VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Job Title: Head Of Logistics
Reports to: Operations Director
Job Type: Full Time
Location: Tanga, Tanzania

WHO WE ARE

The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project is a Midstream development located across Uganda and Tanzania that includes a nearshore Marine Storage and Export Terminal (MST). Once completed, the EACOP Company will operate the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, a 1,443 km long, electrically heated crude oil export pipeline that transports oil from Kabaale – Hoima in Uganda, to the Chongoleani Peninsula near Tanga Port in Tanzania for crude export to the international markets.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

To manage:

• Operational logistics as catering, housekeeping, general services, waste disposal, fumigation, sites, lodging accommodations and PTS.
• All material requests (diesel, chemicals, spares, consumables, etc.) from site and office.
• Transport services for personnel, spares, consumables, and supplies.
• Vehicles/truck fleet contract, maintenance, drivers, and shuttle services management.
• Logistics services contracts with Cost Control and C&P Department.
• Follow-up all stocks on sites/MST base by ensuring proper documentation and records.

To ensure:

• Availability and suitability of equipment and services to operational and emergency requests.
• Development and management of ‘Supply Chain’ activities: reception, custom, transit stock control, storage, material exit, transport, and client delivery.
• Participation in the organization of transportation audits and of a logistic review.
• Minimum dead stock and proper scrap management in line with EACOP procedures.
• Lean operations mode in terms of infrastructure and resources.

QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Academic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Logistics Services or Engineering.
• English proficiency.

Experience Required:

• 15 years in Logistics services (sites & supply base) in a large organization.

• Have negotiation skills, capacity to take decision and to work under pressure.
• Capable of working with minimum supervision.
• Good supervisory and communication skills with the ability to motivate the team.
• Have good contract and purchasing knowledge.