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We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Category Lead
Job Identification No.: 261
Location: Ikorodu, Lagos
Job type: Full time
Job Description
- The Category Lead would be responsible for handling the company’s end-to-end sourcing of products and services essential for our operations.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Perform category management including strategic sourcing, supplier relationship management, contract, performance and risk management.
- Take overall responsibility for the strategic sourcing management goals of the category and implement action items to ensure the goals are achieved.
- Responsible for the procurement of contracts including management of cost, schedule, and performance parameters. Developing contract specifications, work statements and terms and conditions
- Developing bid packages, conducting bidders’ conferences, analysing, and evaluating proposals, negotiating subcontract provisions, selecting or recommending subcontractors, writing awards and managing resulting subcontracts.
- Maintain vendor database and report metrics to Supply Chain Management
- Evaluate supplier core competencies and competitive positioning using industry cost methods.
- Analyze industry trends and evolving technology to proactively identify supply base issues to minimize risk, protect continuity of supply and utilize emerging opportunities.
- Managing supplier relationships, performing root cause analysis and resolutions, and developing and monitoring supplier improvement plans.
- Develop and implement sourcing and supplier selection strategy domestically and internationally.
- Facilitate and monitor the implementation of procurement change initiatives within the category to improve business performance.
- Analyzing and calculating costs of procurement and suggesting methods to decrease expenditure.
- Ensure team members update tracking portals weekly for the provision of up-to-date information and guide management decisions.
- Manage the supply portfolio ensuring transparency of spending.
- Estimate risks and apply risk-minimising techniques. Escalate risks where necessary for immediate mitigation.
- Establishing a strong network and fostering collaboration with customers, suppliers, key stakeholders, and team members.
- Awareness, understanding and application of Quality & HSE policies on assigned jobs.
- Awareness, understanding and application of departmental /process objectives.
- Awareness of your contribution to the effectiveness of the IMS, including the benefits of improved performance.
- Awareness of the risks of not conforming with the EGBIN IMS requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Logistics, Business Administration, Transportation, or Engineering
- Postgraduate qualification/or relevant qualification is desirable; membership in a Must have five to seven (5-7) years strategic sourcing experience.
Skills and Competencies:
- Familiarity with sourcing and vendor management and relevant software.
- Experience with contract manufacturing vendors.
- Knowledge of terminologies related to supplier or vendor agreements.
- Understanding of market dynamics and sound business judgement
- Ability to negotiate and sustain networking relationships.
- Solid judgement with the ability to make good decisions.
- Good attention to detail.
- Basic knowledge of regulatory norms on taxation, duties, and import policies.
- Time Management skills.
- Good negotiation and bargaining skills.
Application Closing Date
14th August, 2024; 16:00.
Deadline: August 14, 2024
Job Features
Job Category | Category Manager |