Sun King

Procurement and IMPEX Associate

Posted 3 Days Ago

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Hiring Remotely in Mozambique

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Greentech • Energy • Solar • Renewable Energy

The Role

Manages end-to-end procurement and import/export operations, including supplier sourcing, purchase orders, negotiations, freight coordination, customs clearance, shipping documentation, landed-cost tracking, warehouse coordination, compliance, reporting, and process improvement. The role works with suppliers, freight forwarders, clearing agents, customs authorities, warehouses, and internal teams to maintain supply continuity, control costs, and ensure timely delivery and regulatory compliance in Mozambique.

Summary Generated by Built In

Location: Nampula, Mozambique

About the role:

The Procurement & IMPEX Officer manages end-to-end procurement, import and export operations for goods, services and works. The position focuses on cost-effective sourcing, timely purchasing, regulatory compliance and efficient cross-border movement of goods.
Working with suppliers, freight forwarders, clearing agents, customs authorities, warehouses and internal departments, the role maintains supply continuity, controls costs and ensures compliance with Mozambique’s customs regulations, trade requirements and company policies.

What you will be expected to do

1. Procurement Management

Process purchase requisitions and convert them into purchase orders in line with approved budgets and procurement policies.
Identify and assess suppliers based on pricing, quality, delivery timelines and delivery performance.
Obtain and compare quotations, negotiate pricing and establish contract terms.
Track purchase orders and monitor supplier delivery against established timelines.
Maintain accurate procurement records, transaction data and related documentation.
Coordinate supplier onboarding, evaluation and performance reviews.
Execute and record end-to-end procurement transactions in the relevant systems.
Establish and maintain commercial arrangements with local suppliers.

2. Import and Export (IMPEX) Operations

Manage end-to-end import and export processes for goods entering or leaving the country.
Coordinate freight forwarders, shipping lines and clearing agents to achieve timely customs clearance.
Prepare and verify import/export documentation, including invoices, packing lists, bills of lading, permits and customs declarations.
Ensure compliance with Mozambique’s customs regulations and applicable international trade requirements.
Track shipments and communicate delivery updates, anticipated delays and clearance status to relevant departments.
Resolve customs clearance issues, demurrage risks and documentation discrepancies.
Verify tariff classifications and duty calculations in coordination with customs agents.

3. Logistics Coordination and Compliance

Coordinate with warehouse teams to ensure timely receipt, storage and dispatch of procured goods.
Provide shipment schedules, stock visibility and delivery timelines for inventory planning.
Monitor landed costs and verify accurate cost allocation across shipments and procurement transactions.
Maintain audit-ready records for local procurement and all import/export transactions.
Coordinate internal and external audits covering procurement and IMPEX activities.
Ensure compliance with customs regulations, local trade laws and company procurement policies.

4. Reporting and Administration

Identify cost-saving opportunities across procurement, shipping and logistics operations.
Implement process improvements to increase efficiency, strengthen controls and reduce delays.
Maintain accurate system records covering purchase orders, shipping documents and customs clearances.
Prepare reports on goods in transit (GIT), supplier performance, shipment status and procurement costs.
Track key operational indicators and highlight risks affecting costs, delivery timelines or regulatory compliance.

You might be a strong candidate if you have:

A bachelor’s degree or diploma in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, Customs Clearance, Procurement or a related field.
2–3 years of experience in procurement, import/export operations or a related supply chain function.
Strong knowledge of international shipping, customs procedures and trade compliance.
Practical experience coordinating with clearing agents, freight forwarders and customs authorities.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and operational reporting.
Experience using ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, Dynamix or similar platforms.
Strong attention to detail and the ability to maintain accurate records and documentation.
Effective communication, negotiation and supplier management skills.
High standards of integrity and consistent adherence to regulatory requirements.
The ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in fast-paced, time-critical environments.
Experience coordinating activities across multiple departments and external partners.
Portuguese and English proficiency is an advantage.

