Strategic Purchaser
• CDI
• Dakar, Sénégal
• Commercial – Force de Vente
MAN Power
Man Power is hiring a Strategic Purchaser.
Our client are looking to employ a well-seasoned French speaking person with strategic sourcing experience in multinational.
Responsibilities
Strategy and Operational Excellence
• Identify sourcing needs and implement appropriate strategic sourcing process with relevant stakeholders and independently
• Lead analysis of market and competitive conditions and provide input to category manager, IP Regional Manager, and internal stakeholder
• Design and implement tactical action steps to execute strategy on assigned indirect category/sub category
• Manage supplier base. Leverage spend across sub-region and region if appropriate
• Identify opportunities for consolidation of spend. Design and implement strategies to expand the solution footprint to other categories, geographies and suppliers
• Identify cost and process improvement opportunities
• Coordinate strategic work with category manager and procurement centre manager
• Acts as key user to Client’s Company and other Indirect Purchasing tools in collaboration with WSSC IP
Supplier Relationship Management
• Manage sourcing process, content, and results in alignment with company’s purchasing directives
• Perform supplier stability assessment,
• Select, prepare, and execute agreements, NDA’s, SLA’s (Service Level Agreements), DPA’s and related documentation
• Manage and enhance the relationship with Key or selected suppliers in an innovative way to maximize value
• Develops world-class supplier relationships to ensure that maximum value is delivered to business.
• Monitor compliance of purchasing directives, and escalate non-compliance to appropriate managers/directors for further guidance and appropriate remedial action
• Follow up and analyze supplier performance via SRM and VMS, implementing preventive and corrective action plan for low performance suppliers
• WeBuy Catalog creation, implementation, updating and improvements, together with WSSC IP OP
Relationship Management
• Manage relationship with key stakeholders to develop and implement effective sourcing strategies for the assigned categories to ensure quality of supply and improved value to the company
• Build strong rapport with stakeholders and local Key suppliers
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders to ensure understanding and compliance with purchasing directives and strategies
• Control and escalate recurring urgencies with internal stakeholder requests
• Collaborate with Category Managers, IP Regional and IP Sub Regional Manager, WSSC Operative purchasing team
Indirect Purchasing KPIs
• Responsible for IP KPIs and PPIs in assigned category, in collaboration with WSSC IP, such as:
• WeBuy PO Coverage
• Contract coverage
• VMS Supplier Rating
• Payment Days
• Savings Tracker
• PO Coverage (PPI)
• DPA/ECMC coverage (PPI)
• Number of vendors (PPI)
• Define and implement necessary corrective actions as needed
Please note, only short-listed candidates will be contacted
Closing date: 28 October 2021.