Director, Supply Chain Management

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.
  

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.
  

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.