Senior Procurement Manager at Tamrose Ventures Limited (TVL)

Key Responsibilities:

Procurement Strategy:

• Develop a Procurement Strategy aimed at ensuring long-term, sustainable timely delivery of quality goods / services by best-in-class vendors at optimal prices.
• Ensure alignment of Procurement strategy with overall business objective
• Develop best fit procurement processes for the business

Vendor Selection and Contract Management:

• Define criteria for vendor selection along product/service lines and aligned with Procurement Strategy
• Manage the end-to-end selection process for vendors in different categories.
• Negotiate long term SLA with key vendors (Engines, Shipyards, Chandlers, Lube and fuel vendors, OEMs etc) 
• Develop a vendor evaluation and feedback process to ensure that vendors continue to meet Tamrose standards.
• Monitor SLAs and Contract terms for all suppliers and service providers.
• Procurement and Sourcing
• Develop best practice procurement processes that ensure speedy delivery of goods/service to support business operations.
• Liaise with User Departments to standardise requisition specifications and service needs.
• Develop a sourcing strategy that guarantees best value for all purchases
• Identify cost drivers for product/service categories and leverage this to achieve cost savings.
• Proactive Cost Management - achieve cost control, cost reduction, and cost containment targets, through a strong Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) orientation and process management.
• Use data analysis to optimize procurement spends by identifying abnormal procurement spends and flagging appropriately.

Budge and cost management

• Analyse procurement trends to make accurate forecast of procurement needs for the business. 
• Actively participate in budget planning and monitoring, to ensure cost optimization across all business operations.
• Identify opportunities to drive down cost and improve value.

Team Development

• Provide strategic leadership to the Supply Chain department
• Develop and mentor team members for career development
• Manage working relationship between the Supply Chain department and other departments

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (MCIPS) or acceptable equivalent.
• 15 years’ experience with at least 5 years spent as a Senior Procurement professional Procurement
• Experience in setting up a corporate procurement function and designing procurement strategies.
• Ability to provide leadership on technical, people and organisational issues.
• Must have had a wide scope of Procurement experience, covering direct and indirect buying.
• Ability to demonstrate negotiating and influencing skills.
• Oil and Gas/marine services experience is an added advantage for this role.
• International work exposure is an added advantage for this role.

Other Job Requirements

Our ideal candidates must meet the following criteria:

• Strong Technical background
• Good understanding of spares and 
• Must have an eye for detail to ensure that correct information is noted and recorded.
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Strong interpersonal skills – Needs to work and interact with everyone across all levels.
• Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel).
• Work independently and possess excellent decision- making skills.