Warehouse & Materials Management Lead in a Leading Indigenous Oil, Gas, and Energy Company

They are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Warehouse & Materials Management Lead

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Employment Type: Full-time
Client Industry: Energy Services Industry

Position Overview

• As Warehouse & Materials Management Lead, you will be the strategic backbone ensuring that every pipe, valve, and critical component is available, preserved, and traceable across all EPCIC operations.
• Through your leadership, you will directly enhance project delivery, safety, and efficiency by enabling the seamless execution of our energy projects.
• You will drive efficient warehousing, inventory accuracy, material preservation, logistics coordination, and digital visibility to support uninterrupted project execution while minimizing losses, obsolescence, and excess inventory exposure.

Key Responsibilities
Materials Planning & Inventory Management:

• Align material availability with construction schedules to eliminate delays.
• Monitor stock levels, reorder thresholds, and material ageing profiles to prevent shortages or excess inventory accumulation.
• Oversee receipt, inspection, storage, transfer and issuance of project materials.
• Maintain accurate inventory records across mechanical, electrical, and consumable categories.

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:

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

Material Traceability & Reporting:

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

Digitalisation & Systems Integration:

• Drive implementation of barcode, RFID, and ERP-enabled inventory management systems.
• 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.

Leadership & Compliance:

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

Key Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in warehouse and materials management within large-scale oil & gas, pipeline, or EPC construction environments.
• A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Engineering, Business Administration, or related discipline.
• Proven track record managing multi?site warehousing and logistics in challenging conditions
• Membership of relevant professional bodies (CICS, CSCP) and SAP Materials Management Certification, Logistics or Warehouse Management certifications

Skills & Competencies:

• Technical Expertise: ERP systems (SAP MM, Oracle, Dynamics), EPC workflows, RFID/barcode systems.
• Leadership: Team management, stakeholder coordination, decision?making under pressure.
• Compliance Focus: ISO standards, HSE, preservation protocols.
• Analytical Strength: Inventory reporting, problem?solving, audit readiness.
• Soft Skills: Communication, organization, and cross?functional collaboration.