Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Optimize the supply activities by providing refined petroleum products to the right locations, at the right times, at the lowest possible cost, safely and incident-free.
• Coordinate entire planning process, including procurement, storage, transfers, inventory control and distribution.
• Drive operational excellence and sharing of best practices across the business to reduce the cost to serve on an ongoing basis
• Oversee the purchasing of petroleum products required based on planned demand from the Supply Chain Planning Module and inputs from marketing
• Custodianship and reconciliation of petroleum products inventories at company and third party locations
• Inventory invoice processing and costing
• Maintain good relationships with all stakeholders active in the supply chain of petroleum products to ensure the unhampered flow of petroleum products.
• Assign roles to staff and supervise the implementation of key SAP processes in purchases and inventory management modules in SAP.
• Ensure exchange of information to all other departments about planned imports, vessel schedules and cost of import for planned imports.
• Execute hospitality storage agreements with terminals of interest with the approval of the General Manager.
• Represent the company in stakeholders meeting in matters on the import of petroleum, customs procedures and regulatory authorities or as may be directed by the management.

Job Requirements

• University degree/master’s in Supply chain management
• 7 years’ experience in a similar position 5 of which should be in Oil & Gas sector
• At least Five years. Experience in Oil & gas sector will be added advantage
• Strong IT skills at end-user level for ERP
• Understand the Oil & gas market dynamics
• Ability to negotiate successfully for resources, budgets, and schedules
• High degree of personal organisation
• Proactive approach to risk management
• Good communication skills (oral & written)