What Sun King offers:

Professional growth in a dynamic, rapidly expanding, high-social-impact industry
An open-minded, collaborative culture made up of enthusiastic colleagues who are driven by the challenge of innovation towards profound impact on people and the planet.
A truly multicultural experience: you will have the chance to work with and learn from people from different geographies, nationalities, and backgrounds.
Structured, tailored learning and development programs that help you become a better leader, manager, and professional through the Sun Centre for Leadership.

We place great importance on sustaining a diverse, inclusive work environment.
We believe that innovation and understanding comes from diversity on every spectrum. We work to make sure every Sun King team member knows that they belong, knowing that sustaining an inclusive workplace requires conscious effort and is a continuous journey, not an end-state.
Sun King recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes people based on their experience, skills, effort, and results. We explicitly prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, religion, caste, national origin, colour, gender, marital status, family structure, sexual orientation, HIV/AIDS status, or disability.

About
Sun King is the world’s leading off-grid solar energy company, combining cutting-edge product design, fintech, and field operations to deliver energy access for the 1.8 billion people who live without an affordable and reliable electric-grid connection.Sun King has built a new kind of energy utility: distributed, green, customer-centric, and affordable. We bring clean, reliable, decentralized energy directly into people’s lives — from solar kits that provide first-time energy access to multi-kilowatt systems that serve both off-grid users and grid-connected customers powering larger homes, schools, hospitals, farms, offices, and light manufacturing.Already, 25 million homes and businesses rely on Sun King for electricity supply and the appliances and services it enables: lighting, televisions, fans, refrigeration, and smartphones. Sun King combines energy generation, energy-efficient appliances, installation, and financing into one seamless offering. Think of it as a distributed utility, designed for wherever energy is needed and designed to scale with its users as incomes and energy needs grow.Sun King makes solar products affordable to low-income households and businesses via ‘pay-as-you-go’ (PAYG) purchase financing. Sun King installs solar after customers pay a small deposit. Customers then make small, manageable payments of as little as US $0.14 a day via mobile money or cash.Instead of paying for expensive, polluting, and health-damaging kerosene for lighting or diesel for power, customers unlock savings through accessing solar power and after one to two years of payments, customers own their solar equipment outright.Sun King collects payments digitally through mobile money systems and its 35,000 field agents — over 1 million payments each day. To date, Sun King has extended more than $1.4 billion in PAYG loans to customers.Sun King began by powering homes and businesses with solar systems delivered through PAYG financing. Now, we’re using the same model to make smartphones and clean cooking equipment affordable: helping households connect to the digital economy and transition from wood-based fuels to modern, sustainable alternatives.Sun King employs 3,500 full-time staff in 14 countries, with specialties spanning product design, data science, logistics, customer service, sales, software, operations, and more — all with a passion to serve off-grid families. Sun King is committed to gender diversity in the workplace. Women represent 42% of Sun King’s workforce.

Skills Required

Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, Customs Clearance, Procurement, or a related field
2–3 years of experience in procurement, import/export operations, or a related supply chain function
Strong knowledge of international shipping, customs procedures, and trade compliance
Practical experience coordinating with clearing agents, freight forwarders, and customs authorities
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and operational reporting
Experience using ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, Dynamix, or similar platforms
Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate records and documentation
Effective communication, negotiation, and supplier management skills
High standards of integrity and adherence to regulatory requirements
Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in fast-paced, time-critical environments
Experience coordinating activities across multiple departments and external partners
Portuguese and English proficiency

Sun King Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Sun King and has not been reviewed or approved by Sun King.

Pay Growth & Progression — Corporate and regional office settings often feature yearly salary increases paired with reasonable base pay in customer service and administrative roles. Performance-linked structures are described as part of the compensation approach in these environments.
Strong & Reliable Incentives — Office-based and some sales roles are described as offering good incentives that reward performance. Operational support such as device-financing tools helps sales staff pitch products and can enhance earnings potential.
Healthcare Strength — Certain field-sales roles explicitly include family health insurance alongside allowances in markets like Nigeria. These provisions add tangible value to total compensation for eligible employees.