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SparkMeter offers comprehensive low-cost metering solutions for everything from rural micro-grids to existing urban central grid utilities. Our products help make access to electricity possible in hard-to-reach places and underserved markets. Our metering system is being widely adopted by utilities serving customers in rural parts of Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa...
DESCRIPTION
Remote work can be considered for highly qualified candidates
Come join the SparkMeter team and help increase electricity access in developing countries. The Supply Chain Director at Sparkmeter is responsible for the development and performance of all Supply Chain functions. This includes Logistics, Contract Manufacturing Production, Purchasing, Supplier Performance, Supply Chain Team Performance Management, Spend Optimization, Contract Management and Inventory.
The Supply Chain Manager is expected to have a broad set of experiences in Supply Chain. This is a leadership role that will be expected to contribute to the overall culture of the team, develop staff, perform tactical work and envision and implement strategic improvements.
You'll focus on:
Where You'll Work
Nairobi, Kenya. From home while COVID is still a problem, in our office when it re-opens. You can expect occasional travel: about 5-8%, or ~2-4 weeks a year.
Type of Role & Compensation Structure
This is a full-time role with benefits. Compensation is made of salary and performance bonus.
SparkMeter was founded to promote opportunity in underrepresented communities initially but has since grown into serving urban & peri urban communities as well.
SparkMeter’s core value is opportunity: the opportunity for underserved communities to achieve great things. That's why our mission is to increase access to electricity in underserved communities - it is electricity and the services derived from it that unlock and create those opportunities. This value is reflected in our hiring ethos: we believe that the strongest teams have diverse backgrounds. Our approach to hiring has been validated by academic and industry studies that show that workforce diversity improves team and business performance. (It has also been validated by the quality of the team we’ve assembled so far!) We encourage applications from members of groups currently underrepresented in energy, logistics and supply chain management.
REQUIREMENTS
You'll be a good fit for this role if you have the following technical experience:
In addition to these, for you to thrive in our team we will expect that you demonstrate:
We’d also like to see (but don’t require) experience with:
Description
Remote work can be considered for highly qualified candidates
Come join the SparkMeter team and help increase electricity access in developing countries.
The Buyer Planner Analyst is an all purpose Purchasing support role. Our organization contracts out all our manufacturing and BOM management so our actual purchase order volume is low. However our sales are high volume low mix in the heavily regulated energy utilities industry with suppliers in China, USA, South Africa and Taiwan serving customers primarily in Africa and central Asia. As a result our transactions have substantial regulatory and international documentation requirements.
The Buyer Planner Analyst will report to and support the Supply Chain manager by performing multiple tactical tasks including but not limited to: creating Purchase Orders, Planning production Schedules/ Line-of-balance, One off data Analysis, ensuring orders are produced on time, international shipment support, and other tasks as needed.
You'll focus on:
Where You'll Work
Nairobi, Kenya. From home while COVID is still a problem, in our office when it re-opens.
Type of Role & Compensation Structure
This is a full-time role with benefits. Compensation is made of salary and performance bonus.
SparkMeter was founded to promote opportunity in underrepresented communities initially but has since grown into serving urban & peri urban communities as well.
SparkMeter’s core value is opportunity: the opportunity for underserved communities to achieve great things. That's why our mission is to increase access to electricity in underserved communities - it is electricity and the services derived from it that unlock and create those opportunities. This value is reflected in our hiring ethos: we believe that the strongest teams have diverse backgrounds. Our approach to hiring has been validated by academic and industry studies that show that workforce diversity improves team and business performance. (It has also been validated by the quality of the team we’ve assembled so far!) We encourage applications from members of groups currently underrepresented in energy, logistics and supply chain management.
Requirements
You'll be a good fit for this role if you have:
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