Published On:
10th, July 2023
Closes on:
17th, August 2023
Job closed
Centre Manager
Job Description
Wasoko
- Nairobi
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- Permanent
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- Full-time
About Us:
Wasoko (“people of the market” in Swahili) is transforming communities across Africa by revolutionizing access to essential goods and services. We are East Africa's biggest digitized retail distribution platform powered by our own in-house logistics network. Tens of thousands of informal retailers across Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia) use Wasoko to order everyday essential goods and receive working capital financing.
The informal retailers of Africa today are the primary if not the only channel used by consumers to purchase essential goods worth over $600 billion per year. The fragmented infrastructure across large land mass, distributed but diverse population and rather a smaller basket size spend does not yet lend themselves to big basket retail or mass consumer ecommerce. Instead, the informal retail ecosystem is THE channel for building the plumbing for digital and consumer
commerce across Africa.
This is Wasoko's oportunity. Wasoko with its brand, scale and logistics network is best positioned to build the technology-leveraged rails to serve the 1+ billion African consumers through informal retailers. We are building a digital-first operating system for informal retailers, focusing initially on B2B distribution but quickly incorporating a host of other tools and services to help communities across Africa get more for less.
Role: Procurement Manager
We are looking for an individual who will act as the primary point of contact between suppliers and Sokowatch. You will be responsible for procuring products and goods for use in Sokowatch by identifying potential supplier sources, screening them and negotiating favorable payment terms
Level: Global
Division: Finance
Department: Finance
Locations: Nairobi, Kenya
Reporting: Global CFO
Responsibilities:
Requirements:
Requirements:
- Required: 5- 8 years of experience in a similar role
- Preferred: Strong background as a Procurement Specialist managing CAPEX and OPEX
- Bachelor degree, preferably in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Finance or Statistics
- Ability to work efficiently and independently in a fast-paced sales environment
- Demonstrate deep knowledge of procurement processes and procedures with a strong bias for project management
- Strong data analysis and superior organizational skills,
- Strong oral, written communication & presentation skills
- Willingness to travel for work across East Africa
- Must love working with people and cross-cultural teams