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Procurement Manager - Multinational

Pillars
Cairo, Egypt
Posted 4 years ago
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SCOPE AND IMPACT OF POSITION ON THE ORGANIZATION:

The role of the  Procurement Manager is a strategic role; the  role is important for managing the company’s sourcing capabilities and  acquiring the  most cost-effective agreements and spearheading the  procurement process from  selecting local  and  foreign suppliers to  ensuring stock  optimization,  quality  control   and   adhering   to  the   company’s  local  and   foreign procurement policies and  procedures.

KEY OBJECTIVES

  • Devising and  using  fruitful procurement and  sourcing strategies
  • Discovering profitable suppliers and  initiate  procurement partnerships
  • Negotiating with external vendors to secure advantageous terms

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Sourcing and  engaging reliable  suppliers and  vendors.
  • Identifying potential suppliers based on operations demand.
  • Negotiating contracts, terms and  deadlines with vendors and  suppliers.
  • Monitoring price fluctuations and  vendor pricing
  • Following up the  customs and  shipping of the  imported goods
  • Maintaining up to date and  precise records of orders, shipments, inventory, and  reports
  • Processing purchase orders to acquire goods.
  • Ensuring contracts terms are favorable to the  company
  • Attending meetings with vendors and  suppliers.
  • Performing risk assessments and  audit  on potential local and  foreign contracts and
  • agreements.
  • Controlling the  procurement budget and  promoting a culture of long-term saving on procurement costs.
  • Preparing procurement reports.
  • Unrolling  analysis of price  proposals and  the  financial  reports of the  company.
  • Collaboration with staff members for meeting the  standards.
  • Ensuring the  capacity of suppliers to meet the  requirements of purchase orders and
  • requests for quotations
  • Reviewing supply  orders for suppliers to ensure it is free of technical or financial errors.
  • Managing company’s purchasing custody to adjust direct financial  dealings.
  • Estimate the  value of the  scrap and  finish the  paperwork with cash receipt and  delivery
  • to the  treasury.
  • Planning and  prepare of operational programs for procurement toachieve the  main goals  of the  company.
  • Update local  and  foreign suppliers’ database constantly and  search for new  suppliers to ensure supplying orders tothe  company with required price, specifications identified in time.
  • Following up the  delivery process
  • Solving  problems  related  to  the   delivery  of  requests  along  with  coordinating  with suppliers.
  • Keeping  all records of quality models for the  procurement.
  • Providing leadership, direction and  execution to the  procurement operations team.
  • Developing work mechanisms continuously to raise the  productivity of work team.
  • Supporting the  SAP program for  all users on  the  material  management unit  (material management module).
  • Handling all special assignments within the  scope of the  department if required. QUALIFICATIONS

Job Requirements

EXPERIENCE / KNOWLEDGE

  • 15+  Years   of  procurement  management/  leadership   experience   at   in  a  multinational manufacturing organization.
  • Successful procurement operations with strong culturalaffinity.
  • Strong procurement awareness of the  markets.
  • Proven in driving and implementing successful change programmes in challenging or diverse environments.
  • Successful people management and  organization with challenging workforces.
  • Business / Procurement acumen.
  • Proven leadership, communication, project management, and  influencing skills.
  • Keen understanding of how  procurement people work.
  • Experience building systems that  enable procurement people and  the  company to monitor key metrics to process the  purchase orders.
  • Ability to  perform in  a  high-pressure  environment  juggling  and   executing  on   multiple priorities.
  • Experience leading and/or direct involvement in large-scale procurement programs.
  • Analytical and  strategic thinking  skills.
  • Ability to simplify the use of a procurement operations system to help ensure the information gathered is valuable, usable and  helps  the  purchase knowledge.
  • Ability to deal  with ambiguity, strategic agility, manage diversity and  drive for results.

SPECIFIC SKILLS:

  • Extensive experience of procurement techniquesand tools along with the ability to advocate and  develop these skills across the  purchase workforce.
  • Capable of building  information networks – stimulating information flow and  best  practices across the  company.
  • Demonstrated track record of driving for action and results; both process and result  mind set oriented.
  • Committed to continuous improvement through empowerment and  drive decision-making to appropriate positions.
  • Committed to managing by facts  and  data-driven decisions

BEHAVIOURAL SKILLS:

  • Clear leadership skills, able  to commend respect
  • Ability to initiate and  drive change
  • Dynamic with high energy levels.
  • Highly driven and  motivated by results
  • A confident and  determined approach
  • Resilience
  • The capacity toflourish  in a competitive environment
  • Proven decision making ability.
  • Collaboration across work teams

MEASURES OF PERFORMANCE

  • Compliance rate
  • Supplier defect rate
  • PO and  invoice accuracy
  • Supplier lead time
  • PO cycle  time
  • Vendor availability

CAPABILITIES

  • Procurement management.
  • Markets  understanding and  relationships
  • Customer strategy and  planning.
  • Resource planning and  organisation .
  • Change management.
  • Commit to quality standards of ISO 9001,  18001,  14001

LANGUAGE SKILLS

  • The ability to respond to communicate in effective English and Arabic language; verbally and written.

COMMENTS:

  • The job requires traveling internationally according to scheduled meetings,  events,  and exhibitions.

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