Senior Procurement Executive

Senior Procurement Executive

Corporate Solutions

What this job involves:

Keeping an eye on sourcing activities

Easing the path for the country teams procurement activities will be your main concern. Youll assist in drafting requirements for bidding and conduct various sourcing referencesincluding requests for information, proposals and quotations. Youll also draw up contracts and find opportunities to drive costs down. Youll also be expected to always be ready in the face of any pricing issues that may arise. On top of these, youll lend support to our solutions department team, so part of your strategic plan should be to get the best pricing thats in line with their tenders.

Are you adept in monitoring and generating reports In this role, youll handle the development, implementation and maintenance of purchase orders and benchmark reports. Youll also carry out scheduled audits to ensure that both contract and insurance requirements are met. To excel in this role, youll also take part in growing the business by actively participating in tender/pricing activities.

Finding the right partners and keeping them

You should have an eye for vendors who can deliver on time and live up to our quality standardsat the right price. A strong relationship based on trust pays off with great dividends, thats why building lasting relationships with the right vendors and suppliers should be second nature to you. Youll also spend a lot of time keeping track of their performance to make sure that we partner with only the best ones.

Also part of your mandate is to support our supply chain management team by developing and looking after vendor management program, ensuring seamless negotiation processes and promoting effective project coordination. Youll also see to it that transition and information updates are well in place.

Sound like you To apply you need to be:

An experienced professional

Are you a degree holder with two to three years experience in procurement processes Are you a stickler for key business goals and results Do you put customer satisfaction at the forefront If you said yes to all these, were more than happy to work with you.

An effective communicator

Youll be teaming up with people across various departments, so a good command of spoken and written English and other non-English languagescoupled with superior people skillswill be indispensable in this role. You should also be proficient in all MS applications to land this job.