Deadline: Ongoing
Location: Nigeria
Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED) has announced a call for applications for the role of Country Logistics Manager.
Present in Nigeria since 2017, ACTED teams are supporting displaced and conflict-affected populations in the country’s northeast subregion.
The NGO provides assistance through building emergency shelters, distributing non-food items, assisting in the management of camps for displaced persons or providing logistical support as well as information management services to the humanitarian community.
Responsibilities
- Build the sourcing capacity in the country and in the region, and maintain a supplier database accordingly
- Coordinate the procurement cycle with all stakeholders across the country, from the planning stage to contract signature until delivery completion
- Ensure constant availability of running supplies/services/works
- Manage traceability and reconciliation between orders, contracts and deliveries, and liaise with finance for problem solving
- Ensure appropriate storage network and stock management standards across the country
- Identify and settle warehouses/storage space based on needs
- Ensure goods transportation means are secured as per needs
- Coordinate and follow up deliveries and liaise efficiently with suppliers for problem solving
- Maintain a regular information across teams about stock levels and expected lead times
- Manage periodic inventories, stock clearance and investigations over discrepancies
- Deploy efficient transportation means across the country
- Anticipate vehicle needs and liaise with (deputy) country director and country finance manager to anticipate budgets accordingly
- Maintain efficient monthly, weekly and daily planning and movement follow-up tools
- Identify reliable external transportation companies
- Control and optimise fleet costs
- Coordinate an efficient maintenance framework across the country (in terms of operations as well as in terms of costs)
- Ensure administrative requirements are met toward customs and any other local authority when transporting goods/staff
- Organise regular driver’s training and refreshers
- Manage fuel supply across the country
- Deploy an efficient asset allocation and maintenance plan across the country
- Maintain an up-to-date asset inventory, including proper asset labelling; and investigate and document any loss or damage
Requirements
- Two years, minimum, experience in insecure environments
- Extensive experience in logistics and/or security management and procedures
- Demonstrated communication and organisational skills
- Ability to train, mobilise, and manage both international and national staff
- Flexibility and ability to multitask under pressure
- Ability to work well in unstable and frequently changing security environments
- Proven ability to work creatively and independently both in the field and in the office
- Advanced proficiency in written and spoken English
To apply and for more information, click here.
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