Procurement Manager at Compugeen

Job Purpose

• To provide value-driven procurement support to support the achievement of business cost and value propositions
• To work with stakeholders in building and managing supplier relationships.
• Ensure a clear understanding of supplier portfolio, capabilities, and reliability to support operations.
• To work closely with other supply chain functions in establishing continuous supplier quality improvement.

Key Accountabilities

• Contribute and manage the standard costing process and cost projection for assigned portfolios; providing all standard cost data to the Finance function as required for the budgeting process.
• Develop and Execute sourcing strategies for the assigned portfolios to deliver business benefits or internal customers aligned to Cost, Innovation, quality, and service.
• Commercial negotiation to deliver minimum variance to Raw Material budget/standard cost.
• Identify sustainable and long-term savings opportunities through the strategy creation process, identifying and exploring all potential value levers.
• Lead, develop and manage the Raw Material supply base toward building effective strategic relationships with key suppliers
• Lead and manage the achievement of Sustainability G4B policies (Palm Promise, REACH, Localisation, etc) as applicable in the assigned portfolio.
• Engaging with and understanding the business requirements of internal customers and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree (or HND) in Business, Finance, Materials Management, or related fields. MBA/ CIPS will be an added advantage.
• 5 - 8 years of experience cognate experience
• excellent negotiation skills
• Strong organization skills
• Written and verbal communication skills.

Technical / Professional Experience:

• Able to communicate in English, speaking, reading, and writing.
• IT skills, MS Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
• Diagnosis skills and Problem-solving techniques/tools
• Knowledge in Project Management
• Previous experience in procurement function preferred.