Project Procurement Manager Job Vacancy in Kenya - Telecoms Company

Job Title: Project Procurement Manager

Job Code: PPM/NSN

Number of Positions Open: 1

Location: Kenya

Closing Date: Open Until Filled

Summary

Our client is an international telecoms company is seeking to recruit a focused, dynamic, self-driven professional of high integrity to fill the position of a Project Procurement Manager.

Project Procurement Manager is the interface for all direct and indirect procurement towards individual customer bids and projects.

Primary Responsibilities

Operation and Support – Supplier Base Management
  • Has overall responsibility for procurement within project from bid phase until project closing
  • Has prime responsibility on project level for supplier selection, negotiations and contracting for the agreed category areas, in agreement with and support of Category Manager
  • Manages preparation of supplier contracts and coordination with e.g. Category mgmt., Customer Team, Legal, F&C, Services Business Line and Global Procurement for getting approval
  • Ensuring that activities meet all relevant regulations and legal requirements including SOX
  • Must always inform Category Managers and Category Manager supports Project Procurement Managers in mutual agreement. Category Manager can take over the lead, where Project Procurement Manager’s workload or knowledge of respective category becomes critical
  • Checks availability of frame agreements with Category Managers and renegotiates respectively with suppliers
Category Support
  • Provides input and contributes to respective Category Managers on supplier performance and developing strategy
  • Participates on regular meetings with Category Managers, SPM and PPMs in the region to exchange information about supplier performance and issues related to their category
  • Aligns with respective regional Supplier Category Strategy
Market information and analysis
  • Has good market information analysis skills and supply market knowledge
  • Ensures alignment, anticipates changes and drives activities based on supply market changes
  • Seeks advice from experienced colleagues
Leadership
  • Is a single point of contact towards the Customer Team and towards the Services Procurement regional organization and Global Procurement
Job Activities:
  • Supplier contracting
  • Cost analysis & management
  • Planning & organizing
  • Project Management
  • Supplier base management
  • Supplier quality management
Skills and Requirements
  • 5 to 7 years of experience
  • Problem solving
  • Living by our ethics
  • Working across boundaries
  • Decision making
  • Influencing others
How to Apply

Interested candidates holding the necessary requirements, good performance and / or references are encouraged to apply with a detailed CV, names and contacts of 3 referees, current telephone number and email address by:

Sending CV’s to: recruiter@personnelresource.com

Kindly quote the job title on the subject line of your application.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

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