Procurement & ImpEx Internship

About the role:

Under the supervision of the Procurement & ImpEx Manager, the Intern will assist the Operations Team by performing a variety of standard administrative processes to ensure consistent service delivery as per assigned KPIs. This will include but not limited to Procurement, Inbound Logistics, Outbound Logistics and Warehouse Operations.

What you would be expected to do:

Provide administrative assistance for Procurement by;

• Updating the Procurement tracker
• Receiving and verifying invoices
• Ensure that the products and supplies are as per specifications
• Maintain an up-to-date supplier database
• Raising of all invoices
• Ensuring the Vendor KYC documents are up to date
• Assist procurement processes including preparation of RFQ, ITB/RFP documents and subsequent receipt and evaluation of quotations, bids or proposals.

Provide administrative assistance to Imports by:

• Updating all trackers including goods in transit and warehouse receipts
• Receiving and verifying 3PL invoices
• Raising all shipment related invoices on time
• Drafting of exemption letters
• Raising payments
• Updating the shipment folders

Provide administrative assistance to Exports by:

• Updating all trackers including the exports tracker
• Raising invoices
• Tabulation of the   costs per consignment in GRN process
• Processing courier (DHL & FedEx) invoices

Any other duties as assigned by your supervisor.

You would be a strong candidate if you:

• Hold a degree from a recognized institution preferably in Supply Chain Management
• Are proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel)
• Demonstrate the ability to multi-task and address conflicting priorities
• Are goal-oriented and organized team player
• Have excellent verbal & written communication skills
• Are able to work under minimal supervision

What Sun King Offers (in addition to compensation and statutory benefits):

• 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

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 connected more than 20 million homes to solar power across Africa and Asia, adding over 200,000 homes each month.

Sun King makes solar products affordable to low-income households and businesses via ‘pay-as-you-go’ purchase financing.  Sun King installs solar after customers pay a small deposit. Customers then make small, manageable payments of as little as US $0.11 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. To date, our Sun King solar products have saved customers more than $4 billion cumulatively.

Sun King collects payments digitally through mobile money systems and its 28,000 field agents — over 650,000 payments each day.  Embedded electronics inside each Sun King device regulate usage based on payments, similar to the operation of a pre-paid mobile or electricity meter.

From cost-effective solar systems that provide home lighting and phone charging to robust solar inverters that can power high-energy appliances such as laptops, computers, refrigerators, and more, effectively acting as a full stand-in for grid power, Sun King’s products cater to a wide range of income segments and energy needs. Leveraging its proven distribution network and brand, Sun King is expanding its range of products and services to encompass clean cooking, electric mobility, entertainment, and more, aiming to address the needs of our underserved customers.

Sun King employs 2,800 full-time staff in 12 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 44% of Sun King’s workforce.