SMALLHOLDER FARMERS FERTILIZER REVOLVING FUND OF MALAWI (SFFRFM)

Position: Warehouse supervisor

Division: Warehouse

Location: Southern Regional Office (Chirimba)

Reporting to: Regional Business Officer

Responsible for: Warehouse Clerks

The Smallholder Farmers Fertilizer Revolving Fund of Malawi (SFFRFM) was established in 1988 as a Trust under the Trustees Incorporation Act (Cap. 5:03) to procure, store, distribute and sell fertilizer to smallholder farmers across the country. The primary mandate of the Fund is to ensure that smallholder farmers have continuous access to affordable fertilizer at all times.

To effectively deliver on this mandate, the Fund is now inviting applications from suitably qualified and motivated candidates of Malawian origin to fill the following vacant position:

WAREHOUSE SUPERVISOR

Purpose of the Job

To provide tallying service to the regional and other warehouses.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

1. Overseeing all warehouse operations
2. Inventory management e.g ordering of stocks for satellite depots
3. Supervising receiving and dispatching of stocks.
4. Maintaining stocks record (bin cards, stack cards and EBS)
5. Inspecting goods receipts, dispatches and warehouse inventory.
6. Supervising the warehouse staff and labourer.
7. Physical stock counting at the beginning and close of business (Daily opening and closing stocks and ensure they much with system balances)
8. Ensuring quality and type of stocks brought in and out of the warehouse to ensure that stocks which do not meet the minimum specifications are rejected.
9. Production of weekly warehouse and stocks reports.
10. Monitoring expiry dates on goods received and inventory.
11. Conversant with stock management systems.

Qualifications and Experience

1. Professional Diploma in Logistics, Business Administration or any related fields from a reputable institution.
2. MSCE with a credit in Mathematics and English.
3. Experience in a similar position and computer literacy will be added advantages.
4. At least five (5) years’ work experience in a busy organization.
5. Be honest and of sober habits
6. Must have good interpersonal skills
7. A self-starter, able to work with minimum supervision Should not have any criminal record.

Additional Skills and Abilities

1. Leadership, planning, coordination and negotiation skills
2. Good knowledge of agricultural marketing, logistics and warehousing.
3. Good knowledge of Malawi Government’s agricultural marketing policies and strategies, especially as they relate to the smallholder agriculture sub sector.
4. Ability to work under minimal supervision
5. Flexible, result oriented and innovative thinking Self-starter, team player
6. Resilient and ability to work long and odd hours Be prepared to work under intense pressure.

How to apply

Qualified and interested individuals should submit applications and detailed curriculum vitae with copies of certificates indicating their current postal and email addresses, telephone numbers and names of three (3) traceable referees in sealed envelopes clearly marking the position applying for not later than 16:00 hours Monday 16th November, 2026 to:

The Director of Human Resources and Administration

Smallholder Farmers Fertilizer Revolving Fund of Malawi (SFFRFM)

ULIMI House

P.O. Box 2505

BLANTYRE.

Or email: vacancies@sffrfm.org

Only shortlisted applicants will be acknowledged.

source: www.sffrfm.org