Migori County is a county in the former Nyanza Province of southwestern Kenya. It is located in western Kenya and borders Homa Bay County, Kisii County, Narok, Tanzania and Lake Victoria to the West. The county also borders Uganda via Migingo Island in Lake Victoria.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Director will be responsible for: –

• Overseeing implementation of procurement and asset disposal policies, guidelines and procedures
• Providing technical advice to the county and other procurement entities on procurement matters
• Advising procuring entities on the implementation of the public procurement and asset disposal act and its attendant regulations and other statutes that impact on supply chain management function
• Overseeing implementation of the e-procurement system
• Providing secretariat services to the tender opening and evaluation committees
• Facilitating research, market surveys and benchmarking on best practices;
• Overseeing analysis of reports on implementation of procurement, inventory management and assets disposal processes and procedures; and
• Preparing reports on implementation of the preference and reservation scheme.
• In addition, the officer will also be responsible for: overseeing development and review of county specific draft policy on management of assets in line with laid down regulations
• Overseeing implementation of development projects
• Overseeing prequalification of suppliers, review of tenders, prequalification and evaluation of bids
• Overseeing preparation of procurement plans
• Providing secretariat services to the tender opening and evaluation committees
• Providing guidance and support to target groups on the procurement process and
• Liaising with the user departments, disposal committee and the accounting officer on disposal of unserviceable obsolete, obsolescent or surplus stores, equipment and assets; and managing performance, building capacity of staff.

Requirements for Appointment

• Be a Kenyan citizen
• Served in the grade of Deputy Director, Supply Chain Management for a minimum period of three (3) years or cumulative working experience of at least ten (10) years from the public or private sector.
• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines: – Supply Chain Management; Procurement and Logistics; Purchasing and Supplies; Procurement and Contract Management; Supply Chain Management and Logistics; Transport and Logistics; Commerce (Purchasing and Supplies option) from a recognized institution
• Must be registered with the Kenya Institute of Supplies Management or any approved equivalent registration and
• Valid practicing certificate from Kenya Institute of Supplies Management

OR

• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines: – Commerce, Marketing, Economics, Business Management or Law with a Diploma in either Purchasing and Supplies Management or Procurement and Logistics or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution
• Master’s degree in any of the following disciplines: – Procurement and Supplies Management, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Commerce, Entrepreneurship or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution
• Certified Procurement and Supply Professional of Kenya (CPSP-K) or Advanced Diploma in Supplies Management Final Stage (FIS) or Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS)
• Valid practicing certificate from Kenya Institute of Supplies Management
• Membership of the Kenya Institute of Supplies Management (KISM)
• Certificate in Strategic Leadership Development Programme lasting not less than six (6) weeks from a recognized institution
• Certificate in computer application skills; and
• Demonstrated high degree of professional competence, administrative capability in the general organization and management of the Supply Chain Management Function.