Senior Procurement Manager at the Confederation of African Football (CAF)

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) was founded in 1957 by four nations: Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia and South Africa. As the administrative body of the region, CAF manages competitions, offers technical and administrative training courses while actively fostering the promotion and practice of football. The Confederation organizes championships such as the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN or AFCON), the most popular competition. It maintains very close links with FIFA in coordinating tournaments for different events such as the World Cup, Youth and Women competitions and the Olympic Games Football Tournaments.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Procurement Manager

Location: Cairo, Egypt (CAF Headquaters)

Job Details

• You believe you have the educational background and professional experience to elevate the organization to the highest international standards? CAF is looking to recruit a Senior Procurement Manager.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction to the procurement department and develop the procurement strategy in liaison with the Finance Director.
• Collaborate with vendors and other departments and manage the tendering and procurement processes in line with the organization’s procurement policies and procedures.
• Build relationships and negotiate with suppliers and vendors in the best interest of the organization.
• Prepare and review in direct coordination with legal team, new contracts, amendments, termination letters, and all other types of contractual writings and notices to all vendors, service providers, and contractors.
• Submit procurement reports on bi-monthly basis to the Finance Director.
• Prepare expenditures forecasting reports to the Finance Director.
• Control the budget for each tender and promote a culture of long-term saving on procurement costs.
• Demonstrate cost saving initiatives in the procurement process, but not compromising technical requirements and services standard.
• Review tender documents with requesting departments, while ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the scope, specifications, and all related documents necessary for initiating the tendering process.
• Manage the vendor onboarding process and update the database.

Requirements (profile)

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Procurement.
• A certified purchasing professional with qualification in procurement (Eg CIPS).
• Minimum of 7 years post qualification experience in a procurement role.
• 5 years of managerial experience in procurement and vendor management with people management skills.
• Demonstrable experience on tendering process and vendor management
• High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office and other modern IT tools.
• Fluent in English Language both written and spoken; and command of any of the other CAF official languages (French and/or Arabic).
• Excellent communication skills, capability of working across departments and adapting to different environments.
• A collaborator and team player.
• Ability to engage and interact with diverse stakeholders from different cultural background.
• Providing leadership and direction on matters of procurement, suppliers, and vendor management.
• People and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent negotiation skills.

We offer

• An interesting and varied job in an exciting and innovative international organization.
• Attractive employment conditions.
• The opportunity to be part of a highly committed international team.
• Quality social security coverage.
• An excellent pension schemes.

Application Closing Date
30th June, 2023.