Dalilang Foods & Beverages is a Ugandan FMCG manufacturer producing packaged snacks, including potato crisps, gonja chips, coated peanuts and peanut butter, alongside spring water, fruit nectars and energy drinks.

Job Description

Oversee end to end supply chain operations, encompassing farm to factory agricultural sourcing, raw materials, packaging imports, logistics fleets, and inventory management.

Provide strategic leadership and governance to ensure supply resilience, operational continuity, and alignment with organizational growth plans.

Deliver financial stewardship and risk oversight across procurement, contracting, and distribution to protect enterprise value and operational standards.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Direct farm to factory sourcing, agricultural procurement, and packaging import operations to maintain reliable raw material pipelines.
• Oversee logistics fleet operations and inventory management to prevent stockouts, minimize holding costs, and optimize distribution.
• Negotiate high value vendor contracts and commercial agreements to secure favorable terms while safeguarding quality and delivery schedules.
• Translate organizational objectives into practical medium and long term operating plans, capital budgets, and talent capability targets.
• Oversee procurement budgets, cash flow requirements, and expenditure forecasts to eliminate avoidable waste and commercial losses.
• Enforce strict adherence to occupational safety, food safety, environmental regulations, and import export compliance across all supply chain facilities.
• Coordinate closely with manufacturing, finance, quality, and commercial departments to resolve coordination bottlenecks and prevent operational downtime.
• Analyze supply chain performance trends and implement continuous improvement programs using root cause analysis and operational data.

Skills

• End to end supply chain and fleet logistics management
• Agricultural raw material procurement and vendor negotiations
• Import and export regulatory compliance
• Inventory optimization and ERP stock systems management
• Budgeting, capital expenditure forecasting, and cost control
• Root cause problem solving and process improvement

Education Qualifications & Experience

Education Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Procurement & Logistics, Business Administration, Commerce, Economics, Finance, Accounting, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, Food Science, or a related discipline.

A relevant Master’s degree, MBA, MSc, MA, MEng, or postgraduate diploma is preferred.

Professional certification such as CIPS (Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply) or equivalent is an added advantage.

Equivalent foreign qualifications recognized in Uganda are accepted.

Experience

7+ years of experience managing FMCG supply chain operations and agricultural sourcing.

• Direct farm to factory sourcing, agricultural procurement, and packaging import operations to maintain reliable raw material pipelines.
• Oversee logistics fleet operations and inventory management to prevent stockouts, minimize holding costs, and optimize distribution.
• Negotiate high value vendor contracts and commercial agreements to secure favorable terms while safeguarding quality and delivery schedules.
• Translate organizational objectives into practical medium and long term operating plans, capital budgets, and talent capability targets.
• Oversee procurement budgets, cash flow requirements, and expenditure forecasts to eliminate avoidable waste and commercial losses.
• Enforce strict adherence to occupational safety, food safety, environmental regulations, and import export compliance across all supply chain facilities.
• Coordinate closely with manufacturing, finance, quality, and commercial departments to resolve coordination bottlenecks and prevent operational downtime.
• Analyze supply chain performance trends and implement continuous improvement programs using root cause analysis and operational data.

• End to end supply chain and fleet logistics management
• Agricultural raw material procurement and vendor negotiations
• Import and export regulatory compliance
• Inventory optimization and ERP stock systems management
• Budgeting, capital expenditure forecasting, and cost control
• Root cause problem solving and process improvement

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Procurement & Logistics, Business Administration, Commerce, Economics, Finance, Accounting, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, Food Science, or a related discipline.
• A relevant Master’s degree, MBA, MSc, MA, MEng, or postgraduate diploma is preferred.
• Professional certification such as CIPS (Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply) or equivalent is an added advantage.
• Equivalent foreign qualifications recognized in Uganda are accepted.