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- Lagos, Nigeria
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About You and The Role
Every site Zipline operates or builds in Africa depends on the right parts, batteries, hardware and materials arriving when they are needed.
As the Head of Logistics for Africa, you will own that inbound chain end to end: land everything the network needs on time, in full and at a published price, and make customs clearance routine.
You will lead our in-country logistics analysts, act as the single point of contact into Zipline’s global supply chain and production team in South San Francisco, and hold a high bar for integrity and controls.
You will report to the Head of Operations, Africa, and work alongside the Heads of Deployments and Service Delivery as one regional leadership team.
What You’ll Do
Own the inbound supply chain into our operating sites and onto build sites: freight, ports, customs, a spares warehouse in each country, batteries, prefabricated site hardware, and construction materials.
Build corridor discipline: a standing customs dossier for each country, a pre-agreed HS classification catalogue, and exemption processes written into contracts and worked through our Country Directors’ government relationships.
Set two-way service-level agreements with site operations and the Deployments team at published transfer prices, so every miss is priced, visible and credited.
Drive emergency air freight towards zero, using buffer stock as risk cover.
Be the single named interface to Zipline’s global supply chain and production team in South San Francisco, with one procurement line into Africa.
Lead and develop our in-country logistics analysts in Rwanda, Ghana, Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire.
Put integrity and controls first: accurate customs valuation, clean import documentation, and rigorous reconciliation of vendor and forwarder billing.
What Success Looks Like
Consistently high on-time-in-full delivery to operating sites and build sites.
Customs clearance that is fast and predictable.
Landed costs on or under plan.
Emergency air freight spend falling towards zero.
SLAs met, with every miss visible and credited.
What You’ll Bring
10–15 years running cross-border supply chains in Africa, in freight forwarding, FMCG, pharmaceutical or health logistics, telecoms, or humanitarian logistics at scale.
Deep, hands-on customs and corridor experience in West and East Africa, including declared-value and valuation discipline.
You have priced and published internal SLAs, and you have taken emergency freight out of a network before.
A strong controls mindset and firm discipline with vendors and freight forwarders.
Strong programme and project management instincts: you drive workstreams end to end across teams you don't directly lead.
Minimum qualifications
BA/BSc/HND
How to apply
Interested and qualified? Go to Zipline on www.zipline.com to apply
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