Supply Chain Officer

Job Description

Job Summary

To assist the Senior Supply Chain Officer in strategic procurement and supply chain activities while overseeing all operational aspects of professional procurement of products/services, meeting the specified needs of the business at most competitive commercial terms. To play a key role in shaping the procurement and supply chain agenda with regards to savings, cash & cost and risk management.

Job Responsibilities

Ensures utilizing all economies scale and best practices to win local battles.

Defines and communicates the supply strategy and its implications, to inform and align the respective stakeholders.

Drives continuous improvement, work simplification and the elimination of non-value-added work.

Makes timely decisions, balancing analysis with decisiveness.

Makes use of competitive insights to shape strategies that counter competitive threats.

Assists to remove organizational barriers to delivering exceptional internal and/or external customer service.

Represents the organisation in an honest, ethical and professional way and encourage others to do so aligned with the operating framework.

Assits to identify metrics, tools and processes to optimize sourcing, supplier activities and efficiencies.

Ensures the delivery of the savings and operating cash flow programmes in his/her categories (products/services).

Continuously drives operational excellence in strategic sourcing.

Skills

Job Knowledge & Skills