Founded in 2011, Yalelo is a pioneer of aquaculture in Africa, bringing together local resources and world-leading practices. Yalelo recognise that international investment can create both wealth and imbalance, and aim to rectify legacy disadvantages by empowering local residents. Yalelo have created and implemented a scalable solution to ease the pressure on Zambia’s struggling wild-capture fisheries sector. They have grown quickly to become one of the leading fisheries firms in Africa. Their pristine water, locally produced, non-GMO fish feed and a robust cold-chain, results in an affordable, high quality product - transforming the customer experience. In addition, Yalelo have launched several local community programmes supporting health and social development initiatives, which drive the well-being and empowerment of the local community. Yalelo launched their Uganda operations in 2019, and are seeking an experienced operations manager to lead their Distibution & Processing team in Uganda.
As the new Warehouse and Distribution Manager, you will be accountable for overseeing stock control, warehouse planning and logistics, distribution planning and operations and transport fleet management. You will report to the Processing & Distribution Director and manage a team of direct reports including the Warehouse Team, Distribution Planning Team, Dispatch Team and Transport Team.
Role Responsibilities:
Yalelo is a PE-backed African agribusiness in Zambia and Uganda. Founded in 2011, Yalelo is a pioneer of aquaculture in Africa, bringing together local resources and world-leading practices. Yalelo recognise that international investment can create both wealth and imbalance, and are working to rectify legacy disadvantages, by empowering local residents. Yalelo has grown rapidly to become Africa’s largest producer of fish, as well as the leading fish distribution and sales business in Zambia. The Yalelo team is applying international best practice, proprietary R&D, and data-driven operations to bring down production costs and ease the pressure on Zambia’s struggling wild-capture fisheries sector.
Yalelo have created and implemented a scalable solution They have grown quickly to become one of the leading fisheries firms in Africa. Their pristine water, locally produced non-GMO fish feed, and a robust cold-chain, results in a product quality and affordability that is transforming the customer experience. In addition, Yalelo have launched several local community programmes, supporting health and social development initiatives which drive the well-being and empowerment of the local community.
Yalelo is committed to maintaining its aggressive growth over the next five years, driving production costs progressively lower, and further expanding distribution within Zambia, Uganda and neighbouring markets.