Supply Chain Controller at Bboxx Africa Management: (Deadline 31 August 2022)

Supply Chain Controller at Bboxx Africa Management: (Deadline 31 August 2022)

JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST ENERGY POVERTY! 

Who we are:

Bboxx is a UK-based Next Generation Utility company providing affordable, reliable and clean energy solutions to meet off-grid customers’ energy needs. We are fully vertically integrated, controlling every part of our customer experience.  having already impacted over 2 million customers’ lives with our solar home systems (SHS) so far and diversification into clean cooking and other utilities underway, we have 1000+ staff working across five offices in Europe, Asia and Africa – who are waking up every morning to transform the lives of our customers and to unlock their potential.

ROLE PROFILE

Title: Supply Chain Controller

Reports to: Supply Chain Contriol Manager
Location: Africa HQ – Kigali, Rwanda  

Role Brief:
Your primary responsibility in this role will be to prevent stock outs and overstocks. You will be responsible for always keeping stock out prediction trackers accurate, to ensure an error-free scheduling process. You will constantly collaborate with different operational managers to stay up to date on their respective demands, customer service to ensure timely shipping of planned containers, Logistics for stock level updates, so it is important to be a good team player. On top of that, you will be expected to bring creative solutions to planning challenges, to ensure continuous improvements in the sales and operations planning process.

What you can expect to be doing:

• Weekly update and analysis of the NGU stock position:
• Analyze the stock out prediction tracker, alert on overstocks and stock outs, and suggest their preventive measures
• Constant tracking of containers’ ETAs (Estimated Time of Arrival), and their impact on the stock position
• Keep track of changes in demand, how they affect the stock position, and inform on how they might potentially affect the production plan.
• Monitor sales forecasts vs real sales
• Scheduling: Each week, you will plan containers to markets, where there is a risk of stock outs.
• Develop and implement control metrics that will help meet the stock coverage SLA (Service Level Agreement) to our clients.
• Support cashflow management by creating clients’ payment plans – to ensure a smooth continuity of supply chain operations
• Preparing presentations for monthly executive S&OP meetings
• Initiate data automation projects that aim at reducing errors
• Support on ad-hoc projects/tasks for the Supply Chain Control Team

What we are looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Logistics, Supply Chain or any other relevant discipline
• 2-3 years of experience in Supply Chain or any related field, with knowledge on demand-supply planning.
• Excellent English communication skills (written and verbal) – French would be a plus
• Proficient in spreadsheets, good knowledge of PowerBI is a plus
• Proactive, attentive to details, strong analytical and numerical skills, and keen on learning technical skills.

Bonus if you have it:

• Ability to work on strict deadlines and prioritize workload
• Ability to work under pressure
• Problem-solving attitude: Identify problems and takes initiative to solve them.
• A cheerful, roll-up-your-sleeves, get-it-done attitude.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to build relationships internally (B2B) and externally (B2C)

If you would like to find out more about what we are doing to transform lives through providing access to energy and services, please have a look at www.bboxx.com

Application Process

Please upload your CV and answer few questions via our online application platform: https://bboxx.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/4/home/requisition/1257?c=bboxx

Qualified candidates will be contacted with information regarding the next steps.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to apply ASAP.

The deadline for applications is August 31st, 2022.

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