Operations and Logistics Officer Job at SON Fish Farm Ltd - Career Opportunity in Uganda

Vacancy title:
Operations and Logistics Officer

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources , Category: Transportation & Logistics ]

Jobs at:

SON Fish Farm Ltd

Deadline of this Job:
15 March 2021  

Duty Station:
Within Uganda , Kampala , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, February 11, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed


JOB DETAILS:
Job Category; Sales and Marketing
ABOUT THE COMPANY:
SON Fish Farm Ltd is an established commercial tilapia fish farm, incorporated in 2005, as a Limited company, the pioneer cage fish farming on Lake Victoria and started operations in 2006.
SON Fish Farm has its own hatchery for tilapia seed production, using earthen ponds, the grow out is done exclusively in cages, located in Lake Victoria.
SON Fish farm Ltd Sells and distributes whole round fresh Tilapia fish in Kenya under Lake Harvest Kenya and in Uganda under Lake Harvest Uganda.
SON is part of Lake Harvest Group, with other operations in Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Botswana and South Africa.
It is located in Bugungu Prison, Njeru Municipality, Buikwe District and employs over 150 staff directly and over 1000 people indirectly through fish trading and supply of farm inputs, across East Africa.

OPERATIONS AND LOGISTICS OFFICER.
Job Summary; Responsible for leading all operational aspects of SON order-2-Deliver and Order-2-Pick processes while providing management support for supply chain both for distributions and farm gate Sales and management of our fleet.

KEY DUTIES:
• Driving continuous improvement to achieve consistently excellent inbound and outbound customer service On-Time, In-Full to customers.
• Supporting customer-facing team on any customer-specific action plans involving Logistics, and improving Logistics and Supply Chain Management results.
• Working with Finance team to ensure management of costs across the Logistics network to deliver annual plan cost targets.
• Responsibility for contracts and performance of all external 3PL-managed transporters and all haulier inbound and outbound processes.
• Responsible for maintaining a consistently high level of stock integrity across the logistics network, and effective management of slow moving stock.
• Executing the SON’s Logistics strategy and leading the changes required to transform the Logistics network at benchmark-level costs.ts.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
• Degree education, preferably technical discipline
• Proven track record of success in a Logistics leadership role in FMCG Logistics (2 years+ total experience preferred)
• Detailed understanding of end-to-end supply chain processes, effective budget management and understanding of business P&L and project management principles
• Detailed understanding of world-class warehousing and transport best-practice processes, systems and ways of working
• Knowledge of warehousing and transport Health & Safety obligations, Road traffic legislation etc.

Job Education Requirements: Degree

Job Experience Requirements: 2 years+


Work Hours: 8

 

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Job application procedure
This job description is not an exhaustive list of skills, effort, duties and responsibilities associated with the position.
• Email a cover letter and CV with necessary supporting documents only to anasasiiri@lakeharvest.com by March 15th, 2021 at 5:00pm.
• Indicate POSITION APPLIED FOR in the subject line.
• For further inquiries, please contact HR office on +256772205051 or 0393276348
Only selected candidates that meet the requirements will be contacted.


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Job Info
Job Category: Logistics/ Transportation/ Procurement jobs in Uganda
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job:  15 March 2021
Duty Station: Uganda
Posted: 11-02-2021
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 11-02-2021
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 11-02-2064
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