Director Supply Chain Management Services at County Assembly Kirinyaga

Job Ref: KCPSB/D/SCMS/05/01/08/24

Terms of Service: Contract

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Reporting to the Chief Officer Procurement, Economic Planning and Budget, the Director Supply Chain Management Services will perform the following duties and responsibilities: -

• Overseeing implementation of procurement and asset disposal policies, guidelines and procedures
• Providing technical advice to the county and other procuring entities on procurement matters
• Advising County Departments 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.

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT

• Be a Kenyan citizen
• Have served for at least ten (10) years in Supply Chain Management three (3) of which must be in senior Management or in a comparable and relevant position in the public 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) or its equivalent from a recognized institution, 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.
• A relevant Masters’ degree will be an added advantage Certified Procurement and Supply Professional of Kenya (CPSP-K) qualification or Advanced Diploma in Supplies Management Final Stage (FIS) or Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS)
• Must be registered with the Kenya Institute of Supplies Management or any approved equivalent registration and
• Possession of a Valid practicing certificate from Kenya Institute of Supplies Management
• Certificate in computer application skills
• Demonstrated high degree of professional competence, administrative capability in the general organization and management of the Supply Chain Management Function.