About this role
Reports To: Manager - Commercial Sourcing
Division: Finance
Mission:
- To ensure the efficient and cost-effective acquisition of goods and services, driving innovation, sustainability, and process improvements in alignment with MTN’s strategic objectives.
- Collaborate with Sourcing Management to develop and execute procurement strategies, manage supplier relationships, optimize costs, mitigate risks, and lead cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment with best practices, MTN’s processes, policies, and procedures.
Description:
- Review and process approved requisitions for negotiations and purchase orders in compliance with global and local policies, processes, and procedures.
- Initiate and manage Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs), including amendments where necessary.
- Facilitate contract drafting requests with the commercial legal team and oversee execution.
- Handle changes to negotiation awards, purchase orders, BPAs, and contracts as required.
- Update and share relevant sourcing reports to support decision-making.
- Monitor and manage key performance metrics, ensuring alignment with group and local targets.
- Ensure compliance and governance through audit reviews and risk management strategies.
- Analyze internal stakeholder requirements to align procurement activities with organizational needs.
- Ensure quality assurance in sourcing IT goods and services to meet specified standards.
- Coordinate with suppliers to ensure timely delivery of goods and services, meeting customer demand schedules.
- Monitor and resolve supply chain delays or disruptions in collaboration with suppliers and stakeholders.
- Address internal and external stakeholder feedback to improve sourcing operations.
- Monitor and meet agreed service level agreements (SLAs) to maintain customer satisfaction.
Education:
- First degree in any related discipline
- Fluent in English
- PGD, MBA and CIPS will be an added advantage
Experience:
3 – 7 years’ experience in an area of specialization; with experience in supervising others
- Experience working in a medium organization
- Experience in purchasing function,
- Proficient in MS Office applications and tools
- Ability to understand Oracle Fusion/similar ERP and apply it to work