Senior Procurement Manager at The Confederation of African Football (CAF)

Job Description

• You believe you have the educational background and professional experience to elevate the organization to the highest international standards? CAF is looking to recruit a Senior Procurement Manager. 

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction to the procurement department and develop the procurement strategy in liaison with the Finance Director. 
• Collaborate with vendors and other departments and manage the tendering and procurement processes in line with the organization’s procurement policies and procedures. 
• Build relationships and negotiate with suppliers and vendors in the best interest of the organization. 
• Prepare and review in direct coordination with legal team, new contracts, amendments, termination letters, and all other types of contractual writings and notices to all vendors, service providers, and contractors. 
• Submit procurement reports on bi-monthly basis to the Finance Director. 
• Prepare expenditures forecasting reports to the Finance Director. 
• Control the budget for each tender and promote a culture of long-term saving on procurement costs. 
• Demonstrate cost saving initiatives in the procurement process, but not compromising technical requirements and services standard. 
• Review tender documents with requesting departments, while ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the scope, specifications, and all related documents necessary for initiating the tendering process. 
• Manage the vendor onboarding process and update the database. 

Requirements (Profile)

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Procurement. 
• A certified purchasing professional with qualification in procurement (Eg CIPS). 
• Minimum of 7 years post qualification experience in a procurement role. 
• 5 years of managerial experience in procurement and vendor management with people management skills. 
• Demonstrable experience on tendering process and vendor management 
• High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office and other modern IT tools. 
• Fluent in English Language both written and spoken; and command of any of the other CAF official languages (French and/or Arabic). 
• Excellent communication skills, capability of working across departments and adapting to different environments. 
• A collaborator and team player. 
• Ability to engage and interact with diverse stakeholders from different cultural background. 
• Providing leadership and direction on matters of procurement, suppliers, and vendor management. 
• People and stakeholder management skills. 
• Excellent negotiation skills. 

We Offer

• An interesting and varied job in an exciting and innovative international organization. 
• Attractive employment conditions. 
• The opportunity to be part of a highly committed international team. 
• Quality social security coverage. 
• An excellent pension schemes.