Logistician and Supply Chain Specialist Job in Nairobi, Kenya

Regional Logistician and Supply Chain

Specialist
 

Region of Eastern and Southern Africa
 

About Plan International: Working in over 50 developing countries across

Africa, Asia and the Americas, Plan International’s mission is children’s

rights, with a special focus on girls and disadvantaged children. 

Our goal is to reach as many children

and young girls as possible, particularly those who are excluded or

marginalised, with high-quality programmes that deliver long-lasting benefits.
 

The Role: The role contributes towards influencing

establishment of sound logistics and procurement systems in RO and COs to

improve the standards of supplies and fleet management.  

S/he will advocate for raising the

profile and quality of Logistics services, standardise logistics functions,

review policies and systems and constantly ascertain their effectiveness with a

view to sustain high quality Logistics support to operations and programme work

across all country programmes in the RESA region.

S/he will pro-actively support the

procurement activities of Regional Office. 

S/he will provide required technical

support in Disaster Risk Management and also Emergency Response actions within

the region.
 

• Should have University degree in
  
  Administration, Logistics, Business management or related field,


• Demonstrate progressive relevant experience of
  
  over 5 years in Logistics, procurement, export and import, supply chain
  
  and fleet management roles, have people management skills and working with
  
  diverse team, have clear exposure to Emergency contexts.


• Training and capacity building skills is an
  
  added advantage.

Location: The post holder will be based in the Regional

Office in Nairobi, Kenya

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Contract Period: Fixed Term 3 years; renewable
 

Closing Date: 9th March 2016
 

Please note that only applications

and CVs written in English will be accepted. 

Only shortlisted candidates will be

contacted. 

The position title should be clearly

indicated within the email subject. 

Applications should be sent to:

plan.resajob@planinternational.org 

References will be taken and

background and anti-terrorism checks will be carried out in conformity with

Plan International’s Child Protection Policy. 

Plan International operates an equal

opportunities policy and actively encourages diversity, welcoming applications

from all persons meeting the skills and experience required.

The successful candidates will need

to have the right to work in the country where the role is based.