Head of Logistics, Africa

About this role

Head of Logistics for Africa oversees Zipline's inbound supply chain across operating and build sites in Africa, coordinating customs, freight, and local logistics teams in multiple countries. The role focuses on setting SLAs, managing costs and risk, and ensuring efficient, compliant cross-border logistics.

What you would do

• Own inbound supply chain activities into operating and build sites, including freight, ports, customs, spares warehouses, batteries, site materials and construction supplies.
• Establish corridor discipline with country-specific customs dossiers, HS classifications, and exemption processes written into contracts.
• Set two-way SLAs with site operations and Deployments team at predefined transfer prices and track misses.
• Drive emergency air freight towards zero by using buffer stock as risk management.
• Serve as the main liaison to Zipline's global supply chain and production team in South San Francisco with a single procurement line into Africa.
• Lead and develop in-country logistics analysts in Rwanda, Ghana, Nigeria and Côte d'Ivoire.

What they are asking for

• 10–15 years of experience running cross-border supply chains in Africa in freight forwarding, FMCG, pharmaceutical or health logistics, telecoms, or humanitarian logistics at scale.
• Deep experience with customs and corridor processes in West and East Africa, including declared value and valuation discipline.
• Experience pricing and publishing internal SLAs and reducing emergency freight from a network.
• Strong controls mindset and discipline with vendors and freight forwarders.
• Strong programme and project management skills with the ability to drive workstreams end-to-end across teams.

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