Role summary
The role holder is responsible for leading and managing all procurement activities, taking ownership of the procurement process to ensure service delivery in a cost-effective manner in line with stated strategy and defined service level agreements, while adhering to established business policies and procedures.
Responsibilities
- Perform all procurement activities related to projects from RFP development to supplier selection and contract signature
- Provide inputs and execute sourcing strategy based on supervising director guidance
- Complete and report purchasing requests to supervising director
- Lead purchasing requests, evaluate completeness, classify according to value, risk, and financial factors, and assign to purchasing analysts
- Assist in managing SLAs for Tendered and Non-Tendered Change Orders as well as Change Orders for supplier market and spend categories
- Perform execution-focused service delivery functions and processes
- Provide input to supervising director to track supply market trends including competitive pressures, new entrants, substituting products or services, and changes in the value chain
- Contribute to developing segmentation criteria and mapping supply base to desired relationship type
- Provide input on supply and financial risks of suppliers to supervising director
- Manage and regularly update the catalogue of suppliers
- Lead potential procurement synergies with other subsidiaries and manage their implementation in coordination with Synergies department
- Manage business cases including need for cross-functional resources, timeframe and targets
- Review historical data to provide demand and consumption trends and track deviations
- Manage segmentation criteria and map supply base to desired relationship type
- Oversee business planning efforts with the Procurement Head
- Participate in addressing stc needs by working with other sectors and prioritize sourcing initiatives
- Supervise purchasing requirements and project specifications with unit management and suppliers
Qualifications
- Strong knowledge of procurement principles
- Strong knowledge of supply chain concepts
- Strong knowledge of technology products
- Strong knowledge of RFI/RFQ/RFP processes, vendor selection and negotiating processes
- Strong creative thinking skills
- Analytical and problem solving ability
- People management and interpersonal skills
- Planning and scheduling skills
- Vendor management skills
- Strong negotiation skills
- Business acumen skills
- Ability to contribute breakthrough ideas and approaches to solve business issues
- Ability to manage multiple projects and work in fast-paced environment
- Management skills and cultural intelligence
- Knowledge of the market and relevant external service providers for procurement
Education
Bachelor's Degree; Master's Degree in Business Administration or Engineering preferred
Experience
4 to 6 years of prior experience in purchasing and procurement operations, and contract management in the telecommunication industry
Skills
- Procurement principles
- Supply chain concepts
- Technology products
- RFI/RFQ/RFP processes
- Vendor selection
- Negotiating processes
- Creative thinking
- Analytical thinking
- Problem solving
- People management
- Interpersonal communication
- Planning
- Scheduling
- Vendor management
- Negotiation
- Business acumen
- Project management
- Cultural intelligence
Education · Experience · Type
Bachelor'sRequires 4+ yearsSalary not stated