Our
client the world's leading inspection & verification, including
certification company seeks to hire a Regional Procurement Manager
Salary: 180,000
Purpose of job: The Procurement Manager role is key and holds overall responsibility for managing procurement for all teams (local and regional) based in Kenya and handles the larger East Africa.
Salary: 180,000
Purpose of job: The Procurement Manager role is key and holds overall responsibility for managing procurement for all teams (local and regional) based in Kenya and handles the larger East Africa.
Main Duties and Responsibilities (including people management).
- Suppliers/vendors:
Supplier approval process through the application of a thorough qualification
process Procurement strategy:
- Leads
the sourcing process and design specific tendering strategy in line with
Company Procedure including tendering, negotiating and awarding the
contracts;
- Managing
the supplier and stakeholder relationships; developing the evaluating
criteria and evaluating the bidder responses; running bidder clarification
workshops, managing the contractual process to award of contract and
change;
- Developing
supplier risk plans and liaising with other colleagues as appropriate
- Ensures
best practice frameworks are in place to deliver value for money, and be
able to identify and secure savings for the organization across a number
of areas of expenditure
- Monitor
compliance with corporate procurement policies and standards, code of
conduct, operating guidelines and local regulations.
- Ensure
buy-in from all colleagues to facilitate compliance management through the
use of regular and management information reporting
- Supports
teams with the planning of expenditure,.
- Advice
and guidance to the operational teams throughout the procurement lifecycle
Qualifications
and Experience
- A
relevant degree level qualification (Finance and/or Business and/or
Management).
- Membership
of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (MCIPS)/other relevant
professional accreditation.