Warehouse & Materials Management Lead

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Employment Type: Full-time

Key Deliverables

• The Warehouse & Materials Management Lead is responsible for the end-to-end control, preservation, traceability, and availability of project materials, construction consumables, tools, and equipment across Oilserv’s EPCIC operations.
• The role ensures efficient warehousing operations, inventory accuracy, material preservation, logistics coordination, and digital visibility of materials to support uninterrupted project execution while minimizing losses, obsolescence, and excess inventory exposure.

Key Roles and Responsibilities
Materials Planning & Inventory Management:

• Manage the receipt, inspection, storage, issuance, transfer, and reconciliation of all project materials and equipment.
• Monitor stock levels, reorder thresholds, and material ageing profiles to prevent shortages or excess inventory accumulation.
• Ensure material availability aligns with construction schedules and project critical path requirements.
• Maintain accurate inventory records for pipes, valves, fittings, OCTG, structural materials, instrumentation, electrical items, and construction consumables.

Warehouse & Yard Operations:

• Supervise warehouse, laydown yard, and storage operations across project locations.
• Manage material segregation, preservation, stacking, lifting, and hazardous material handling procedures.
• Ensure compliance with approved warehousing standards, preservation procedures, and HSE requirements.
• Ensure proper environmental protection and preservation practices for sensitive equipment and long-lead items.

Logistics & Supply Chain Coordination:

• Optimize warehouse space utilization and material movement efficiency.
• Support customs clearance, shipment receiving, offloading, and transit material tracking activities.
• Monitor FIFO and shelf-life management for consumables, chemicals, and time-sensitive materials.
• Coordinate with Procurement, Expediting, Logistics, and Construction teams to ensure seamless material movement from vendor to installation point.

Material Traceability & Reporting:

• Generate Material Status Reports (MSRs), inventory ageing reports, shortage analyses, and reconciliation reports.
• Conduct periodic physical stock counts and inventory audits.
• Investigate and resolve inventory discrepancies, damages, losses, or non-conformances.
• Implement material traceability systems to track materials from receipt through installation and commissioning.

Digitalisation & Systems Integration:

• Support digital reporting dashboards for real-time material visibility and construction readiness tracking.
• Ensure integration between warehouse operations, procurement systems, project controls, and construction planning tools.
• Drive implementation of barcode, RFID, and ERP-enabled inventory management systems.

Leadership & Compliance:

• Lead warehouse personnel, material controllers, and storekeepers across project locations.
• Ensure compliance with company procedures, ISO standards, audit requirements, and client specifications.
• Support internal and external audits relating to inventory, asset accountability, and material management practices.

Job Requirements & Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in warehouse and materials management within large-scale oil & gas, pipeline, or EPC construction environments.
• Logistics or Warehouse Management certifications
• Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS)
• SAP Materials Management Certification
• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Engineering, Business Administration, or related discipline.
• Experience managing multi-site warehousing operations and project logistics in challenging operating environments.
• Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP)