Supply Manager - East African Gasoil, Nairobi and Mombasa

Supply Manager at East African Gasoil in Nairobi and Mombasa - Kenyan Jobs

East African Gasoil is an oil company licensed by the Energy Regulatory Commissioning and focusing on marketing and selling petroleum fuels and related products in the region.

East African Gasoil is seeking to recruit focused and self-driven professionals of high integrity in the position specified below, all to be based in Nairobi and Mombasa:

Supply Manager

Basic Function

Manage the petroleum products supply chain planning process, including forecasting, procurement of inventory to maintain budgeted inventory turns and fill rates for the regional market in a dynamic marketing environment which also includes own and third party storage locations and order fulfillment.

Specific Duties

• Develop, document and execute a regional comprehensive logistics and distribution strategy that will drive optimal customer service and profitability.
• Optimize the supply activities by providing crude or refined petroleum products to the right locations, at the right times, at the lowest possible cost, safely and incident-free.
• Coordinate entire planning process, including procurement, refining, storage, transfers, inventory control, distribution and logistics.
• Drive operational excellence and sharing of best practices across the business in order to reduce cost to serve on an ongoing basis
• Oversee the purchasing of petroleum products required based on planned demand from Supply Chain Planning Module and inputs from marketing
• Custodianship and reconciliation of petroleum products inventories at company and third party locations
• Inventory invoice processing and costing
• Maintain good relationships with all stakeholders active in the supply chain of petroleum products to ensure unhampered flow of petroleum products.

Qualifications

Education:

• University Degree (accounting, economics, sciences) or an equivalent
• Proficiency in MS Office Applications

Minimum Experience:

• 3 years’ experience in inventory management, procurement, logistics and/or distribution. Good working knowledge of an ERP

Personal Attributes:

• High degree of integrity and professional responsibility

Skills:

• Good planning and organizational skills with adaptability and ability to work under strict deadlines. Exceptional analytical and problem solving abilities

Interested candidates should email Cover Letters and updated Curriculum Vitae with contact emails and phone numbers of 3 professional referees, preferably your current or immediate former employer to: info@eastafricangasoil.com by August 27, 2011

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted