Roles and Responsibilities of Stores Executive / Manager
1. Centralized Inventory Oversight
- Monitor inventory levels across all project sites and central warehouse.
- Review site stores stock reports, consumption patterns, and ageing materials.
- Identify slow-moving, excess, or obsolete materials and recommend actions.
2. Policy & Process Development
- Create and enforce standard operating procedures (SOPs) for store management.
- Define documentation standards: GRN, MRS, stock reports, return notes, disposal procedures.
- Implement controls for high-value materials (steel, cement, MEP items).
- Standardize material coding and categorization across all sites.
3. Coordination with Procurement & Projects
- Provide material requirement forecasts to the procurement department.
- Verify purchase requests from sites before approval.
- Coordinate with project managers to understand material demand at different project phases.
- Ensure that procurement aligns with site schedules and budget constraints.
4. System & Software Management
- Implement and manage ERP/software for material management (SAP, Oracle, Tally, BuildSmart, etc.).
- Train site storekeepers and project staff on proper system usage.
- Ensure accurate and timely data entry across all project stores.
5. Audits & Compliance
- Conduct periodic store audits (physical and documentation-based) for each site.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, ISO standards, and statutory norms.
- Identify gaps in store operations and provide corrective action plans.
- Ensure proper documentation is available for internal and external audits.
6. Vendor & Logistics Coordination
- Liaise with suppliers regarding delivery schedules, shortages, returned goods, and replacements.
- Verify vendor invoices against delivery records and resolve discrepancies.
- Oversee logistics planning for inter-site material transfers.
7. Budgeting & Cost Control
- Analyze material consumption versus project budgets.
- Highlight abnormal consumption, pilferage risks, or potential wastages.
- Prepare reports for management on material cost trends and optimization opportunities.
8. Reporting & MIS
- Prepare consolidated MIS reports for all sites:
- Stock status
- Material consumption
- Purchase vs. usage gap
- Wastage and return summaries
- Forecasting and procurement planning
- Present data insights to senior management for decision-making.
9. Training & Team Management
- Train site storekeepers on stock management techniques, documentation accuracy, and safety.
- Conduct periodic workshops to ensure consistency across sites.
- Evaluate the performance of storekeepers and recommend improvements.
10. Operational Support to Sites
- Handle escalations from sites regarding shortages, delivery delays, or quality issues.
- Plan critical material delivery schedules for remote or high-priority sites.
- Support sites during project start-up (initial store setup) and closure (final reconciliation).