Senior Lead - Commercial Sourcing, Finance at MTN Nigeria

Reports To: Manager Commercial and Indirect Sourcing

Division: Finance

Description

• Assess suppliers where necessary, evaluating their products and capabilities as suppliers; and review and compare supplier price quotation.
• Assess strategic, financial, accounting, tax or legal impact of procurement activities to ensure that policy is directed towards achieving the utmost benefit to the company.
• Validate and approve purchase orders within prescribed limits and escalate purchase orders above limits.
• Coordinate the monitoring of purchase orders raised on the computerized system.
• Ensure that complete records of Purchase Orders are properly kept (data packs) and ensure adequate documentation of buying activities in the Purchase Log.
• Review relevant procurement documentation including PR, PO and ensure all relevant information is properly captured on same and that user departments have access as may be required, for tracking.
• Coordinate and distribute RFQs amongst the Buyers and other staff for effective man-hour utilization, task clarity and efficient delivery of customer’s needs.
• Communicate procurement activities to user departments and liaise with all stakeholders to ensure that process efficiency is upheld.
• Ensure stakeholders compliance with policies and procedures and adherence with all SLAs relating to Procurement Unit.
• Ensure user department get their PR/PO issues resolved amicably.
• Drive Knowledge Management and Best Practice Sharing within own Unit/Department/Division/Enterprise-wide as required

Education:

• First degree in any related discipline  
• PGD, MBA and CIPS will be an added advantage
• Fluent in English

Experience:

• 3 - 7 years experience in an area of specialization; with experience in supervising others
• Experience working in a medium organization 
• Experience in purchasing function,
• Proficient in MS Office Applications and other Microsoft tools
• Understanding of ORACLE FUSION and application