Currently, the Bank is seeking additional talent to serve in the role outlined below within the Procurement Department.
Job Responsibilities
Procurement Category Governance
Monitoring of approved category strategies to confirm if relevant or require modification
Development of policies and procedures for defined categories of responsibility:
Ensures Procurement strategies, policies and procedures for own categories are complied with across the business and resolve any deviations with senior management
Investigates and secures new/alternative sources of supply, technology, and services to increase margins through the lowering of costs by the introduction of alternative sources which are beneficial to the company within the category management framework & Equity Group Procurement Policy
Supplier Performance Management
Responsible for supplier performance evaluation and monitoring
Provide support to business functions in managing the contract execution and ensuring compliance with contractual SLA and KPI’s
Manage supplier dispute resolutions
Manage the supplier satisfaction survey process
Contract Negotiation & Management
Implements procurement strategies and conducts negotiations
Negotiates agreements to support total business requirements rather than focusing on lowest-price options
Engages and collaborates with Legal department appropriately for contract database management.
Creates various types of contracts or agreements that can be used to accomplish the bank’s commercial & technical goals
Develops standard form contracts for local contracts
Supplier Relationship Management
Payment processing for warehousing service providers, transporters & customs clearing agents to ensure timely payment to vendors.
Effective follow up & liaison with vendors for timely availability of material
Ensuring timely feedback/ response to Queries
Closely coordinating between End user and Vendor
Budgeting, Procurement Planning & Reporting
Produce regular reports on performance by Procurement category assigned and provide comprehensive management information and in-depth analysis when requested including spend analysis, savings secured and potential savings – for forecast and budgets
Develop and execute annual departmental cost optimization targets for the annual Budget and procurement planning process;
Reporting weekly KPIs on the Logistics inbound, outbound activity
People Development
Ensuring that the Procurement team receives the motivation, training and development, coaching and guidance to enable them to keep abreast of latest developments and achieve their maximum contribution.
Qualifications
Academic requirement – University Degree with MBA as an added advantage.
Professional qualification (e.g. CIPS or any other equivalent qualification)
Member of a recognized procurement professional body locally or globally;
Length of minimum Procurement & Logistics experience – 5 years
Length of minimum Procurement category management experience – 3 Years
Proven skills and experience in Procurement Category Management Extensive experience in category procurement at a group level is preferred but not mandatory
Excellent knowledge of procurement systems or ERP and Microsoft Office is necessary
Apply via :
equitybank.taleo.net
