Mill Procurement Manager

Job Purpose

• Ensure customer satisfaction of user departments through on-time, right quality and right cost procurement and delivery of OPG/ ORG of Mill/Processing equipment, spares parts, Agri tools and other Agri inputs.
• Ensure vendor satisfaction through on time payment by owning the purchase to pay cycle, and ensuring other stakeholders in the cycle (logistics, stores, finance) meets their KPIs/ SLAs
• Provide on-ground support to other buyers for vendor development in the region.
• Support logistics management of material sourced from the region

Principal accountabilities (Key activities)

1.

Develop Annual and Monthly procurement plans, along with key user departments

2.

Evaluate of procurement requests from user department for completeness, issue RFQs to empaneled suppliers, evaluate received quotes and propose procurement actions

3.

Monthly / quarterly consumption analysis and stock analysis

4.

Monthly/ quarterly vendor account reconciliation

5.

Local and regional vendor development

6.

Development of medium term/ long term supply partnerships and supply agreements

7.

Periodic Vendor review/ evaluation and vendor rating

8.

Support Sr Procurement Manager for monthly business reviews

Main challenges

1.

Planning supplies to factor in long lead time from Asia to Gabon

2.

Networking with Gabon based stakeholders, across time zone difference

Qualifications and certifications/Experience requirements

1.

3 years’ experience in Mill equipment/ spare procurement

2.

Engineering degree/ diploma

3.

APICS / CIPS certification

4.

Experience in Agri material procurement (agri tools, chemicals etc) added advantage

Key Technical competence requirements (Advanced)

1.

Material Requirement Planning

2.

Supplier Relationship Management

3.

Risk Management

4.

Proven capabilities in Negotiation

5.

Effective Communication (English)

6.

Teamwork and Collaboration

7.

High on personal and professional integrity