Senior Manager of Supply Chain Management Department (maternity leave cover)

Nazarbayev University

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Astana, ASTANA, kz on site Until 8/22/2026 First posted March 4, 2026 Last posted March 4, 2026
Job description

Supply Chain Management Department

Senior Manager is imposed with the following functions:

  1. arranging activities on inventory receipt, storage and issuance in a warehouse in accordance with the established procedure;
  2. arranging activities on getting licenses and permissions;
  3. planning warehouse operations taking into account availability of minimum required balance, stock rotation, standardized stock list;
  4. participating in count of inventory and items subject to strict control;
  5. organizing inventory issuance and receipt, loading and unloading operations in a warehouse complying with health, safety, workplace hygiene and fire protection rules;
  6. keeping a record of inventory movements;
  7. organizing analysis;
  8. organizing payment for received expendables;
  9. participation in identification, evaluation, management and monitoring of risks within the framework of supervised direction;
  10. timely and proper fulfillment of other orders of the Head of division and the University management within the framework of his/her responsibilities and powers;

Qualifications

Priority specializations:

- Supply chain, logistics and procurement management (preferred);

- law;

- economics

Work experience

Required work experience is defined in accordance with standard qualifications for administrative positions at the autonomous organization of education “Nazarbayev University”.

Professional skills

- knowledge of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of procurement, as well as civil, administrative, customs law, the basics of tax legislation;

- knowledge of internal regulatory documents governing the procurement procedures, the conclusion and execution (administration) of contracts at the University;

- Skills in the development of internal documents of the organization in the field of procurement;

- skills in implementing methodological guidance on procurement issues;

- the presence of the practice of working with the electronic trading platform and / or portal of public procurement;

- skills in the formation of a procurement plan, the development of tender documents, technical specifications;

- skills of preparing and conducting presentations / seminars;

- Procurement contract development skills;

- the presence of the practice of administration of contracts in the field of procurement;

- fluent in English, Kazakh, Russian;

- knowledge of MS Office, Excel, PowerPoint

 

Personal skills
- Nazarbayev University competency model;
- commitment to the goals and values of the University;
- analytical skills;
- critical thinking;
- sociability;
- initiative;
- responsibility;
- diligence
- focus on results;
- ability to work in team

Recruitment and selection process
Recruitment and selection at Nazarbayev University include the following process: preliminary selection based on experience and qualifications, assessments (e.g. technical skills/capabilities, aptitude, personality, work samples, in-basket exercises, and informal interviews), and motivation.

Formal interviews form the final stage of the selection process.
They are typically based on organizational values and behaviors and conducted in English.
You are encouraged to share your views and values  to identify how they fit into  Nazarbayev University core values

Recruitment and selection process
Recruitment and selection at Nazarbayev University include the following process: preliminary selection based on experience and qualifications, assessments (e.g. technical skills/capabilities, aptitude, personality, work samples, in-basket exercises, and informal interviews), and motivation.

Formal interviews form the final stage of the selection process.
They are typically based on organizational values and behaviors and conducted in English.
You are encouraged to share your views and values  to identify how they fit into  Nazarbayev University core values

About this role

Summary

Manage inventory, procurement, risk, and logistics in university's supply chain department.

Job title

Senior Manager of Supply Chain Management Department

Experience level

standard qualifications for administrative positions at Nazarbayev University

Industry

education

Location requirements

Astana, Kazakhstan; remote work not specified

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

knowledge of Kazakhstan procurement lawcivil lawadministrative lawcustoms lawtax legislationinternal regulatory documentsprocurement platform experiencetender document developmentcontract managementEnglish fluencyKazakh fluencyRussian fluencyMS OfficeExcelPowerPoint

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

supply chainlogisticsprocurementlaweconomics
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Astana, Kazakhstan

On-site City