About the Role
This position is responsible for leading the Procurement Unit to achieve sectional objectives, enhance efficiencies, and maximize performance through effective management and technological leverage. The role also involves overseeing the entire procurement cycle, from identifying requirements to receiving materials and services, while ensuring compliance with policies and procedures.
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Key Responsibilities
- Manage the effective achievement of the assigned sectional objectives through leadership of the Procurement Unit – setting individual objectives, managing performance, developing and motivating staff, and providing formal and informal feedback and appraisal.
- Enhance core efficiencies and competencies by leveraging technologies to maximize performance and widen the scope of procurement services.
- Monitor the organization’s procurement cycle from identifying requirements through to receiving materials and services.
- Perform strategic sourcing and spend analyses to identify key procurement savings opportunities.
- Manage the development and execution of innovative sourcing to meet the current and future materials requirements of the organization.
- Conduct efficient and collaborative procurements that comply with policies and procedures.
- Ensure planning and execution of optimal delivery methods, routes, and budgets.
- Collect and share supplier qualification and performance information with respective business units across the organization.
- Prepare timely and accurate management information covering aspects of stakeholder engagement in the procurement process lifecycle.
- Supervise sourcing, transactional purchasing, and miscellaneous internal procurement support activities.
Policies, Systems, Processes & Procedures
- Ensure continuous improvement to procurement policies and procedures and direct the implementation of procedures and controls to fulfill all relevant procedural/legislative requirements while delivering a quality, cost-effective service to end-users.
Reporting
- Ensure that all functional reports are prepared timely and accurately to meet GCAA requirements and quality standards.
Knowledge and Experience
- A university degree with a minimum of 5 years of experience in a procurement function, or a Master’s degree with 3 years of experience, as defined in JD Matrix.
- Knowledge of procurement practices and activities.
