Head of Supply Chain - Oil & Gas
Location: Gabon (Residential)Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Over $100k Tax-free salary + accommodation + flights + school + medical
Key Responsibilities
- Own and deliver an integrated supply chain strategy aligned to operational priorities.
- Lead teams across contracts and procurement, logistics, materials management, customs and transit, and real estate/business services.
- Ensure safe, reliable, compliant, and cost-effective supply chain delivery across operational sites.
- Manage complex local, multi-site, and international contracts and supplier relationships.
- Drive improvements in safety, service quality, supplier performance, and cost efficiency.
- Oversee planning and control of logistics, inventory, warehousing, and customs activities.
- Manage offices, residential properties, employee accommodation, and workplace services.
- Promote local content by developing sustainable relationships with in-country suppliers.
- Provide visible HSSE leadership across contractors and the wider supply base.
- Uphold the highest standards of ethics, integrity, and compliance across procurement and supplier management.
Requirements
- 18+ years' management experience in supply chain or a closely related operational environment.
- Substantial end-to-end supply chain leadership in an asset-intensive, safety-critical industry, ideally oil and gas.
- Strong knowledge across contracts and procurement, logistics, materials management, customs and transit, and corporate real estate.
- Solid commercial capability across contracting, tendering, negotiation, and supplier management.
- Experience managing complex contracts and multidisciplinary, multi-site teams.
- Strong financial and analytical capability, including budgeting and cost control.
- Comfortable working in a French-speaking, multicultural, multilingual environment preferred.
- Uncompromising standards of HSSE, ethics, and personal integrity.
Benefits
- Tax-free salary over $100k
- Accommodation provided
- Flights
- Schooling
- Medical coverage