Job Description
V/NO. 20/2022: DIRECTOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT, JG ‘R’ (1 POST)
Terms of Service: Contract
Salaries and Remuneration: As prescribed by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission.
Duties and responsibilities: -
The Director will be responsible for:-
a) Overseeing implementation of procurement and asset disposal policies, guidelines and
procedures;
b) Providing technical advice to the County and other procurement entities on procurement
matters;
c) Advising procuring entities 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;
d) Overseeing implementation of the e-procurement system;
e) Providing secretariat services to the tender opening and evaluation committees;
f) Facilitating research, market surveys and benchmarking on best practices;
g) Overseeing analysis of reports on implementation of procurement, inventory management
and assets disposal processes and procedures;
h) Preparing reports on implementation of the Preference and Reservation Scheme.
i) Overseeing development and review of county specific draft policy on management of
assets in line with laid down regulations;
j) Overseeing implementation of development projects;
k) Overseeing prequalification of suppliers, review of tenders, prequalification and
evaluation of bids;
l) Overseeing preparation of procurement plans;
m) Providing secretariat services to the Tender Opening and Evaluation Committees;
n) Providing guidance and support to target groups on the procurement process;
o) Liaising with the user Departments, Disposal Committee and the Accounting Officer on
disposal of unserviceable, obsolete, obsolescent or surplus stores, equipment and assets;
p) Managing performance, building capacity of staff; and
q) Perform any other duties and responsibilities that shall be assigned by the supervisor from
time to time.
Requirements for appointment: -
For appointment to this grade, an officer must:
(i) Served in the grade of Deputy Director, Supply Chain Management for a minimum period
of three (3) years;
(ii) 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) from a recognized institution;
OR
Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines:- 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;
(iii) Master’s degree in any of the following disciplines:- Procurement and Supplies
Management, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Business Administration,
Commerce, Entrepreneurship or its equivalent qualification from a recognized
institution will be an added advantage;
(iv) Certified Procurement and Supply Professional of Kenya (CPSP-K) or Advanced
Diploma in Supplies Management Final Stage (FIS) or Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS);
(v) Membership of the Kenya Institute of Supplies Management (KISM);
(vi) Certificate in Strategic Leadership Development Programme lasting not less than six
(6) weeks from a recognized institution;
(vii) Certificate in computer application skills; and
(viii) Demonstrated high degree of professional competence, administrative capability in the
general organization and management of the Supply Chain Management Function.