LPG Plant & Warehouse Manager

About the role

Green Wells Energies is hiring an LPG Plant and Warehouse Manager for a contract role in Kisumu, Kenya. The manager oversees plant and warehouse operations, including LPG cylinders, and leads the LPG Cylinders Warehouse Officer. The advertised salary is KES 80,000.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the LPG cylinders warehouse, giving direct line management to the warehouse officer, setting priorities and performance targets, and reviewing daily receipts, issues, returns, transfers, balances and exceptions.
• Ensure accurate custody, identification and segregation of filled, empty, defective, condemned, quarantined, customer-owned and company-owned cylinders by size, ownership and condition.
• Oversee receipt, inspection, counting, bin assignment, stacking, storage, picking, loading, issuance and return in line with approved procedures and safe-storage requirements.
• Review and approve stock reconciliations, ensure cylinder movements are documented in the stock-control system, and coordinate repairs, requalification, valve replacement, painting, branding, condemnation and disposal.
• Keep the warehouse secure and compliant with fire safety, access control, traffic management, manual handling, housekeeping and emergency response requirements.
• Coordinate with Sales, Logistics, Plant Operations, Finance, Procurement and Security on dispatch priorities, cylinder recovery, customer balances and transport planning.
• Maintain licences, inspection records, calibration certificates, statutory registers, SOPs, risk assessments, permits, training records and controlled forms, and track audit findings and incident closures.
• Plan casual labour against workload and budget, resolve labour documentation issues and monitor productivity, absenteeism, overtime and wage costs.
• Prepare plant operating budgets, initiate purchase or service requests, and lead performance, safety and stakeholder coordination.
• Produce daily, weekly and monthly reports and implement productivity, safety, quality, stock-control and cost-saving initiatives.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or higher diploma in Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain or a related field.
• At least 5 years of progressive experience in LPG, petroleum, oil and gas terminal or warehouse or process-plant operations.
• Strong understanding of LPG operational hazards, legal and compliance frameworks, emergency preparedness and contractor control.
• Relevant HSE, fire safety, first aid, project management or LPG operations training is an advantage.

Required skills

• Inventory planning and replenishment
• Documentation control
• Budgeting and cost control
• Labour administration and management reporting

To apply, candidates use the application link provided in the listing through the recruitment agency.