Import-Export & Procurement Specialist, Togo
Sun King
Operations
Togo
Posted on May 9, 2025
Location: Togo
Sun King is a multinational company dedicated to designing, distributing, and financing solar home energy solutions for underserved communities. With a decade of impact, our products provide modern lighting and energy access to over 32 million people across more than 60 countries. Our innovative Easy Buy™ pay-as-you-go model and trusted sales network ensure we reach those without reliable grid access.
With a presence in 48 countries and a team of 3,000+ employees, Sun King is at the forefront of sustainable energy solutions. We continuously innovate in product design, sales, distribution, and logistics to enhance energy accessibility for off-grid communities.
We are currently seeking a highly skilled Import-Export & Procurement Specialist to oversee customs operations, logistics, and strategic procurement in Togo. This role is essential for ensuring compliance, optimizing costs, and enhancing operational efficiency.
- Department
- Operations
- Employment Type
- Permanent - Full Time
- Location
- Togo
- Workplace type
- Onsite
What you would be expected to do:
- 1. Import-Export Operations & Customs Compliance
- Manage import and export flows across multiple countries (Togo, Burkina Faso, Ghana, etc.).
- Ensure full compliance with customs regulations and tariff classifications to mitigate risks.
- Handle customs and shipping documentation (certificates of origin, invoices, landing factors, transit and clearance documents).
- Collaborate with freight forwarders and customs authorities to streamline operations and negotiate duty exemptions when applicable.
- Monitor and optimize costs related to customs duties, incoterms, and insurance logistics.
- Manage import and export flows across multiple countries (Togo, Burkina Faso, Ghana, etc.).
2. Procurement & Vendor Management
- Lead the procurement of goods and services across all business operations (office equipment, operational supplies, external services, cleaning, shop insurance, IT equipment, branding, etc.).
- Manage the end-to-end procurement cycle, from supplier selection and contract negotiation to performance tracking.
- Identify cost-saving opportunities and optimize expenditure.
- Develop and maintain strong supplier relationships, ensuring quality, reliability, and competitive pricing.
- Ensure all purchases comply with internal policies and regulatory requirements.
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3. Performance Tracking & Process Optimization- Develop dashboards and provide accurate reporting on procurement, logistics costs, and stock management.
- Implement process automation tools to improve purchasing and import-export operations.
- Work closely with finance, logistics, and marketing teams to enhance data integration and traceability.
- Manage new product introductions, ensuring compliance with customs regulations and potential exemptions.
- Oversee all import and export activities in alignment with customs requirements.
- Develop dashboards and provide accurate reporting on procurement, logistics costs, and stock management.
You might be a strong candidate if you;
- Bachelor's degree in Logistics & Supply Chain Management, International Trade, Procurement, Business Administration, or a closely related discipline.
- Minimum 3 years of experience in procurement, supply chain, import-export, or international logistics.
- Strong knowledge of West African customs and tax procedures.
- Proven track record in strategic procurement and supplier negotiations.
- Advanced proficiency in SAP (procurement, inventory, and logistics management).
- Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, advanced data analysis).
- In-depth knowledge of Incoterms, tariff classifications, and customs regulations.
- Experience in cost optimization and contract management.
- Fluency in French & English (written and spoken) is essential for managing supplier and partner relationships.
- Strategic & analytical mindset to identify process optimization opportunities.
- Strong negotiation skills to build lasting partnerships with suppliers.
- Attention to detail & compliance focus to prevent disputes and ensure regulatory adherence.
- Proactive & innovative approach to explore cost-saving strategies and duty exemptions.
What we offer (in addition to compensation and statutory benefits):
- We seek motivated, passionate professionals eager to bring affordable, honest energy solutions to African and Asian households. At Sun King, you'll enjoy:
- Competitive compensation
- A dynamic, collaborative work environment
- Continuous professional development opportunities in a fast-growing global company
- Sun King is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, nationality, HIV/AIDS status, or disability.
Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
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.
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.
