Supply Chain Officer at MANO Africa

The Supply Chain Officer will be responsible for stock stability and cost control across all product categories and inventory, overseeing inbound & out-bound supply chain activities, ensuring goals of cost effectiveness, timely order fulfilment and inventory management are achieved.

Job duties:

• Responsible for replenishing the stock by regularly creating the purchase order based on the department’s supplier schedule and tracking the delivery and return process.
• Support the relationship with the suppliers to ensure a steady supply of products and to avoid stock shortage.
• Negotiate with suppliers and recommend suppliers with respect to cost, quality and delivery competitiveness across all of the supply chain.
• Oversee inbound and out-bound supply chain activities.
• Coordinate supplier payments with the Finance department.
• Monitor and analyze the inventory composition, reviewing levels of supplies, ordering new products, and providing reports on the company’s inventory levels.
• Suggest and get all necessary approval on transfers of stock management across all Mano warehouses.
• Avoid over-stock of slow-moving items.
• Manage the purchase of easily damaged items and short shelf-life items.
• Reconcile between PO and supplier’s invoice upon delivery before inbounding.
• Report on frequent out of stock items to category leader; daily report about orders made and orders delivered.
• Inform the Category Leader about any cost change and new price lists.
• Share weekly report on out-of-stock items and reason for it.
• Create new items on system and update the master file/product data with all the relevant fields.
• Liaise with admin clerks at the store level on all PO related issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a commercial related or relevant field.
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in similar role and/or within fast growing and fast paced businesses.
• Experience in being part of supply chain operations for a portfolio of products is desired.
• Must have a strong understanding of ecommerce, inventory, and suppliers management.
• Ability to crunch data and run some analysis on excel is a must.
• Strong communication skill is a must.
• Available to work onsite with close proximity to Victoria Island is a requirement.