IHS Towers is one of the largest independent owners, operators and developers of shared communications infrastructure in the world by tower count and is solely focused on the emerging markets. The Company has over 39,000 towers across its nine markets, including Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa and Zambia.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Specialist, Regional Logistics

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Employment type: Full-Time (Permanent)
Department: Operations

Job Purpose

• Ensure all sites across assigned region receive full allocation of diesel quantities required to sustain network availability.

Key Roles & Responsibilities
Operations:

• Provide relevant data to Procurement team to facilitate commercial planning for diesel supply cycle.
• Schedule diesel supplies based on predetermined allocation and supply vendors assigned by Procurement.
• Track and validate diesel supplies in concert with the regional field operations teams.
• Collate delivery waybills and evaluate discrepancies in planned vs actual deliveries.
• Support regional operations in ascertaining critical diesel levels at sites to avert general diesel outages.
• Work closely with local authorities to identify diesel availability and/ or haulage challenges. Take appropriate steps to prevent shortages that may affect network availability.
• Support regional operations teams in cases where diesel supply intervention is required due to vendor-side failures.
• Generate reports on diesel supply performance and discrepancies as inputs to management decision-making.
• Manage supplier relationships to ensure deliverables are achieved in a timely and cost- effective manner.
• Proactively identify early warning signs of diesel shortages and haulage challenges in order to prevent incidences of diesel unavailability across sites.

General Duties:

• Promote communication between colleagues for the benefit of information flow and to curb any problems that may arise.
• Prepare and submit reports to the Senior Specialist, O&M Support on all matters pertaining to job area.
• Manage relationships with partners/vendors.
• Perform other tasks and duties as assigned by the Senior Specialist, O&M Support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering or related discipline with +5 years’ relevant work experience.

Job-Specific Competencies:

• Diesel Management
• Logistics Management
• Contract Management

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.