We are looking for a Procurement Manager to join our clients team.
Salary and Benefits:
Responsibilities:
- Approve all procurement orders
- Procurement process optimization
- Reviewing comparing analyzing and approving products and services to be purchased.
- Maintaining accurate purchase and pricing records.
- Control company spending
- Drafting and implementing Standard Operating Procedures in liaison with the Treasury & Finance functions
- Setting up and adhering to internal controls as it pertains to procurement
- Compliance with specification & standards required for goods & services meeting the target of zero returns of goods ordered
- Manage a team of buyers to process all Internal Requisitions to final delivery and payment of goods/services within standard delivery timelines
- Resolution of unplanned & unexpected operational requirements within 24 hours to 36 hours
- Adherence to Stock and planned re-order levels in coordination with the Stores Departments and Operations Departments
- Sourcing engaging & building a strong strategic key supplier base by establishing long lasting relations through performance evaluation to initiate business and organization partnerships
- Monitor and record supplier performance to assess suppliers ability to meet quality and delivery requirements on a continuous basis
- Negotiate prices and secure advantageous terms and conditions with suppliers and ensure that such negotiations are properly contracted documented and filed according to Company specifications
- Review all existing contracts and negotiate new fixed terms contracts for strategic category requirements
- Contract management and keeping record of expiration dates and renegotiating or awarding new tenders as required
- Maintaining and updating supplier information such as product ranges pricing delivery times etc
- Risk assessments on key suppliers
Key Skills:
- Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in an agricultural transport and distribution environment and should have a proven track record of implementing strong internal controls.
- 5 years relevant experience (Procurement Officer or Procurement Manager) in FMCG sector with exposure to management of profit-center FMCG operations.
Qualifications:
- Degree or Diploma in Business Management; Economics; Purchasing and Supply Chain management or any related field.