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  • Posted: Feb 14, 2019
    Deadline: Feb 25, 2019
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    Established in Mombasa, Kenya, in 1940, BOC Kenya Plc (BOC) is a leading supplier of industrial, medical and special gases in East Africa. In 1947 the company started operations in Nairobi and later years, in Kisumu, Kampala, Mwanza and Dar-es-Salaam. The Company listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange in 1969. The BOC organization was established in Britain in 1886 and has been producing industrial gases for more than 120 years. The organization is member of The Linde Group, a world leading gases and engineering company with approximately 64,500 employees working in more than 100 countries worldwide. The Company’s immediate majority shareholder is BOC Holdings UK, which became a member of the Linde Group in 2002.
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    Supply Chain & Distribution Manager

    Job Purpose

    The Supply Chain & Distribution Manager reports to the Managing Director and works very closely with the Operations and the Sales teams to meet our customers’ needs. The Position is responsible for the management of inventory to ensure optimization, efficient distribution to ensure timely and cost-effective deliveries, and the management of the specialised company fleet. This entails development and rollout of the standards, systems and processes that facilitate the efficiencies and controls necessary for meeting, if not surpassing, our customers’ expectations.

    Responsibilities:

    Your primary responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

    • Contribution to the strategy execution by designing and effectively implementing systems that support the overall business strategy and respond to changing market conditions
    • Enhance customer service delivery by defining and enforcing the required standards of operation, ensuring the availability of the materials and equipment such as tanks and cylinders, necessary for meeting our customers’ needs.
    • Set and regularly review the inventory management standards such as minimum stock and/or reorder levels as well as monitor stock movement, adjusting as necessary
    • Monitor the performance of both goods and services suppliers and make the necessary recommendations to the Procurement unit
    • Work closely with the Operations, Sales and Customer Service teams to ensure that storage is optimized, vehicles usage is efficient, priorities are met, and problems are resolved in a timely manner
    • Define and enforce the standards for fleet maintenance
    • Manage the Supply Chain & Distribution team, taking charge of their training & development, mentoring and coaching, performance management and discipline.
    • Ensure compliance to safety as well as internal and external regulatory standards

    Requirements

    You will be a customer centric, strategically inclined people leader with strong business acumen and a strong sense of accountability as well as results orientation. Your decisiveness, ability to embrace change and your affinity for process excellence will be of particular interest to us. In addition, you will have the following:

    • Degree in Commerce, Business Studies, Supply Chain Management or a related field.
    • A professional qualification in supply chain management will be an advantage, as will an Auto Engineering qualification
    • At least 5 years’ experience in inventory management and supply planning
    • Experience with imports and exports procedures
    • Experience of working with Lean Tools or continual improvement is an added advantage

    Method of Application

    Please make your application on our online recruitment portal, jobs.adeptsystems.co.ke. This will require you to create a profile and in addition attach your detailed and up to date CV with your contact details, details of current and expected remuneration, the names of three professional referees and a cover letter demonstrating how you meet our requirements.

    Your application should be sent by close of business Monday 25th February 2019.

    Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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