Job Description
They seek to hire an experienced and competent Procurement Specialist.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Manages and organises integrated process delivery, optimising the use of guidelines and procedures within projects and/or a field office.
Procurement
- Develops and execute strategic sourcing activities for assigned spend categories, leveraging industry best practices, sourcing methodology and global partnerships whenever possible.
- Verify and ensure completeness of all requisitions and communicates for validation and inclusion into the procurement schedule and ERP.
- Ensure “overall best value for money” is achieved through a competitive and transparent procurement process considering quality, availability, time frame, transport, and storage costs.
- Works collaboratively with stakeholders to understand and define their exact business requirements.
- Researches and analyses quotations/proposals received and provides recommendations to stakeholders.
- Manages and monitors supplier performance in order to meet all quality and delivery requirements
- Builds trust-based, service-oriented, value-added relationships with suppliers, stakeholders, teammates, and cross-functional departments.
- Leads and/or assists special projects as required & assigned.
Administration and facility
- Ensure appropriate procurement administration management system is in place (reception, liaison, Administration, etc.); Ensure systems are in place to effectively plan, coordinate and monitor staff travel by road or air (national or international).
- Provide procurement and Admin support to regional, cluster and any other offices as required.
Management
- Engage in partnership logistics assessments in respect to its expertise.
- Manage procurement and admin team.
- Act as the focal point for all purchases and admin to ensure compliance to policy. Act as the focal point for ERP for procurement process.
Analysis and reporting
- Ensure the contract database is updated on regular basis and reported on weekly basis.
- Provide weekly and monthly purchase and admin report to the line manager and relevant programme managers.
Business Development
- Convert Procurement Plans into Procurement Schedules.
- Ensuring that resources are utilised effectively and assign tasks.
Advisory services
- Oversee the implementation and monitoring of procurement processes and ensure conformity to procedures and timely delivery of goods and services.
Process development
- Establish Framework agreements to increase operational efficiency and maintain an active contract Register in a system.
- Analyse external markets maintain network with external stakeholders and review vendors and service providers periodically for cost effectiveness and quality.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Procurement and Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, Management or a related field.
- Proven experience with a minimum 6 or 7 years in procurement and supply chain management and administration activities.
- Strong knowledge and skills in procurement techniques and supply chain management.
- Good computer skills: Excel, Word, the purchasing system
- Interpersonal and negotiation skills.
- Attention to details.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to recognise and create opportunities and to act accordingly.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently and meet deadlines.
- Ability to plan with good organizational skills, including prioritization and ability to work under pressure.
- High level of integrity and ethical conduct.