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Executive Head of Department - Procurement

Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia PLC

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Business

Business Administration

Addis Ababa

7 years - 9 years

1 Position

2022-04-25

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2022-05-06

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Job Description

Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia Plc is a company supporting Ethiopia’s digital transformation. As a member of the Vodacom family, we have a wealth of experience connecting over 334 million people globally and over 180 million people in Africa across our network. We look forward to partnering with Ethiopians as we build a new network in Ethiopia.

We are setting the groundwork in readiness for the launch of our services next year and are looking to work with purpose-led teams that put the community at the heart of service.

We are pleased to announce the following vacancy for Executive Head of Department - Sourcing in Supply Chain Management within the Finance Function in Ethiopia. In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below.

Detailed Description

Reporting to Management Executive – SCM & Logistics, the role holder will be responsible to drive procurement value for the business by developing and implementing effective sourcing category strategies to deliver value within the outsourced services while effectively managing the associated supply risk, building supplier relationships and driving social contract value.

Job Responsibilities

Sourcing Delivery

  • Develop category sourcing strategies that deliver optimal procurement value for assigned categories
  • Carry out sourcing activities and deliver optimal pricing and terms, to meet business needs in a timely manner
  • Coordinate sourcing activities as needed to select suppliers in a timely manner to meet business needs.
  • Develop and implement supplier catalogues/pricelists within the ERP system to facilitate user self-service

Supplier Relationship Management & Supply Market Development

  • Build Processes to Monitor the performance of suppliers to ensure they deliver quality goods & services as per contract/Purchase Order.
  • Drive the localization of supply in line with the company’s objectives and social contract, to meet set targets

Contract and Risk Management

  • Ensure business resilience by developing, issuing, tracking and reporting on robust recovery plans as required for supply side risk management
  • Build and maintain contracts templates for various categories to ease the contracting process
  • Drive contract coverage and ensure all work is covered by contracts
  • Negotiate and facilitate implementation of short and long-term agreements with suppliers
  • Drive effective risk and compliance management in the supplier base
  • Enforce governance and controls and ensure all sourcing and contract management activities adhere to established policies and procedures in procurement processes

Operational Efficiency

  • Establish and maintaining measurable performance metrics for all levels of procurement activities to include but not limited to supplier performance, supplier quality, internal order placement performance, buyer activity levels and corporate SLAs

Sustainability

  • Develop and drive supplier diversity programs for effective transfer of technology and capacity in line with the Company’s social contract targets

Staff Management

  • Lead, develop and motivate staff to ensure that set objectives are met, and that staff meet their the career objectives

Job Requirements

Qualifications 

  • Degree in Technology, Engineering, Business or similar qualification
  • At least a Graduate Diploma Qualification in Supply Chain Management
  • At least 7-9 years’ experience in procurement with responsibility for purchasing processes incorporating category sourcing strategy development, tender documentation and tendering process, tender analysis, contract development and management, and procurement performance management, in an environment leveraging ERP and other digital capabilities for procurement-related functions and processes.

How to Apply

If you feel that you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience, kindly proceed to update your candidate profile on CLICK HERE


Female Applicants Are Highly Encouraged!

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