Living Goods Procurement Manager Job in Nairobi Kenya

Living Goods Kenya Procurement Manager
A Business that Changes Lives… Including Yours

What is Living Goods?

Do you have serious business skills and want to use them to make a difference not just make a living?  Are you just looking for a change, or are you looking for the chance to changes millions of lives for the better, including yours? If your answer is ‘yes’, read on.
At Living Goods we believe the poor deserve better health, a better deal, and a chance at a better life. Living Goods supports networks of ‘Avon-like’ micro entrepreneurs who go door-to-door teaching families how to improve their health and wealth, and selling low-cost, life-changing products like essential medicines, fortified foods, money-saving cook stoves, and solar lights. Living Goods seeks nothing less than a disruptive reinvention of distribution in the developing world, through networks of franchised micro entrepreneurs who leverage LG’s brand, buying power and powerful mobile marketing tools to deliver vital products, at accessible prices, to the people who need them most. By combining the best practices from the worlds of micro-enterprise, franchising and public health, Living Goods is creating a fully sustainable system to improve the health and wealth of the world’s poor.
 Living Goods is expanding into Kenya in 2013 with the goal of building a national network of high-impact entrepreneurs. We are recruiting a full new team to lead this effort and one of the key positions is Country Procurement Manager. The Procurement Manager will source consumer products across a wide range of categories to support LG’s thousands of independent agents. Success in the this role means finding new winning products to test, aggressively lowering product costs, keeping branches in stock at all times, maximizing inventory turns and minimizing losses. Living Goods is a fast-paced, mission-driven and business-minded organization.  This is your chance to join and shape a successful fast growing, multi-national organization at a time of exceptional opportunities for professional growth.
Kenya Procurement Manager ResponsibilitiesProduct Research / Sourcing:  Scour the market for innovative high-impact products that customers will value for Living Goods to test and sell.Maximize Margins: Oversee bidding and negotiating with suppliers to drive down product costs.Oversee Purchasing / Inventory Management: Manage purchasing and logistics to maximize in stock rates and inventory turns.Manage Distribution: Coordinate shipping of product in country, importation, and inventory control across multiple product stores.This position is based in Nairobi, Kenya and requires in country travel 10-20% of each month

Qualifications

Minimum of 5 years of experience in product procurement, preferably in consumer packaged goods. Proven track record of driving down product costs. Exceptional negotiating skills.Strong math and financial skills. Well versed in MS Excell.College degree preferred. A competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with experience including health, vacation, and bonus opportunity.  The opportunity to be your best while making lives better for others.Living Goods is aiming to make game-changing, landscape-shifting changes that dramatically improve the lives of the poor. We think big, but we operate small and nimble. At LG, you will have the chance to use your creativity and work with your teammates to conceive and test new ideas every day. If you work well in a dynamic, highly collaborative culture, if you set high standards for yourself and your colleagues, if you know how to fail fast and learn fast, if you meet challenges with calm determination and a sense of humor, you will be happy at Living Goods. See www.livinggoods.org/principles.

Living Goods’ head office sits in California, USA where some of the most successful companies in the world were born – including Facebook, Apple, Yahoo, and Google. Living Goods is financed by some of the most successful business people and investors in world including the founder of eBay – an $11 billion global platform that empowers millions of small businesses around the world.

How to Apply

Please submit a single file with resume/CV and cover letter describing your interest, qualifications, and how you learned of the position to jobs@livinggoods.org. Important, please type “Kenya Procurement Manager – [Last Name]” in the subject line.

New opportunities at Living Goods get filled quickly.