Supply Chain Management Department.Sourcing Category Specialist
Kenya
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Acquisition of goods and services required by the user departments by selecting the most optimal sourcing approaches, publishing and managing tenders.
- Negotiations with suppliers to deliver the best value for the Bank on costs and supply terms
- Mapping the key stakeholders and managing them to guarantee seamless execution of requests. The stakeholders include the Branch Managers, Heads of Departments, Suppliers and regulator
- Performing benchmarking exercise and analysing data on market trends to provide insights for category decision making
- Implementing standards, controls, processes or regulatory determined procedures for the assigned Category
- Review Suppliers Performance for the assigned Category, data collation and analysis for Service Level Agreements, participate in review meetings.
- Tracking and responding to customer enquiries, complaints and resolution of issues within set service level agreements
- Follow-up and expediting of deliveries with Vendors
MINIMUM POSITION QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
- Academic & Professional
| Particulars | Detail | Specific Field or Qualification | Need Type[4] |
| Education | Bachelor’s Degree | Business Related/Social Sciences/ Supply Chain Management | RQ |
| Practising License | Valid Practising License from Kenya Institute of Supplies Management (KISM) | RQ | |
| Professional Qualifications | Member of Kenya Institute of Supplies Management (KISM) | RQ | |
| Member of Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) or equivalent | AA | ||
| Master’s degree | MBA /Business Related | AA |
Experience
| Total Minimum No of Years Experience Required | 3 |
| Purchasing Experience | 2 | ES |
| Customer Service | 2 | ES |
| Commercial Experience (negotiation, market analysis & knowledge) | 2 | ES |