Procurement & Supply Chain Manager
- Published date: January 4, 2023
- Category: Supply Chain & Procurement
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- Location: Nairobi, Nairobi
- Jop type:
- Salary: Ksh Not mentioned
- Company name: Coca-Cola Company
Job Description
Key Roles & Responsibilities:
• Identify localization opportunities (furniture, cups, ingredients, sauces etc) and informs the global strategic procurement teams about local alternatives.
• Manage relationship with key suppliers and vendor. Identify and execute improvement ideas to improve cost, lead time or in-stock.
• Support S&OP process to share forecasts with key suppliers and global procurement.
• The role holder will be working closely with the Procurement & Supply Chain Director to plan and manage the supply chain of goods, services.
• Will be responsible to highlight risks and come up with mitigation plans and further saving opportunities to help accelerate the ambitious growth aspiration.
• Develop and implement purchasing and sourcing strategies, procedures and best practices.
• Identify and stratify via vendor spend analysis strategic sourcing initiatives and areas of greatest impact of purchasing and sourcing efficiencies and opportunities.
• Collect, cleanse and consolidate Company purchasing data and power across Company SBU's and total operating platform.
• Negotiate contracts and areas of focus include pricing, terms, vendor qualification and supply chain reliability, sole and redundant sourcing alternatives, etc.
• Manage and coordinate daily, weekly, monthly and annual purchasing activities.
• Establish, cultivate and manage positive supplier relationships.
• Maintain supplier database, purchase records, and related documentation.
• Ensure that all procured items meet required quality standards and specifications.
• Evaluate cost estimates and manage budgets.
• Produce regular reports on purchase commitments, costs and delivery performance.
• Act as trusted member of Leadership Team to confidentially discuss, collaborate, evaluate and develop new procurement and sourcing plans and strategies.
Key Skills & Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Management, Engineering, Supply Chain or related field. Master’s degree preferred
• Related Work Experience: 3-5+ years of demonstrated progression with multinational FMCG company.
• 3+ years of manufacturing and/or procurement experience in the CPG industry.
• Proven track record in managing supply issues working across suppliers, senior leadership, and sourcing managers to mitigate supply continuity.
• Experience in data collection methods. Must be able to analyze key procurement metrics to report results to senior management.
• Knowledge of/experience with operating environments, systems, and processes and solution tools used in end-to-end Procurement Operations.
• Knowledge of inventory, sourcing and supply chain management.
• Knowledge and experience with utility and commodity contract structures and negotiations.
• Supervisory and management experience preferred.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong planning and organizational skills.
• Strong critical thinking and negotiation skills.
• People management experience and ability to work independently.
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