Supply Chain Assistant - (Fleet, Asset and Warehouse Management)

ROLE PURPOSE:

Supply Chain Assistant, Asset, and Warehouse Management will support the Supply Chain Coordinator in ensuring safe transport services for the SCI Kenya program and support staff. Through enforcing the established SCI Fleet Management Policy Guidelines. In addition to these duties, responsible for general aspects of the Supply chain activities related, but not limited to warehousing and asset management. S/he will support the implementation of warehouse and asset management policies and procedures in coordination with the relevant programmatic and departmental team members.

Dimensions: Save the Children has been operational in Kenya since the 1950s, supporting children through both development and humanitarian relief programs. These initiatives are delivered directly and in collaboration with local partners. Our current programming focuses on child protection, child rights governance, education, health, HIV/AIDS, livelihoods, nutrition, and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH).

In 2012, as part of a global reorganization, Save the Children unified the operations of Save the Children UK, Canada, and Finland into a single entity in Kenya. In February 2014, we completed a second transition by merging with the British INGO Merlin, integrating their health and nutrition programs into our portfolio. Today, Save the Children maintains an operational presence in Nandi, Kajiado, Dadaab Refugee Camp, Kakuma Refugee Camp, Garissa, Mandera, Turkana, and Wajir, and works through partners in many other regions across the country. We employ approximately 230 staff, including members of the Global team who are hosted and hired in Kenya, but support Save the Children International (SCI) global operations. In 2025, our annual operating budget was approximately USD 20 million.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Supply Chain Coordinator

Fleet Management

• Support the overall management of organizational vehicles in collaboration with the Supply Chain Coordinator – Fleet, Warehouse, and Assets.
• Assist in maintaining systems that ensure SCI and hired vehicles remain safe, road‑worthy, compliant, and properly utilized.
• Maintain and regularly update administrative vehicle files to ensure accuracy and readiness for reviews or audits.
• Assist in monitoring vehicle utilization by reviewing movement plans and log sheets, compiling monthly submissions, and preparing routine reports.
• Support fuel management activities, including tracking fuel usage(fuel consumption validation reports), coordinating with fuel vendors, and maintaining proper records.
• Assist in tracking vehicle rentals, lease agreements, and related payments to ensure timely processing and compliance.
• Apply SCI Fleet policies and KCO Fleet Optimization SOP in daily fleet operations and highlight any gaps or issues.
• Assist with consolidating weekly and monthly movement plans for all offices to help ensure efficient fleet utilization.
• Liaise with the Supply Chain Team in Market Survey or Prequalification of Hired Vehicles, Garage – vehicle services, filling station procuring of training, vehicle spare parts, and accessories.
• Support in Taxi bookings for the Nairobi office, mapping of the staff to the online taxi, monitoring of taxi costs, monthly utilization analysis, and ensuring payments have been uploaded on time
• Provide support to the Supply Chain coordinator in preparing monthly fleet reports(Fuel, vehicle maintenance, Driver behaviour etc) and in reviewing fleet-related payments using the relevant checklists

Warehouse Management

• Gather and follow up on monthly warehousing and distribution reports from field locations and help prepare consolidated country office summaries.
• Monitor incoming reports for completeness, accuracy, and timeliness, flagging inconsistencies for follow‑up with field teams.
• Provide basic technical support to field teams when issues or deviations from standards are identified.
• Support field offices with routine warehousing and distribution tasks and escalate complex matters to the Coordinator when needed.
• Participate in field visits to help deliver support, coaching, and follow‑up on warehouse management practices.
• Assist field teams in addressing audit findings and closing corrective actions related to warehousing and distribution.
• Help maintain engagement with warehousing and distribution teams by supporting coordination activities and information sharing.
• Support continuous improvement efforts by identifying operational gaps and proposing practical improvements.
• Ensure warehouse operations align with SCI warehouse management policies and procedures.
• Support the process of ensuring that stock is not transferred or released to implementing partners or beneficiaries without the required authorization, following the Scheme of Delegation and Total Inventory Management System approval procedures.
• Assist in organizing and maintaining all supporting supply documentation to meet Award Management and audit requirements.
• Help review and update the Total Inventory Management System warehouse data regularly to ensure it is consistent with Supply Chain, Finance, and Programme records.
• Support the coordination and participation in mid‑year and end-of-year stock counts as per guidance from the Global team
• Provide support to ensure that Total Inventory Management System operational processes are correctly followed across all Kenya field office Total Inventory Management System warehouses.
• • Monitor and follow up on stocks linked to expiring or expired SOFs(Source of Fund) and assist in efforts to reduce balances on expired SOFs (Source of Fund). Rack products approaching expiry and support timely utilization before the end of their shelf‑life.

Asset Management

• Support the tagging, documentation, and entry of all assets into the e‑asset management system, ensuring accurate tracking and coordination with Field Teams, while serving as the focal point for asset management within the Nairobi office.
• Review incoming asset data for completeness and accuracy and follow up with field teams where clarification is needed.
• Participate in semi‑annual asset verification exercises by providing logistical and administrative support.
• Assist in preparing asset disposal documentation and ensuring adherence to established procedures.
• Support continuous improvement in asset management practices, documentation, and reporting.
• Apply SCI asset management policies in daily operations to ensure accountability and compliance.

Compliance

• Support with overall compliance with SCI Fleet, Warehouse, and Asset Management policies, as well as other relevant SCI procedures.
• Support in ensuring all the Fleet, Assets, and Stocks Key Performance Indicators are met.
• Support the effective use of systems for record keeping to ensure a clear audit trail and improve process efficiency.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own. personal development and encourages their team to do the same.
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others.
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners. and supporters.
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength.
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks.
• Integrity:
• Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

• Higher diploma or degree in a business-related course.
• Computer literate; strong MS Excel and MS Word skills.
• Good spoken and written English and swahili.
• Three years’ experience in fleet, asset, and Warehouse management preferred.
• Conscientious with an excellent sense of judgment.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Ability to work simultaneously on multiple tasks.
• Willingness and ability to work effectively with a diverse team
• Ability to work as part of a team and coordinate with all team members.
• Ability to collect, correlate, and analyse data for decision-making
• willingness to work and travel in often difficult and insecure environments;

Desirable

• Use of different systems for the fleet, asset, and warehouse.
• Technical experience/knowledge in specific types of humanitarian intervention e.g. Child protection, Education, Health, WASH, Food Security.

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties following the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Safeguarding our Staff:

The post holder is required to carry out the duties per the SCI anti-harassment policy.

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties per SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

THE ORGANIZATION

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday.
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated.

Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best-qualified talent.

Female Candidates are encouraged to apply.

Disclaimer:

Beware that there are individuals who may take and use SCI’s name in an attempt to solicit fees from interested job-seekers. We do not use recruiting persons or agencies to help us identify candidates for employment. If you’re contacted by a person promising you recruitment or placement at SCI for a charge, do not accept, and please get in touch with us at SCIFraud@savethechildren.org.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.