Africa Procurement Governance Manager

Day- to-day operations

• Lead, manage the governance process and the preparation of timely and accurate reports of purchasing across the region to meet Savola and the department requirements, policies, and standards. 
• Direct the management and maintenance of procurement documentation and accreditation (e.g. policies, procedures, templates, manuals, codes of behaviour), implementing advised compliance and risk management strategies to promote consistency across SFC.
• Supporting Region procurement team in procuring of Raw Material, Packaging and Indirect Materials & Services required by the business on-time, cost efficiently, and meeting the business needs for the annual spend.
• Provide leadership and direction to subordinates towards the achievement of goals and objectives, also guide, and motivate subordinates to enhance performance and ensure focus on priorities and compliance with SLA commitments.
• Deliver business reports addressing performance and governance advice/issues in relation to procurement processes, Audit, risk and compliance requirements, contract, delivery and other commercial or financial risks; and manage the implementation of recommendations.
• Act as a subject matter expert in responding to Audit, Risk and Investigations’ requests and manage the implementation of recommendations.
• Lead the procurement teams to formulate effective action plans in response to internal/external audit observations.
• Drive for discussion with cross-functional groups to work thru Process Improvement/ Spend Analysis and Intelligence, Operational Excellence or Problem resolution.
• Lead, develop reporting and analysis to build global KPI’s that are measured in an aligned way across Africa sites
• Monitors and analyses procurement KPI’s. requires technical knowledge of the work involved and the ability to report information to management
• Supports reporting platform tools and serves as an administrator and point of contact for best known methods and practices.
• Be an active analytic partner in procurement processes, strategic initiatives/projects and continuous improvement
• Day-to-day operations are consistent with established policies, processes and procedures
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• Purchasing Planning
• Participate in preparing the annual forecast levels of demand for services and products to meet the business needs. 
• Forecast price trends and their impact on future activities.
• Participate in developing annual section cost savings targets for the annual budget process.
• Conducting research to ascertain the best products and suppliers in terms of best value, delivery schedules and quality.
• Evaluating bids and making recommendations based on commercial and technical factors.
• Participate in developing and implementing purchasing and contract management instructions, policies, and procedures. 
• Contribute to the preparation of the Egypt procurement team budget and monitor financial performance versus the budget so that the business is aware of anticipated costs/revenues and areas of unsatisfactory performance are identified.
• Budgets and Forecast plans are prepared timely and accurately in line with the annual budget parameters and timescales
• Effective implementation for cost savings to the purchasing department’s operating budget. 
• Compliance with regulations and effective implementation of standards

Purchasing Operations

• Negotiating and contracting the purchases of services, products and materials and monitoring their progress.
• Comparing between offers and selecting the best.
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• Standards & Regulations 
• Ensure that all activities are monitored and regulatory compliance audits and inspections are conducted for an effective implementation of regulatory standards 
• Compliance with regulations and effective implementation of standards

Continuous Improvement

• Stimulate subordinates and contribute to the identification of opportunities for continuous improvement of section systems, processes and practices taking into account international best practice’, improvement of business processes, cost reduction and productivity improvement
• Number and quality of improvements are line with corporate expectations and implemented
• Supporting transformational change given the range of internal and external stakeholders, the potential resistance to change and the need for both structural and cultural change.
   

Reporting

• Track, analysis and report progress on procurement team productivity & ensure business information and insights are communicated efficiently, accurately and perform ad-hoc analysis on business performance and initiatives which lead to enhancing the procurement team performance and deliver real value to the company.
• Lead, Monitor & develop the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Skills matrix for Procurement related activities & Timely reporting of the KPIs for Africa OU’s (Egypt, Sudan, Alegria & Morocco)
• All reports are prepared timely and accurately and meet company policies and requirements
• Preparing reports for senior management and external regulatory bodies where appropriate.