Education programmes of job
Nature of work
Stock keeper has in general main activities that may be practiced in organizations and projects, these are as following- Stock keepers are usually dealing with customers, suppliers and transport companies.
- Monitoring the receipt and dispatch of goods from/to organization' s storages
- Updating the stock system in regular and accurate way and rise reports about that to the organization's manager
- Issuing regular reports about available stock which helps in planning and setting the future requirements
Stock keeper has consultant activities such as
- Providing consultant services about his job
- Updating his knowledge regularly with new technical work methods
- Maintaining health and safety guidelines in the work environment
Environment of work
- Stock keeper tends to divide their work between organization's storage and its shop floor
- They may begin their work early or may finish it late and this depends on time of delivery the goods ( high seasons such as new year holiday)
- Extending work hours and especially for senior stock keeper depends also on high seasons
- Stock keeper tends to work with a qualified team work that helps to supervise this team and set strategies to achieve work
- Men usually who practice this career, but the number of women who is working as a stock keeper is increasing
- May require travel for several days away from home and especially if there are an y deal with international suppliers
Professional life
- Stock keeper can work alone or with a team work in public/private sectors, such as public organization for seeds storage
- Excellent knowledge and good experience may give an opportunity to develop in this career
- Average salaries at the beginning of working as a stock keeper around 15000SP
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Getting the job
- This work is available to all graduates from Economic Faculty (BA department)
- Students mainly study the following subjects in BA department : Business Administration, Operations Management, Human Resources Management, Total Quality Management, Logistic Management, Operation Research, Financial Institutions Management, Service Institutions Management, and Managerial Information Systems
Skills
Warehouse manager should have general skills as following:- Excellent knowledge in domestic and cross-border Markets
- ability to understanding new concepts of computer and implement them
- planning and organizing skills
- good ability to implementing administrative skills and that to grantee achieving the work
Stock keeper must have major personal skills
- team working ability
- good ability to communicate and negotiate with suppleries and customers
- ability to work under pressure
- good knowledge with health and safety guidelines
Sources and references
- Arabic Job Description 2008
- www.prospects.ac.uk
Summary
Stock keeper mainly has a vital role in organizations, he usually being responsible on dispatching goods from/to organization's storage.Stock keeper is responsible on all storage materials (raw- semi final and final products)
He may provide some consultant service in the same field of his career