Senior Warehouse Operative - Dangote Cement Plc - Distribution Centre, Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria
(2021-03 - 2024-10)
Worked in a large-scale distribution warehouse handling cement products destined for retail and construction clients across Lagos State and the South-West region.
- Received inbound stock from production and external suppliers, cross-checking delivery manifests against physical goods and flagging any discrepancies to the warehouse supervisor before signing off.
- Operated a manual pallet truck and assisted with counterbalance forklift operations under supervision — familiar with safe load limits, pallet stacking, and floor safety procedures.
- Picked and packed outbound orders against dispatch notes, achieving a consistent accuracy rate that the team supervisor highlighted in end-of-quarter reviews.
- Helped manage a section of the warehouse floor, overseeing stock rotation (FIFO) to prevent expiry issues and ensuring pallets were stored correctly in designated bays.
- Carried out daily housekeeping of the warehouse floor — sweeping, clearing walkways, and flagging any damaged shelving or unsafe conditions to the site safety officer.
- Mentored two new operatives joining the night shift, walking them through goods-in procedures, manual handling rules, and the daily check-in process.
- Consistently met daily pick targets of 200+ units per shift even during peak distribution periods leading up to public holidays.
Warehouse & Logistics Assistant - Jumia Nigeria - Fulfilment Centre, Ojota, Lagos, Nigeria
(2018-08 - 2021-02)
Worked in one of Nigeria's busiest e-commerce fulfilment centres during a period of significant growth, processing hundreds of customer orders per day across multiple product categories.
- Picked items from bin locations using a handheld scanner, matched them against customer orders, and passed to packing — maintaining a pick accuracy rate consistently above the team average.
- Packed and labelled outbound parcels to the correct specification, ensuring fragile items were wrapped appropriately and all shipments met the daily dispatch cut-off time.
- Assisted the goods-in team during busy intake periods, unloading delivery vans, scanning incoming stock onto the warehouse management system, and locating items to correct shelving positions.
- Supported stock-count exercises during bi-monthly inventory checks, counting, recording, and reconciling stock figures against the system.
- Worked reliably across rotating day and night shifts, maintaining performance levels regardless of shift time — including during the Black Friday and festive peak periods where volumes doubled.
General Labourer — Stores & Logistics Support - Julius Berger Nigeria Plc - Construction Site Stores, Abuja, Nigeria
(2017-01 - 2018-07)
Supported the site stores team on a major infrastructure project, managing the receipt, storage, and issue of construction materials including tools, PPE, and building supplies.
- Maintained an organised stores area, logging issued materials in a manual ledger and ensuring returned items were inspected and correctly re-shelved.
- Loaded and offloaded materials from delivery trucks alongside the logistics team, using correct manual handling techniques for heavy and awkward loads.
- Learned the importance of accurate record-keeping on this role — any item issued without a signature caused problems at audit time, so I made sure nothing left the stores without the right paperwork.
