Principal Officer (Category Sourcing) at Safaricom Kenya

Brief Posting Description

Reporting to the Senior Manager-Purchasing, will be responsible for adding value to the organization by effectively managing the purchasing cycle, ensuring that procurement policies and procedures are complied with, negotiating and managing supplier contracts and end-to-end tendering process as well as ensuring that in all circumstances Safaricom secures the best service/product for the best economical price within the Outsourced services section.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide support in Category sourcing strategy development, supply base rationalization and implementation
• Perform / support contract analysis and risk evaluation; cost reduction; pricing analysis; and target price evaluation/negotiation for outsourced services
• Negotiate and facilitate implementation of long term agreements and / or partnerships within the outsourced services
• Maintain knowledge database of supplier’s markets, sub-categories, capabilities, technology, cost analysis and key performance indicators within the outsourced services section
• Develop and fully implement long term supply agreements for key strategic high value items and services for the outsourced services section
• Develop, Implement and Maintain procurement Plans for outsourced services section of purchasing
• Develop and fully implement supplier catalogues/pricelists within the ERP system
• Drive category Management within supply chain with emphasis on category buying
• Ensure harmonization of prices of goods and services procured by the company from various suppliers at different times.
• Develop and implement cost reduction targets in liaison with budget holders and suppliers
• Monitor the performance of supplier to ensure they deliver quality goods & services as per contract/Purchase Order.
• Enforce supplier Payment Terms that are, cost favorable to the company
• Use category strategies to drive cost management
• Drive Total cost of ownership approach to price evaluations
• Ensure adherence to policies and procedures
• Develop Purchasing SLA with all Internal & External stakeholder
• Evaluate suppliers to ensure consistently high performance and value-addition
• Manage all tender documentations/processes.
• Ensure contract renewal/tendering processes is started at least 2 months before expiry of the current one.
• Manage the sections budget –monitor expenditure against approved budget for outsourced services l section
• Lead, develop and motivate staff to ensure that set objectives are met and exceeded in line with senior management and customer expectations on goals achievement and service delivery
• Achieve 100% CIPS Certification for Staff

Qualifications

• Degree in Technology, Engineering, Business or similar qualification
• At least a Graduate Diploma Qualification in Supply chain management
• At least 5 years’ experience in procurement all with responsibility for purchasing processes incorporating category sourcing strategy development, tender documentation and tendering process, tender analysis and procurement performance management in an environment leveraging ERP capabilities for procurement-related functions and processes.

Note to Applicants

As part of the interview process, external candidates should prepare the following documentation which will be required as soft copies at a later stage based on your performance in the interviews/assessments.

• An updated CV with contacts of three referees, 2 who must be professional and must have supervised you at some point, the other referee can be a colleague in the same professional field.
• Kenyan Certificate of Good Conduct (Less than 1 year old) or a receipt of the same from the CID pending release of the hardcopy document.
• Clearance certificate from a reputable Credit Reference Bureau (CRB).
• University Diploma/Degree Certificate/ Letter of completion from university in case you have not received your diploma/degree certificate.
• National ID/Passport.

Last Date to Apply: Feb 24, 2022