Specialist – Budget, Inventory & Partner Management at Safaricom Kenya

Responsibilities

• Uphold the company code of conduct, policies and procedures, ensuring integrity and accountability in every aspect of your work.
• All employees have a responsibility to adhere to safety, health, and wellbeing  policies, guidelines and procedures in all actions and decisions.
• Lead end-to-end planning and management of CAPEX and OPEX budgets across enterprise programs and projects.
• Support annual budgeting cycles and provide financial input into business cases and solution design.
• Monitor budget performance, track variances, and ensure financial governance and cost control.
• Manage onboarding, governance, and performance of partners, including KPI/SLA tracking and reviews.
• Ensure compliance with contracts and oversee partner payments, documentation, and reporting accuracy.
• Maintain and optimise IMS reporting, ensuring data integrity and zero historical liabilities through proactive reconciliation.
• Oversee full inventory and asset lifecycle management, including procurement, deployment, tracking, and disposal.
• Ensure stock availability using demand forecasting and align procurement with pricing and vendor requirements.
• Drive process improvements, automation, and governance across financial, inventory, and partner management functions.
• Collaborate cross-functionally, influence stakeholders, and support system enhancements through requirements gathering and UAT participation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT/BBIT/Supply Chain/Procurement or related relevant field
• 2years experience in operations support function in a busy Enterprise/Telco implementation and deployment environment or Supplier/Partner Management roles
• Strong Analytical and reporting skills
• Project Management and good working knowledge of Finance and Budgeting
• Experience working with Agile methodologies like Scrum
• Fair appreciation of telecommunications/IT and network related equipment and solutions