# Senior Operations Manager

Smithshine Enterprises is looking for an experienced and commercially astute Senior Operations Manager to lead our end-to-end warehouse and logistics function in Botswana. The successful candidate will drive operational excellence, service delivery, cost control, productivity and continuous improvement while building a high-performance team. Job Summary Employer: Smithshine Enterprises Job Type: Full-time Location: Gaborone, Botswana Category: Logistics Closing Date: 2026-11-18 Key Responsibilities Lead all distribution-centre operations, including receiving, storage, picking, packing, dispatch and transportation. Drive stock accuracy through robust controls, cycle counts, audits, forecasting and loss-prevention initiatives. Optimise warehouse layout, storage utilisation and material-handling processes. Develop and maintain effective standard operating procedures. Manage operational budgets, control costs and identify sustainable efficiencies. Monitor performance through KPIs and implement corrective action where required Champion continuous improvement through WMS, technology and recognised best practices. Recruit, develop and lead warehouse teams, including staffin

- **Id**: 3805699
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/smithshine-enterprises-senior-operations-manager>
- **Role**: Management
- **Role family**: Management
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Gaborone, Botswana
- **Countries**: BW
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T08:25:50Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-05T08:25:50Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 4
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2712
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 4514602
- **Name**: Smithshine Enterprises
- **Domain**: smithshine.co.bw
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/smithshine-enterprises>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Technologies

- **Microsoft Excel** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Office** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 4

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **Botswana** — Iso: BW; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T13:16:31Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: seen:3, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

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