Logistics Specialist (Renewable), Kabwe, Zambia

Job Description

The Logistics specialists oversee inventory and warehouse operations to ensure accurate data, efficient processes, and strong KPI performance. It manages delivery planning, transport coordination, and last-mile distribution to ensure the timely delivery of inputs to stakeholders. The position also supports team development, strategic planning, budgeting, and continuous improvement of logistics operations.

Responsibilities

Inventory Management Oversight

• Supervise and ensure proper execution of all inventory storage processes across all storage facilities in the country.
• Ensure warehouses are sufficiently equipped and resourced to adhere to standards and keep smooth operations.
• Oversee the management of inventory data and systems, ensuring timely and accurate monthly reconciliations.
• Ensure exceptional KPI performances for country warehouses: 0.1% shrink, 0.25% variance, timely monthly reconciliation (by the 3rd of the month).

Delivery Planning & Execution

• Responsible for distribution planning, beginning from modelling deliveries, preparing schedules and reaching transport planning and actual last mile delivery of inputs to all stakeholders.
• Responsible for setting and follow-up of delivery KPIs and key metrics, as well as coordination across stakeholders during peak delivery periods.

Transport Planning & Coordination

• Develop daily and weekly truck allocation plans based on delivery needs and available resources.
• Coordinate with multiple contracted transport providers to ensure timely dispatch and delivery of inputs.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for transporters and field teams regarding delivery schedules and challenges.
• Maintain and update road maps, ensuring all relevant roads, routes, and traffic restrictions are accurate. Use GPS and mapping software to identify and plan optimal delivery paths.

Team Development

• Empower the country's logistics team to work in an efficient, effective & compliant manner in a challenging and dynamic country and the organisation's program context.
• Build team capability through training, coaching, and professional development support.
• Ensure business continuity through mitigation of staff turnover risk, succession planning & recruitment.

Strategic Planning

• Contribute to annual strategy setting and drive departmental OKRs execution.
• Contribute to the annual budgeting.
• Lead and identify process improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• At least 4+ years of supply chain, operations, logistics or procurement experience.
• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Procurement, Supply Chain, and Logistics or related field.
• Strong collaboration skills, ability to drive change, and influence others.
• Proactive and ability to think ahead (i.e., foresee & mitigate risks)
• Solution-oriented mindset & results-driven
• Eye for detail and organized approach to work, especially when under pressure
• Data analytical mindset & skills
• Strong people management(coaching skills). Additionally, experience in managing and building teams.
• Ability to come up with a wide range of possible courses of action, evaluate those leveraging the Global Logistics policies, country strategies, and budget/program priorities, and historical data to select and/or recommend the best way forward.