Vacancy title:
Head of Procurement and Logistics

Jobs at:
Uganda National Oil Company

Deadline of this Job:
not later than Friday 3rd February 2017

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

Job details:
The Uganda National Oil Company Limited (UNOC) was established under Section 42 of the Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Act 20t3 and incorporated under the Company‘s Act 2012. It is a limited liability company wholly owned by the Government of Uganda.
The overall function of UNOC is; To handle the State's Commercial interests in the Oil and Gas industry and ensure that the resource is exploited in a sustainable manner.
UNOC now seeks to recruit the following;

Job Title: Head of Procurement and Logistics
Report to: Chief Financial Officer
Job Purpose: Responsible for the overall strategic and tactical planning of procurement and supply value chain of UNOC

Essential Duties

• Prepare annual procurement plan for all UNOC business functions
• Execute the procurement plan and protect shareholder value and ensure UNOC gets value for money
• Establish UNOC Tender Board and ensure that key decisions are properly minuted
• Ensure coherence and consistency application of procurement policy
•  Ensure that national content regulatory requirements are observed in the evaluation and award of contracts
• Establish a UNOC supplier database through prequalification, development of new vendors and maintain a duly approved supplier list approved by the tender board and registered with the Petroleum Authority of Uganda
• Regular reporting on contract performance and reviews and establish Key Performance indicators (KPls) of procurement process to management on a timely basis.
• Ensure compliance with the regulatory framework and periodic reporting to governing authorities
• Add value to business in terms of identification of areas of cost reduction and optimization
• Manage company logistics and materials
• Manage the development of direct reports

Qualifications and attributes;

• Master's Degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting or Economics
• Minimum of 5 years working experience of which 3 must be at a senior Level
• Relevant Professional Membership
• High degree of integrity, professionalism and maintenance of confidentiality
  e Experience in petroleum operations, project management, upstream business would be an added advantage.
• Solid understanding of Joint Venture Operations
• Knowledge of Ugandan laws and good understanding of procurement processes and controls.
• Strong and demonstrable skills in personal effectiveness
• Fluency in spoken/written English.

Job application procedure
Electronically completed and signed Applications from together with certified copies of academic certificates should be addressed and submitted in TRIPLICATE to the address below by 17:00 hours (5:00pm EAT) not later than Friday 3rd February 2017. Applications delivered through registered mail and courier will also be received.

While we thank you for your interest, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Any form of lobbying will lead to automatic disqualification.
Job Application Form can be downloaded from Resources > Jobs and Tenders on www.petroleum.go.ug 
THE CEO
UGANDA NATIONAL OIL COMPANY LTD
P.O.BOX 36316, KAMPALA
4TH FLOOR AMBER HOUSE, PLOT 29/33KAMPALA ROAD.
ROOM C406