Supply Chain Director, East Africa Region

World Vision is a Christian humanitarian, development and advocacy organisation devoted to improving the lives of children, families and their communities around the world. Our 34,000+ staff members in nearly 100 countries are united in helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life.

Through our work, every 60 seconds… a family gets water… a hungry child is fed… a family receives the tools to overcome poverty.

Here’s where you come in:

As the Supply Chain Director, East Africa Region, you will provide leadership and management to the supply chain and administration management to ensure that there are adequate systems, policies, procedures, controls and necessary skills to support the operations of the World Vision East Africa Regional Office, in a timely, effective, professional and cost-effective manner, strategically to obtain best value for money for all supply chain management activities and to provide efficient and effective administration support services to operations and all other function.

Requirements include:

• Master’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Engineering, or Business Administration, or equivalent professional qualification (advanced CIPS)
• A minimum of eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience in procurement, contracts management, contracts administration and/or logistics, of which five (5) years of experience directly related to first-hand procurement and/or contracting is required.
• At least 7 years of experience in managing staff. Experience working in humanitarian and development contexts.
• Substantive experience working in the INGO sector dealing with multiple donor funds and meeting different donor requirement.
• The position requires ability and willingness to travel up to 30%.