Manager - Commercial Sourcing at MTN Nigeria

Reports To: Senior Manager - Sourcing

Division: Finance

Mission:

• Lead and manage the sourcing strategy for Commercial categories, ensuring the efficient and cost-effective acquisition of goods, services, and solutions. This involves driving innovation, sustainability, and process improvements in alignment with the organization's strategic goals and objectives. The Manager, Commercial Sourcing is responsible for optimizing procurement processes, mitigating risks, and managing supplier relationships, ensuring the delivery of high-quality commercial-related goods and services at the best value for the business.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and key stakeholders to develop and implement strategic sourcing initiatives, driving cost efficiency, compliance, and performance excellence. This includes leading supplier negotiations, managing contracts, ensuring adherence to procurement policies and procedures, and maintaining strong partnerships with key suppliers to achieve long-term business objectives while supporting operational and technical requirements.

Description:

• Lead the execution of sourcing strategies across the organization, ensuring compliance with MTN’s global and local policies, processes, and procedures.
• Manage the sourcing team, ensuring effective performance management, resource allocation, capacity building, and alignment with departmental goals.
• Directly manage the contract management process, overseeing the initiation, execution, and amendment of contracts, ensuring compliance and quality control across all sourcing functions.
• Provide oversight for all sourcing operations, ensuring that internal policies and best practices are consistently followed and that continuous process improvement is prioritized.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (all divisions except Network & IT) to drive continuous improvement in internal sourcing processes, optimizing efficiency and effectiveness.
• Track internal sourcing KPIs, ensuring the team consistently meets or exceeds established performance targets and contributes to the broader strategic goals.
• Monitor contract performance across all sourcing categories, assessing compliance with timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
• Align sourcing and procurement processes with customer needs, ensuring timely delivery of goods and services in line with customer demand schedules.
• Analyze customer requirements to identify optimal solutions that meet business needs while maintaining cost-effectiveness and high-quality standards.
• Lead negotiations with suppliers and stakeholders, driving favorable outcomes that align with organizational objectives and contribute to long-term value creation.

Education:

• First degree in Engineering or Supply Chain Management or Finance or any related discipline
• Fluent in English
• MCIPS (Member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply)
• Masters/MBA is an added advantage

Experience:

6 - 13 years’ experience which includes:

• Minimum of 3 years’ managerial/supervisory experience in an area of specialisation; 
• Experience working in a medium to large organization
• Experience in Procurement function/Procurement related function
• Experience with contract management systems.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and data analysis tools.
• Working knowledge of ERP (Oracle preferred)