Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The Supply Chain Manager will be responsible for overseeing and managing the company's supply chain and logistics strategy and operations from factories to distributors/consumers order to maximize the process efficiency and productivity. The Supply Chain Manager will play a crucial role in developing and maintaining good relationships with suppliers and distributors.
Addition responsibilities will include handling operational Start-up, distribution, warehousing, inventory management, procurement, sales order processing, fleet management, clearing and forwarding, management of in-country service centres, repair management and fault reporting.

Responsibilities
• Plan and implement the supply chain strategy
• Collaborate with Sales, Operations, and Customer Service teams to ensure that orders are fulfilled for Imports, Exports and Local distribution.
• Maintain supply chain inventory and records, provide management reports and set up a traceability system for fridge spare parts.
• Setting up the Warehouse and Procurement Operations.
• Setting up an inventory planning and control process mechanism
• Handle the Door to Door shipping of Imports while ensuring the process is done legally and at the most cost efficient price.
• Analyse data from shipping and delivering processes to identify bottlenecks and related issues
• Determine key supply chain KPIs. Evaluate and report on KPIs
• Suggest solutions for process improvements, reducing cost and increasing efficiency
• Identify process bottleneck and agree and implement solutions in a timely manner
• Train, guide and evaluate employees in the Supply Chain Department
• Work with finance, sales, and manufacturing team to determine best vendors and distributors based on agreed performance metrics.
• Communicate and negotiate with suppliers and vendors to land more profitable deals
• Relationship management with vendors
• Monitor logistics to make sure they run smoothly
• Find cost-effective solutions for supply chain processes
• Issue management and resolution (e.g. delays in delivery, accidents)
• Collaborate with other departments to create coordinated plans for business growth
• Develop and implement safety guidelines in all aspects of the supply chain (e.g. use of trucks, forklifts)
• Ensure supply chain processes meet legal requirements and standards
• Manage the Technical Officer (once hired) and be the relay of the Group Engineering/R&D team on the ground for testing and technical trainings

WORK EXPERIENCE:
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in Supply chain Management (Imports and Local), Materials Management / Logistics, Planning Special Knowledge Exposure to Materials Management.
• Experience in Start-Ups of the in-bound and out-bound operations within Africa
• Experience of outbound shipping from China
• Experience in setting up and managing service centres
• Excellent knowledge of supply chain processes
• Working experience of relevant software (e.g. SAP MM)
• Able to recruit and train staff for the various roles in the Supply chain department
• Experience in Setting up Warehousing and Procurement Operations.
• Experience in Setting up inventory planning and control process mechanism.
• Experience in Setting up both Local and Export distribution
• Experience in Planning and implementing the overall supply chain strategy

KEY PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:
• Excellent organizational and project management skills
• Impeccable ethical outlook
• Strong communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Creative problem-solving
• Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
• Team player
• Good time-management skills
• Great interpersonal and communication skills
• A good negotiator able to balance the company interests while getting the best prices from the vendors
• Basic conversational French knowledge would be an advantage.

COMPETENCIES
• Ability to Supervise Others and Provide Leadership.
• Able to resolve conflicts.
• Have Emotional Intelligence.
• Have good Communication Skills.
• Able to Manage Performance and be Result Oriented.
• Have good Interviewing Skills.
• Team Building, Teamwork/Collaboration
• Able to Delegate.
• Critical Thinking/Problem Solving.
• Information Technology Application.
• Professionalism/Work Ethic.
• Career Management of the Team.
• Have Commercial Awareness.
• Be a Decision Maker.
• Trustworthiness & Ethics

PERSONAL QUALITIES:
• Good oral and written communication skills; good interpersonal skills; customer focus; negotiating skills; functional and technical skills; computer literate, numerical/analytical skills; with proven track record of honesty and integrity

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 120

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

{module 312}

Job application procedure
Interested and qualified? Use the link below to apply.
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/2714068614?showGuestApplyModal=true

All Jobs

QUICK ALERT SUBSCRIPTION

{module 316}