce daily health and safety procedures.

• Proven background supervising staff in a busy distribution warehouse or engineering store environment.

• Practical experience handling technical hardware, welding supplies, machinery, or industrial tools.

• Working knowledge of computer-based inventory systems, warehouse management software, or ERP platforms.

• Solid understanding of stocktaking, binning systems, cycle counts, and stock control practices.

• Strong knowledge of warehouse health and safety rules, load stacking, and forklift operations.

• Good communication skills with the ability to lead and motivate a warehouse team.

• A positive attitude, a willingness to learn, and strong team-player values.