Procurement and Supply Chain Expert
Allied Talent Partners
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Location: 🇧🇮 Burundi
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SeniorLead
Tech Stack
ERP
About the role
- Design end-to-end procurement and supply chain operating model, including policies, governance, and controls.
- Recommend and configure a fit-for-purpose ERP/procurement solution (Odoo) to support procurement, warehousing, fleet, and logistics.
- Establish vendor management and sourcing strategies to manage high-volume equipment procurement (poles, meters, transformers).
- Assess existing warehousing facilities and fleet operations and design an optimised national rollout strategy.
- Define warehouse layout, equipment requirements, safety procedures, and inventory control systems.
- Develop durable logistics processes to support 100+ vehicles and dispersed field teams nationwide.
- Develop a practical 12–18 month implementation roadmap with clear milestones.
- Mentor the Head of Supply Chain and junior staff to strengthen capabilities and embed best practices.
- Document systems, procedures, and policies to ensure long-term sustainability.
- Report to Senior Management and support delivery of a landmark electrification public-private partnership in Burundi.
Requirements
- Minimum 10–15 years of procurement and supply chain management experience.
- Proven expertise in designing and implementing procurement and logistics systems in logistics-heavy sectors (utilities, telecoms, water, infrastructure, or similar).
- Experience working in emerging or resource-constrained environments; Africa experience strongly preferred but not mandatory.
- Strong track record in developing warehousing and fleet management systems.
- ERP/technology experience, ideally with Odoo or similar platforms.
- Demonstrated ability to design procurement policies, vendor strategies, and compliance systems.
- Pragmatic and hands-on problem-solving.
- Excellent communicator and mentor, capable of guiding junior staff on the ground.
- Resilient mindset suited to high-pressure, next-phase scale-up environments.
- Bilingual fluency in English and French is mandatory.
- Willingness/ability to be based in Burundi; candidates locally or regionally who can meaningfully relocate will be considered.
- Ability to travel primarily within Burundi and occasionally regionally.
- Start date: ASAP; Contracting period: ~6 months.