Central Kitchen Store Keeper

Job Purpose

Key Responsibilities

• Receive deliveries and verify items against purchase orders, delivery notes, quantities, quality, and expiry dates.
• Inspect products for damage, contamination, temperature issues, and other quality concerns and report discrepancies.
• Store chilled, frozen, dry, and non-food items in appropriate areas and apply FIFO and FEFO principles.
• Record stock received, issued, transferred, and returned, issue supplies to production teams, and monitor replenishment needs.
• Conduct stock counts, reconcile inventory records, and report shortages, overstock, damaged goods, expired items, and variances.
• Monitor expiry dates, isolate unsuitable products, maintain labels, and keep all storage areas clean and organized.
• Coordinate with Purchasing, Kitchen, and Operations teams and assist with inventory counts and audits.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Previous experience as a store keeper, warehouse assistant, inventory controller, or in a similar position is preferred.
• Experience in a central kitchen, restaurant, catering, hotel, food-production, or FMCG environment is advantageous.
• Basic knowledge of inventory management, warehouse procedures, FIFO, FEFO, food safety, hygiene, and proper food storage is required.
• Good record-keeping, organizational, communication, teamwork, attention-to-detail, and accuracy skills are required.
• Basic computer skills are required; inventory or ERP system experience is preferred.
• Candidates must be able to work in refrigerated, frozen, and dry-storage environments and lift and move stock safely.
• Reliability, punctuality, responsibility, and the ability to work in a fast-paced central kitchen environment are required.

Key Competencies

• Inventory management, stock control, FIFO and FEFO, food storage and safety, receiving and inspection, record keeping, attention to detail, organization, accuracy, teamwork, and time management.
• The role also requires responsibility, reliability, and the ability to work under pressure.

Pay

• Pay is 4,000 to 5,000 Saudi riyals per month.

Work Location

• Work is performed in person at the assigned central kitchen and storage areas.