10d ago

Project Procurement & Logistics Manager

KenyaKenya·Nairobimid
OperationsSupply Chain Manager
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Job Description SummaryThe Project Procurement & Logistics Manager serves as the primary interface for the Project Procurement Team Leader, supporting some Sourcing, Procurement,

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OperationsSupply Chain Manager
The Project Procurement & Logistics Manager serves as the primary interface for the Project Procurement Team Leader, supporting some Sourcing, Procurement, and Logistics activities across a portfolio of projects in SSA. They are contributing to ensuring procurement commitments are met—including on-time delivery, quality, and cost—in alignment with sourcing team negotiations.

Responsibilities

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  • →Develop and maintain the project procurement execution plan, ensuring procurement milestones, supplier lead times, and logistics activities are aligned with the project master schedule and project delivery objectives. 
  • →Owning quality, costs (as negotiated by sourcing) and on time delivery of the material and services for the Project 
  • →Work with cross functional teams like Engineering, Sourcing to ensure the on-time delivery of documents (drawings, quotations, etc.) required to be obtained from suppliers 
  • →Launch Purchase Requisitions and follow up on Purchase orders across the portfolio
  • →Establishes the procurement schedule and periodic progress monitoring 
  • →Ensure procurement execution activities are performed in accordance with the project procurement execution plan. 
  • →Identify and manage supply chain risks impacting critical project equipment, implementing mitigation strategies to protect project schedule and delivery objectives. 
  • →Supports Sourcing in obtaining technical specifications from engineering on-time. 
  • →Participates in and/or initiates periodic project meetings with the participation of quality, lead engineering, planning, logistics, project engineering manager etc. and generates notes/actions from these meetings and follows up on the actions. 
  • →Regularly reviews the fulfilment of suppliers against all contractual requirements in regard to Customs and duties with the support of the required functions 
  • →Oversees claim management with the suppliers in coordination with Commodity leader/Buyer of the project 
  • →Responsible for reporting monthly progress, supplier claims and project cost summary 
  • →Regularly updates suppliers’ cash out & project milestone recognition related to procurement 
  • →Represents procurement in Project meetings internally and externally, if applicable 
  • →Supports compliance with the Quality and EHS rules as applicable to the sourcing function 

Requirements

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  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or information system is preferred 
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience in Software and automation Turnkey projects in Africa.
  • Fluency in English and French Language

  • Any certificate in Project management is a plus (PMP, Prince 2, SCRUM,)
  • Good understanding of legal/contractual aspects of an EPC contract 
  • Risk management knowledge. Ability to work efficiently in cross-functional teams. 
  • Good communicator and teamwork capability 
  • Negotiation skills either with supplier base or with customers 
  • General knowledge of purchasing standards, policies, procedures, and Sourcing management 
  • Accountability, resilience, autonomy, and leadership. 
  • Decision making, problem solving, ability to independently resolve issues with difficult suppliers 
  • Basics in scheduling/planning of large and complex projects 
  • Technical knowledge of products purchased and power plant familiarity 

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

 

 

Location & Eligibility

Where is the job
Nairobi, Kenya
On-site at the office
Who can apply
KE

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Kenya
Posted
10 days ago
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has 4,075 open jobs on Jobera in 53 countries.

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October 28, 2026
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October 28, 2026
Last seen
November 6, 2026

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Project Procurement & Logistics Manager