Principal Officer-Category Sourcing

Brief Description
Reporting to the Senior Manager – Purchasing, the position holder will add value to the organization by effectively managing the purchasing cycle, ensuring that procurement policies and procedures are complied with, negotiating and managing supplier contracts and end-to-end tendering process as well as ensuring that in all circumstances Safaricom secures the best service/product for the best economical price within the IT and Product Services section
Responsibilities For Category Sourcing Job
Provide support in Category sourcing strategy development, supply base rationalization and implementation
Perform / support contract analysis and risk evaluation; cost reduction; Cost build up and cost discovery, pricing analysis; and target price evaluation/negotiation for IT and product Services
Negotiate and facilitate implementation of long term agreements and / or partnerships
Maintain knowledge database of supplier’s markets, sub-categories, capabilities, technology, cost analysis and key performance indicators.
Develop and fully implement long term supply agreements for key strategic high value items and services.
Develop, Implement and Maintain procurement Plans
Develop and fully implement supplier catalogues/pricelists within the ERP system
Drive category Management within supply chain with emphasis on category buying
Ensure harmonization of prices of goods and services procured by the company from various suppliers at different times.
Develop and implement cost reduction targets in liaison with budget holders and suppliers
Monitor the performance of supplier to ensure they deliver quality goods & services as per contract/Purchase Order.
Enforce supplier Payment Terms that are , favorable to Safaricom and in line with company Strategy
Use category strategies to drive cost management
Drive Total cost of ownership approach to price evaluations
Ensure adherence to policies and procedures
Develop Purchasing SLA with all Internal & External stakeholder, and integrate with daily activities of Stakeholders and act as a business partner for Supply chain.
Evaluate suppliers to ensure consistently high performance and value-addition
Manage all tender documentations/processes.
Ensure contract renewal/tendering processes is started at least 2 months before expiry of the current one, but at all times within an appropriate time frame
Requirements for Category Sourcing Job
Degree in Technology, Engineering, Business or similar qualification, CIPS or equivalent quaification
At least 5 years’ experience in procurement all with responsibility for purchasing processes incorporating category sourcing strategy development, tender documentation and tendering process, tender analysis and procurement performance management in an environment leveraging ERP capabilities for procurement-related functions and processes.
New business development skills.