Sun King

Off-grid solar home systems provider

Warehouse Control Manager

Warehouse & FulfillmentUpdated on Nov 13

Full-timeMumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in any field is required.
10–15 years of experience in warehouse operations, including at least 4 years in a managerial role involving team management.
Familiarity with Carrying and Forwarding (C&F) agent arrangements.
Working proficiency in SAP, Google Suite, and Warehouse Management Systems (WMS).
Strong command of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel for stock and audit reporting.
Good communication and negotiation skills, with a deep understanding of financial impact.
Proficiency in English and Hindi.
Comfort with extensive field travel.

Responsibilities

Handle day-to-day warehouse operations and ensure smooth, efficient workflows.
Track and report warehouse key performance indicators, including order accuracy, dispatch turnaround time, and inventory accuracy.
Track stock levels, prevent inventory loss, and conduct routine audits.
Conduct monthly, quarterly, and yearly inventory audits across warehouses in India and, where required, Africa.
Create warehouse standard operating procedures in line with global standards and implement them across warehouses.
Hire, train, schedule, and evaluate warehouse staff.
Enforce health, safety, and security regulations.
Inspect tools, machinery, and the overall warehouse layout.
Maintain accurate, audit-ready inventory records across all warehouses, a trained and accountable warehouse team, no major safety or compliance incidents, and facilities that support uninterrupted operations.
Manage inbound and outbound packaging and logistics control.

Desired Qualifications

An MBA is preferred.

Job location: Mumbai(Panvel) India

About the role:
We are seeking a dynamic and motivated Warehouse Control Manager to join our team. The Warehouse Control Manager owns end-to-end accountability for inventory integrity, safety, and team performance across a multi-country warehouse network spanning India and Africa (if required). This role offers direct, visible impact on business outcomes, hands-on exposure to SAP/WMS operations, and the chance to build the operational and people-management skills that are the foundation for senior supply chain roles. For someone who wants ownership rather than a checklist, this role delivers it from day one.
Warehousing is where inventory risk, cost leakage, and compliance exposure concentrate. The right Warehouse Control Manager protects the business from stock loss, failed audits, safety incidents, and fulfillment delays, while ensuring the inventory data that Finance, Sales, and Planning rely on stays accurate. Because this role spans multiple geographies, getting the hire right materially reduces operational and compliance risk across the entire warehouse network.

Operations: Handle day-to-day operations in the warehouse, ensuring smooth and efficient workflows with a proactive approach.
Tracking KPI’s: Track and report key warehouse KPIs (order accuracy, dispatch turnaround time, inventory accuracy, etc.
Inventory Control: Track stock levels, prevent loss, and run routine audits.
Inventory Audits: Conduct inventory audits on a monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis across all warehouses in India and, where required, in Africa.
SOP: Creating warehouse SOP’s as per global standards and implementing it across all the warehouses.
Team Management: Hire, train, schedule, and evaluate warehouse staff.
Safety & Compliance: Enforce health, safety, and security regulations.
Facility Maintenance: Inspect tools, machinery, and the overall warehouse layout.
Accurate, audit-ready inventory records across all warehouses; a trained and accountable warehouse team; zero major safety or compliance incidents; and warehouse facilities maintained to a standard that supports uninterrupted operations.
Inbound/outbound packaging & logistics control management

A bachelor's degree in any field, MBA preferred.
10-15 years of experience in warehouse operations, with at least 4 years in a managerial role(team management)
Familiarity with C&F (Carrying & Forwarding) agent arrangements
Working proficiency in SAP, Google Suite, and Warehouse Management Systems (WMS).
Strong command of MS Office (Excel in particular, for stock and audit reporting).
Good communication and negotiation skills with a deep understanding of Financial impact
Language proficiency in English and Hindi.
Comfortable with extensive field travel.

About the Company

Sun King

Off-grid solar home systems provider

Sun King designs, manufactures, distributes, and finances solar home energy products for off-grid communities in Africa and Asia. Its range includes solar lanterns and solar home systems with inverters and storage that can power lights, radios, phones, and household appliances, all financed through a pay-as-you-go model with small mobile money installments after a low upfront payment. The company differentiates itself with an end-to-end approach—handling product design, manufacturing, distribution, and financing—supported by a large field-agent network and strategic acquisitions like PayGo Energy to expand into clean cooking. Its goal is to increase energy access by helping households leapfrog kerosene and unreliable grids, aiming to reach millions of homes and businesses, including over 2 million in Ethiopia by 2030.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Debt Financing
Total funding: $864.9M
Headquarters: Chicago, IL
Founded: 2008

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