Manager - Procurement

Responsible for maintaining a corporate procurement and material management process for the procurement ofindirect goods and services. 

Sourcing: 

• Ensures compliance with organizational procedures associated with the sourcing process.

• Recommends appropriate sourcing strategies for each category to develop Preferred Vendor List.

• Evaluates market factors influencing the supply market to assist the development of appropriate sourcing plans that shape markets & improves commercial leverage.

• Deliver benefits within sourcing, cost management, supplier relationship management, supplier development and innovation.

Contract Management

• Support Internal Stakeholder develops appropriate agreementsconsidershort- & long-term implications, advises on contract terms for the supply of goods & services.

•  Review process for creating contracts to ensure all legal requirements are compiled with & recommends any required changes with legal, compliance, finance, and relevant function.

• Contributes to the completion of commercial agreements, tracking contract approval& storage. 

Finance, Cost Management & Spend Analysis: 

• Understands basic financial concepts & cost structure to achieve value for money outcomes.

• Manage vendor to deliver cash generation target.

• Analyses spend through the process of collecting, cleansing, classifying & analyzing expenditure data with the purpose of decreasing procurement costs, improving efficiency, & monitoring compliance.

Supplier Relationship & Risk Management:

• Manage Third Party Risk Management (3PRM) process in market, support stakeholder to ensure vendor are gone through appropriate due diligence process prior to being set up for transaction.

• Responsible for supplier segmentation, managing suppliers within the segments to ensure that we provide a consistent approach that allows us to manage against key deliverables in the Supplier performance, identify any risks or opportunities with the Supplier and plan the most appropriate way to work with the Supplier to achieve the best partnership result possible for AZ.

• Manage and develop performance of suppliers. 

Purchase to Pay

•  Implement no PO-no Pay policy

• Support day to dayprocess in country, resolve operational concerns (block transaction, deliveries, claims, etc.)

Education, Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Desirable