About this role
Buyer - Services - Africa & Middle East Countries
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MISSION :
Build and develop an expertise of the markets with the business entities from the sourcing phase and through end-to-end execution to maximize business performance. Ensure that the Purchasing process is properly executed through supplier relationship life cycle
Context specific expectations from the candidate: The person will play the role of a buyer for the countries of the Africa Middle East Region. The mission also includes reinforcement of Purchasing processes, practices and mindsets in the supported countries.
Countries supported: United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Nigeria, Republic of South Africa
Purchase families: Services domain, all families
Key responsibilities
Source to Contract: own and deliver the process output from requirement specifications to contract signed. Educate users on the process and ensure adherence to the process.
Request to Pay: own and deliver the process output from request received to PO issued. Educate users on the process and ensure adherence to the process.
Key Deliverables & KPIs
o Purchasing Savings: cost reduction and cost avoidance
o Purchasing Terms of Payment
o Innovation With Suppliers
o Payment on Time
o Touchless Purchase Orders & Invoice Payments
o BEE Supplier Score deliverables in the Republic of South Africa
Tools that will be used (familiarity desirable, training will be imparted)
o Oracle Prod 2 for UAE
o Business Central for Morocco, Nigeria and South Africa
o Ivalua for competitive bidding
o Hermes for contract management
o PowerBI for dashboard
o Microsoft Office fluency is a must (Excel, Powerpoint, Word)
o Ability to use Aurora AI is desirable as a selection criteria. However, the selected candidate will be expected to use Aurora AI increasingly in the future.
Key qualities & traits needed to succeed
o Structured, analytical and rational thinking, using data and events as evidence
o Learning mindset: an ability to quickly learn new metier & approaches
o Communication – precise and concise articulation, coupled with good listening
o Assertiveness, to hold your ground in defence of the process when faced with stakeholders
o Project management basics are understood
o Process improvement basic principles are understood
o Change management basics are understood
o Ability to synthesize situations, then develop and systematically and autonomously deploy actions consistent with the synthesis
o Negotiation skills
Language skills: strong English language skills are mandatory
Stakeholder interaction: key skill and with 4 different countries and cultures
Work from office expectations are consistent with the prevailing company policy, as may be amended from time to time.
Travel: very occasional. If required, it will be maximum once per year to some of the supported countries.