Procurement and Sourcing Analyst at Maersk

Job Description

• We are looking for an experience Procurement and Sourcing Analyst to join our team and lead our drive for continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities
Sourcing:

• Ownership of Suppliers Contracts.
• Coordinate negotiations of all purchases with vendors to ensure the company gets the best quality of goods/service at the most optimal price.
• Ensure that the Company adheres to the use of the procurement tool for pre-authorization of goods and/or services to be procured.
• Ensure that the schedule of all company vendors are updated.
• Analyze discrepancies in invoices, frame agreements and system reports.
• Ensure Procurement process transparency and alignment to Maersk Group Governance policy.
• Maintaining a system whereby suppliers’ actual invoices get measured against their initial quotes and measuring delivery against Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
• To maintain an authorization matrix showing different levels of expenditure and capital expenditure authorization with monetary limits to various individuals - this should also be kept in line with the Group limits.

Cost Control and Analysis:

• Overall supervision of operations Cost control within the country.
• Independently provide relevant cost analysis to the various functions, within any element of sourcing or spend area.
• Monthly tracking and controlling of costs to ensure in line with budget/target.
• Ensure overall figures reliability and accuracy.
• Drive a good control environment and ensure relevant control measures are well within acceptable risk limit.

Cost Saving:

• Responsible for cost leadership and savings action plans.
• Drive and follow-up on Country cost savings initiatives in a way that achieves reduction in operating and administrative expenses.
• Develop more efficient processes and ensure implementation and maintenance of cost control procedures.
• Ensure that Cost Control optimizes efficiency to the development of cost budgets, action plans and achievement of targets.

Requirements
A driven individual with the following:

• University degree in Business Administration or related field.
• At least 3 years of Procurement, Cost Control or relevant experience in related field.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Problem solving mindset.
• Attention to detail.
• Strong sense of initiative, a self-starter.
• Able to be firm without creating undue conflict.

We Offer
The opportunity to handle a multi interaction role with strong exposure to the business (local & international) where you will have access to a panel of high level stakeholders