Stores Supervisor Automotive And Industrial Manufacturing

Established in 1978, Jorefco Industries LLC is one of the UAE's established commercial vehicle body builders, fabricators, and providers of specialized transport and industrial vehicle solutions. With more than 45 years of industry experience and operations across Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm Al Quwain, Jorefco serves customers across commercial transport, construction, waste management, logistics, municipal services, healthcare, and other industrial sectors.

Company: Jorefco Industries LLC

Location: Sharjah, UAE

Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Type: On-site

Department: Stores / Inventory / Supply Chain

Jorefco Industries LLC is looking for an experienced and organized Stores Supervisor to manage our day-to-day stores and inventory operations in Sharjah.

The successful candidate will be responsible for receiving, storing, issuing, tracking, and controlling materials and spare parts, while ensuring accurate inventory records and uninterrupted material availability for production, fabrication, engineering, and maintenance teams.

The ideal candidate should have previous experience in automotive, commercial vehicle manufacturing, fabrication, engineering, heavy equipment, or another industrial/manufacturing environment.

• Supervise daily stores and warehouse activities, including receiving, storage, issuing, and material movement.
• Ensure all materials are properly identified, labeled, stored, and recorded in the ERP/inventory system.
• Verify incoming materials against purchase orders, delivery notes, quantities, specifications, and part numbers.
• Prepare and maintain GRNs, material issue/return notes, stock transfers, and other inventory documentation.
• Issue materials to Production, Fabrication, Engineering, Maintenance, and Workshop teams against authorized requests.
• Maintain accurate inventory records and ensure physical stock matches system balances.
• Conduct regular cycle counts and physical stock checks and investigate stock discrepancies.
• Monitor minimum/reorder levels and coordinate with Procurement to avoid stock-outs.
• Identify and report slow-moving, excess, obsolete, and critical inventory.
• Maintain proper bin locations and ensure the stores are clean, organized, safe, and easy to access.
• Maintain proper control and traceability of high-value, critical, and technical items.
• Coordinate with Procurement, Production, Engineering, Maintenance, Accounts, and Management regarding material requirements and availability.
• Supervise storekeepers/helpers and ensure compliance with company procedures and safety requirements.
• Support internal and external inventory audits and annual stock counts.
• Prepare inventory and stock reports for management.

Experience handling industrial materials such as the following will be an advantage:

• Steel, aluminium, stainless steel, pipes and structural materials
• Hydraulic components, hoses, valves, pumps and fittings
• Mechanical and automotive spare parts
• Electrical components and accessories
• Bearings and fasteners
• Welding, cutting and grinding consumables
• Paints, chemicals and adhesives
• Tools and workshop equipment
• Truck, crane, recovery and tail-lift components
• PPE and general maintenance consumables

• Currently present in the UAE.
• Minimum 3–5 years of UAE experience in Stores, Warehouse, Inventory, or Materials Management.
• Experience in an industrial, manufacturing, automotive, commercial vehicle, fabrication, engineering, or heavy-equipment environment is strongly preferred.
• Previous experience supervising a stores/warehouse team.
• Strong knowledge of inventory control, stock reconciliation, and warehouse procedures.
• Experience with ERP / inventory-management systems is required.
• Good knowledge of GRNs, material requisitions, stock transfers, and inventory adjustments.
• Good Microsoft Excel skills.
• Strong attention to detail and documentation accuracy.
• Ability to identify and understand industrial materials, spare parts, and technical items.
• Good command of English is required.
• Hindi/Urdu or Arabic would be an advantage.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on Stores Supervisor who understands both the administrative and practical sides of industrial stores management.

You should be able to maintain accurate inventory while ensuring that production never stops because of missing or poorly controlled materials.

Experience in commercial vehicle manufacturing, automotive, fabrication, hydraulics, heavy equipment, or engineering stores will be highly valued.