GM / AVP - Contracts and Procurement

Role & responsibilities:

• Team management skills
• Governance and processes implementation
• Manage sourcing for multiple projects
• Analyse industry and demand trends and support the development and implementation of sourcing strategies.
• Conduct industry research to identify potential new suppliers.
• Identify and eliminate waste and/or variability in the supply chain.
• Develop team to execute and implement organizational strategies in contracts and procurement domain.
• Research regulations to ensure contracts are updated and in compliance with latest laws.
• Enable the following activities
• Evaluate suppliers based on products, services, performance and prices.
• Negotiate contracts/agreements for procurement of materials / services.
• Select suppliers; administer contracts throughout the project.
• Assess supplier performance wrt: quality, cost, delivery, service.
• Ensure on time preparation and issuance of purchase orders and agreements.
• Monitor supplier performance and resolve issues and concerns.
• Inspection and evaluation of the quality of purchased items and resolve short comings
• Prepare proposals, request Quotes/Bids, and negotiate purchase terms and conditions.
• Coordinate with Vendors to ensure terms of contracts are fulfilled in compliance with the terms and regulations.

Requirements and skills:

• Proven work experience in contacts and Procurement leadership.
• Good working knowledge of purchasing strategies
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
• In-depth knowledge of procurement regulations, contract documents and legal terms and conditions
• Ability to resolve client / stake holders complaints and concerns
• Contributing to continuous improvement of the purchasing processes through sharing of good practices
• Applying ethical and sustainable development principles
• Anticipating the risks and opportunities at all phases of the purchasing process through market analysis
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and with business application resource planning systems like SAP

Qualifications and Work experience:

• 20+ Years Experience in Procurement /Purchase/ Contracts/ Supply chain management (SCM)
• A bachelors degree in engineering. An additional qualification of Business administration or supply chain management will be preferred.