Procurement Job at Adeptsystems

Procurement Job at Adeptsystems
Our client is a global multinational Food & Beverage company, worldwide leader in most of its category portfolio. With global or local specific brands and products, the core focus is to meet the diverse needs and preferences of consumers all over the world. Operating in Africa for more than 80 years, the Company has 5 markets within, the Equatorial African Region being amongst them.
The regional operations are co-ordinated from Nairobi, Kenya to offer shared service across countries in Central, East, part of Southern Africa including the Island markets and Horn of Africa. With this regional expertise, the Company aims at enhancing the business potential of this region, which is seen as an important source of future growth, and bring it up to the level of performance that the Company experiences in other regions of Africa and the world.

By reinforcing business and product categories focus, making operations more efficient, developing cross fertilization or enhancing peoples’ knowledge transfer and empowerment, this shared service expertise is expected to accelerate growth and meet the company’s high ambition for the Region.

Our client continues to be viewed as one of the leading global companies in Corporate Social Responsibility, particularly in the developing world. Being a committed leader in environmental performance, they ensure that natural resources are preserved and that waste management enjoys much attention in all operations worldwide.
The company is an equal-opportunity employer with robust talent management policies, and systems. They value and reward individual and team contributions to business results.

Job Summary
Reporting to the Procurement Manager, the Strategic Buyer will be responsible for developing and implementing of sourcing strategy. He/She will also undertake supplier management including integration of supplier innovation elements into the organizations process.

Responsibilities
    * Develop and implement sourcing strategies and communication plan;
    * Analyze and optimize the process related to the spend category through the right choice of procurement tools;
    * Ensure alignment between business strategy and sourcing strategy;
    * Set objectives to be achieved through the sourcing strategy and monitor achievement
    * Derive negotiation strategy from category positioning and negotiate to achieve the objectives defined in alignment with the business;
    * Manage suppliers according to category positioning;
    * Ensure that all the key suppliers within the spend category adhere to Organizations Suppliers Code;
    * Integrate innovation elements from suppliers into Organizations Innovation and Renovation processes;
    * Ensure the agreed service levels with internal stakeholders are adhered to.
      Requirements
    * Degree in Bachelor of Commerce or Business related field from a recognized university;
    * CIPS qualification;
    * Minimum 3 years experience in supply chain management in an FMCG;
    * Experience in delivering competitive advantage to the business through development and implementation of sourcing strategies for the spend category;
    * Ability to lead projects and negotiate with cross functional and cross market teams;
    * Good business writing skills and ability to use networks to influence business activity and convince others;
    * Excellent interpersonal skills with good relationship building skills;
    * Ability to drive results and obtain information from a team;
    * A proven team player with creative problem solving skills;
    * Ability to multi task, problem solve, proactive with good presentation skills and self initiative.

How to apply:
      Send your application including a cover letter indicating your desire to work with our client; a detailed CV highlighting relevant experience, details of current and expected salary, a daytime phone contact, email address, and the names of three professional referees by close of business Friday 15th January 2011.
   
 Adept Systems
 MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS
 P O Box 6416, Nairobi, GPO 00100
 Email: recruit@adeptsystems.co.ke
 Web: www.adeptsys.biz

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