Procurement & Supplies Officer and Human Resource Officer Jobs in Kenya

We are an agricultural State Corporation specializing in tea and forestry production.

We urgently seek to recruit dynamic individuals to fill the following positions:-

1. Job Title: 
Procurement and Supplies Officer

Job Profile:

Reporting to the Managing Director, the successful candidate will be responsible for
  • ensuring constant availability of required supplies and materials at the competitive value or terms and as per approved corporate policies and procedures.
  • Developing and reviewing procurement policies and procedures in liaison with the corporation Board and other relevant committees.

  • Formulating supply policy management to ensure that the corporation’s supplies goals and objectives are met.
  • Reviewing the provision, procurement, stock-holding and stock control policies on a progressive basis
  • Ensuring that supplies accounting and other stores procedures are followed and updated as necessary.
  • Coordinating purchases requirements from users departments.
  • Developing and reviewing of purchasing policies and procedures to keep up with changing economic trends.
  • Procuring various materials and other supplies for the corporation at the most competitive prices in accordance with approved corporation procedures.
  • Supervising, appraising staff and identifying their development and training needs.
  • Liaising with departments in organizing for specification of goods and services for procurement.
  • Preparing budget and ensuring effective control.
  • Overseeing the effective storage and issuance of procured goods.
  • Overseeing disposal of obsolete stocks or goods in liaison with relevant offices.
Persons Profile
  • Must be a holder of a university degree in a business related field.
  • Must posses a Diploma in Purchasing and Supplies Management.
  • Must be a member of a professional body.
  • Must be a person who is market oriented, cost consciousness and quality mindedness.
  • Must be a person with excellent interpersonal skills, unquestionable integrity, team player and able to work with minimum supervision.
  • Must have a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
2. Job Title: Human Resource Officer

Job Profile:

Reporting to the Human Resource & Administration Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for
  • ensuring the provision of quality human resources, and training and development of staff, office services and effective legal advisory services in order to meet the Corporation’s goals and objectives.
  • Developing succession plans and career paths and ensuring continuous training and development of the human resources of the Corporation.
  • Reviewing schemes of service, terms and conditions of employment on a regular basis.
  • Interpreting and applying national labour laws and adoption and updating of internal policies, procedures and regulations to be in harmony with national requirements.
  • Participating in the staff recruitment, selection, induction and promotion processes.
  • Participating in development and implementation of employee performance appraisal and identifying their professional/skills development and training needs.
  • Ensuring that the training programs are carried out within the company policies and procedures.
  • Assessing the impact of training programs on employees’ performance and making necessary modification of the training program to respond effectively to Corporation skills inventory.
  • Reviewing and updating of job descriptions and specifications as per the Corporation’s requirements.
  • Participating in reviewing and formulating performance based reward system and incentives policies.
  • Carrying out salaries and benefits survey.
  • Instituting and operating fair and effective procedures for dealing with all disciplinary matters.
  • Ensuring employee compliance to statutory registrations.
  • Coordinating welfare activities and functions relating to employees welfare.
  • Providing effective legal advisory services to the Corporation.
Persons Profile
  • Must be a holder of a degree in Law and a diploma in HRM, and a training in Supervisory Skills.
  • Must be a person with excellent interpersonal skills, attention to details, unquestionable integrity, team player and able to work with minimum supervision.
  • Must have good negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
  • Must be conversant with the new labour laws.
  • Must have a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.
Interested qualified candidates should submit their applications enclosing a detailed Curriculum Vita, day time telephone contacts, current gross salary, names and contact of three referees, copies of relevant professional and academic certificates and testimonials to the address below, not later than 29th October 2010.

DN/A 744
P. O.Box 49010, GPO 00100
Nairobi.
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