Supply Chain Manager at Oilserv Limited

Key Deliverables

• Develop, improve, and fulfill organizational and functional objectives in procurement and supply.
• Formulate direction, manage change, and lead and influence internal and external procurement and supply stakeholders.
• Oversee the development and execution of project procurement and resource plans.
• Lead procurement teams within the organization, develop procurement strategies and establish best practices.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Ensure that the procurement and supply function aligns with the achievement of the organization's sources of competitive advantage.
• Create and implement appropriate strategies and plans (project procurement and resource plans) with stakeholders to increase value from supply chain management.
• Work with stakeholders to mitigate or manage risks that can impact supply chains.
• Work with stakeholders to eliminate bribery, corruption, and fraud in supply chains.
• Guide stakeholders to use technologies that help effective communication to support the achievement of supply chain business outcomes.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviours and styles to promote procurement and supply chain management with internal and external stakeholders.
• Assess and manage stakeholder expectations through a controlled and value-adding process.
• Promote effective relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders to secure their commitment to processes, systems, practices, and strategy objectives.
• Identify and explore opportunities for globalization in the procurement of goods and services.
• Contribute to the management of the procurement and supply chain function taking steps to mitigate challenges and difficulties in resolving conflict within the organization and with its supply chains.
• Advise colleagues and other stakeholders on how to promote ethical and sustainable procurement in the organization and its supply chain.
• Advise colleagues and other stakeholders on cultural and social issues that can affect supply chains.
• Evaluate the impact of customs unions, trade areas, and trade blocs on any restrictions or opportunities for global sourcing.
• Identify the potential impact of STEEPLED criteria on the organization and its supply chain and draw up plans to maximize the benefits and mitigate difficulties.
• Monitor and ensure compliance with the licensing and documentation for imports and exports that affect the organization.
• Provide advice to colleagues and other stakeholders on the impact of tariffs and duties on imports and exports, arranging appropriate actions when necessary.
• Evaluate the capabilities of ERP and other procurement systems and databases for
• procurement and supply activities and make recommendations to senior management on the development and implementation of systems.
• Work with key stakeholders, suppliers, and customers to create data and reporting that improves spending transparency and supports informed decision-making. Be able to resolve issues where the data gathered is not sufficient.
• Explore improvements that can be made to integrate both internal systems and systems across the supply chains through data integration technology and make recommendations to colleagues and other stakeholders.
• Assess suppliers’ business continuity plans to mitigate disruption to the organization’s supply chains.
• Identify opportunities for the development of systems to enable the organization to better control expenditure with suppliers.
• Investigate opportunities to improve data analytics and data capture to clearly define and add value in procurement and supply, making appropriate recommendations to senior managers and other stakeholders.
• Develop hierarchies of categories for both direct and indirect expenditure that can be subjected to category management and strategic procurement activities.
• Evaluate and apply an appropriate methodology to improve category management by standardizing processes and systems across the organization.
• Evaluate historical and forecasted data related to categories of spend to help formulate options and make recommendations to achieve the best value outcomes.
• Evaluate and provide advice to stakeholders about categories of direct and indirect expenditure and develop a category management plan by analyzing market factors.
• Demonstrate effective use of soft and technical skills across the organization, and with suppliers and other stakeholders, to achieve effective category management.
• Lead the implementation of methodologies to achieve lean and agile supply chains.
• Assess the sourcing options for supplies of products or services establishing the capability of suppliers and the supply chain prior to commitment.
• Assemble cross-functional teams and consult with internal stakeholders to agree on sourcing options for any specific category of purchase.
• Develop and apply appropriate, objective selection and award criteria and use them to evaluate supplier proposals.
• Evaluate the use of make-or-buy sourcing strategies, considering core competencies, and identify the critical success factors for the outsourcing or insourcing of work or services.
• Evaluate the development of offshoring and low-cost country sourcing applicable to the outsourcing of work or services.
• Develop a risk assessment and risk mitigation plan for the outsourcing of work or services taking into account feedback from stakeholders.
• Create plans for the use of ethical and sustainable procurement with fair pricing and payment terms, upholding relevant labour standards for the outsourced work or services.
• Analyze potential global supply chains to ensure that external organizations add value.
• Demonstrate the added value to the organization through the implementation of global procurement, off-shoring, low-cost country sourcing, or onshoring, and identify and mitigate any potential supply chain risks.
• Work with suppliers and other stakeholders to achieve partnering and strategic relationship management to deliver value for the organization and its supply chain.
• Apply segmentation models to prioritize and differentiate approaches to supplier relationship management with different tiers or types of suppliers.
• Develop and apply robust business cases that seek to achieve positive returns on investment from the implementation of supplier relationship management.
• Ensure supplier relationship management processes are proactively executed to improve performance and service levels of suppliers.

Competencies (Skills, Experience, and Knowledge):

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in the procurement function.
• Engineering background is preferred.
• MBA is an added advantage.
• Must be an MCIPS – Completed level 6 or equivalent.