Storage Manager

Working at Scotch Whisky Investments (SWI) means being part of one big family with the common passion in whisky investments! Our lines of communication are short and our doors are open. A warm welcome to everyone. We don't like hierarchy but do like to work with individuals taking accountability and ownership for their tasks and those who share ideas and come with thought through proposals. Everyone has a voice and mutual respect is our starting point.  In addition to hard work, there is also plenty of room to enjoy and laugh together, especially during our fully catered lunch and Thursday afternoon drinks.  Professionalism, hospitality and quality are of paramount importance to us; Not only for our products  and customers, but also for our employees.

As a Storage Manager for our warehouse in Sassenheim you take full responsibility for the secured and insured storage of whisky bottles of our customers and those of Scotch Whisky Investments. This  accountability is accompanied by a lot of logistical and administrative work to ensure the system records are always 100% in line with the physical situation in the warehouse. You do this among others by physically checking incoming goods on quality, registry of those goods in the system and placement of the goods at the by the system indicated location in the storage. In addition, you ensure the warehouse is always neat, safe and compliancy to the rules is strictly adhered to. You master the storage facility! You will directly report to the Procurement & Inventory Manager who will coach you were needed to ensure an efficient storage process. You will initially work together with and alongside the current storage manager and eventually you will replace the current storage manager and work completely independently.

Your main tasks and responsibilities are:

• Storage security; no unauthorised persons entering

• Process delivered whisky (bottles and samples): unpack, check and put on location. Administrative writing in the back office, taking photos of the bottles.

• Process shipping orders: collect, check and prepare bottles for events

• Collect bottles for customers: pick bottles, check and pack them and make them ready to ship and create a DPD shipping order

• Logistics: Transport of requested whisky samples (have them picked up in Scotland and delivered to Sassenheim)

• Storage balances

What makes you our new Storage Manager?
You are an organisational talent with a hands-on mentality. You feel comfortable in a small but professional hospitality environment  and you can deal tactfully with colleagues and management. In addition, you are very accurate, take responsibility, are very careful and have an eye for detail.

• At least a completed secondary vocational education (min. MBO/MBO+)

• Relevant experience as a storage manager and/or warehouse manager

• You feel comfortable taking ownership and bringing ideas and plans to further improve to table and have the ability to take own decisions within the line of responsibilities

• You are trustworthy as a person and ensure that others can rely on you

• You have the ability to work both independently as well as in a team

• Good knowledge and experience with the use of Microsoft Office Tools (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams)

• Excellent verbal and written knowledge of the Dutch and English language

• Available 40 hours a week

This is your team
You work in a professional environment and report to the Procurement & Inventory Manager. Next to that you will collaborate with the operations team consisting out of the whisky analyst, portfolio manager and facility manager with whom you will have daily contact and sometimes execute special projects with.

These are your employment conditions
When there is a mutual match, we’ll make you an offer to join us. Our working conditions are excellent and consist of an attractive gross salary, participation in the Employee Shares Plan to become co-owner of the company with which you will benefit from the organisational growth, 25 holidays per year, an annual pension contribution and a life insurance coverage for the duration of employment. In addition, you will be offered a fully catered lunch every day and you can exercise for free at the office under the guidance of a personal trainer.

This is how you apply
Send your CV together with a cover letter per e-mail. There are 2 rounds of interviews and after that the offer follows.  We aim to complete this procedure as soon as possible. So please apply quickly!