Burundi: Logistics Project Specialist, Burundi Native, English and French required

One Acre Fund (known in Burundi as Tubura) is seeking a Logistics Project Specialist to support our logistics department and help our organization grow. The logistics project specialist role is focused on creating the most efficient, modern and professional delivery network in rural Africa. Our distribution network must be able to deliver a multitude of diverse products to over 100,000 farmers and more than 400 sites across multiple provinces. These products help our farmers increase their harvest and decrease hunger across Burundi. To increase the number of farmers we serve the logistics department must continuously improve our efficiency and quality of service thus the logistics project specialist role is key to our organizations development. While this role requires travel throughout the country, it is based in Muramvya, our headquarters here in Burundi.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Improving our logistics operations:

  • You will use financial and operational data to find inefficiencies in our processes and how to improve them. You will direct our data team, warehouse managers and truck managers on how to implement these improvements to our efficiency and quality of service. You will establish ambitious performance objectives and follow up on their progress weekly.
  • You will create systems to measure the logistics department’s performance
  • You will work with our warehouse managers, data team and our business operations team to ensure a simple and effective system for reporting and reconciling inventory data

• Increasing our capabilities:

  • Create storage, delivery and disposal systems for each new product our innovations team introduces. New products could include live plants, telephones and advanced solar equipment.
  • You will develop our team’s leadership, critical thinking and management skills through regular meetings, coaching and trainings.
  • You will work with internal partners such as our field operations, external relations, business operations and innovations departments and external partners like suppliers and regulators to ensure a high level of collaboration on all new projects

CAREER GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager and a global support team will commit significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions.

QUALIFICATIONS

Specific qualifications include, but are not limited to:

• At least 3 years of professional experience in either the public or private sector with significant responsibilities and having managed projects involving five or more people to completion.
• An excellent academic record: at least a licensce (bachelor’s degree) and experience or a master’s degree.
• The ability to be clear, concise and persuasive in written and oral communication.
• A logical person who enjoys solving complex problems.
• Experienced using a computer: able to type quickly, mastery of Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Able to speak, read and write in Kirundi, French (required) and English (required).

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