Operations Sourcing Manager

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Operations Sourcing Manager

Responsible for ensuring that the company selects the most appropriate goods and services on the basis of price, quality, delivery times and services support. They must also take their customer interests into consideration.

About the job:

• Responsible for all purchases related to the Operations category including Warehouse rentals and Capex
• Responsible for getting quotations from different suppliers for each purchase related to the category, according to the company’s threshold, targeting to compare the market prices, in order to ensure best supplier is selected, best quality is offered, best prices are negotiated and to make sound purchasing decisions accordingly
• Responsible for ensuring that the Purchase Orders are approved in accordance to the SSD Policy by ensuring Bid Waiver Form, After the Fact form, Competitive Bidding Summary, payment exception and technical approval form is initiated, approved, archived and attached when needed.
• Responsible to reduce the number of spot buys by working on fixing the prices through long term contracts for frequently purchases items.
• Manage Productivity by negotiating the prices and payment terms with suppliers, mode of shipping, and delivery time. Prices should be compared to last year’s price if applicable, budget in case of productivity or average initial market price in case of cost avoidance. Savings should be tracked and reported on monthly basis.
• Manage Logistics productivity Hackathon targets by identifying project ideas to meet the logistics target
• Manage RFP starting with identifying requirement and quantities, sourcing for qualified supplier, ask for references related to the involved suppliers, check suppliers history and company profiles, negotiate prices, delivery dates and payment terms, and Suppliers’ briefing/announcement, supplier contracting and evaluation.
• Build supplier data base including blocked suppliers and preferred suppliers
• Works within a given budget to purchase goods and services for Danone and its entities.
• Ensures that products/ services are delivered in a timely manner, and that the quality of the goods received is satisfactory
• Documents Bid Waiver forms (Single and Sole source supplier forms), Technical Approval Forms, After the fact forms, Payment Exception forms and Competitive Bidding Form
• Ensure Bidding process is done 2 month before contract expiry to ensure contract is done before expire date
• Evaluates the performance of strategic vendors in order track their performance and decide whether or not to continue buying from them
• Responsible for setting up the price structure and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the selected suppliers
• Following up with Finance on payments and invoices for the different suppliers
• Involved in the budget preparation for indirect Category
• Prepare MVA, NDA, SOW and long term Contracts by filling in the commercial parts of the contract and negotiating the contract with the suppliers accordingly.
• Responsible for indirect monthly letter preparation
• Responsible for strategic sourcing, policy and operation compliance
• Conduct periodical training sections to the Stakeholders to ensure policy compliance 

To be able to achieve the above and be successful in this role we believe you need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
• From 5 to 8 years of experience in a relevant field
• Entrepreneur Mindset
• Excellent Negotiation Skills
• Very good Communication skills and Influencing skills
• SAP Experience is a plus