PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) - Our client, one of the Top players in the Out of Home (OOH) advertising Industry with presence in Nigeria and other parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, is recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Technical Procurement Manager
Reference Number: 130-PEO00509
Location: Lagos
Department: People & Change Nigeria
Job type: Permanent
Roles & Responsibilities
- Effective selection and management of suppliers/vendors in order to achieve the company’s strategic objectives.
- Efficient transportation & distribution practices to ensure seamless operations in the company.
- Forecast demand or create supply plans that ensure availability of materials or products.
- Identify opportunities to reuse or recycle materials in order to minimize consumption of new materials, minimize waste, or to convert wastes to by-products
- Establishing and sustaining relationships with Client and vendors
- Processing Approvals, Reporting and Documentations
- Design, implement, or oversee product take back or reverse logistics programs to ensure products are recycled, reused, or responsibly disposed.
- Forecast demand or create supply plans that ensure availability of materials or products.
- Timely customer communication and technology-enabled visibility to allow the company monitor product flows and collaboratively respond to potential delivery problems.
- Review or update supply chain practices in accordance with new or changing environmental policies, standards, regulations, or laws.
- Develop material costs forecasts or standard cost lists and negotiate prices and terms with suppliers, vendors, or freight forwarders.
- Monitor forecasts and quotas to identify changes or to determine their effect on supply chain activities.
- Implement new or improved supply chain processes.
- Manage activities related to strategic or tactical purchasing, material requirements planning, inventory control, warehousing, or receiving.
- Develop procedures for coordination of supply chain management with other functional areas, such as sales & marketing, finance, operations or quality assurance.
- Document physical supply chain processes, such as workflows, cycle times, position responsibilities, or system flows.
- Design or implement plant warehousing strategies for procured materials or finished products.
- Define performance metrics for measurement, comparison, or evaluation of supply chain factors, such as product cost or quality.
- Participate in the coordination of engineering changes, product line extensions, or new product launches to ensure orderly and timely transitions in material or production flow.
- Design or implement supply chains that support business strategies adapted to changing market conditions, new business opportunities, or cost reduction strategies.
- Conduct life cycle analyses to determine the environmental impacts of products, processes, or systems.
Requirements
- A good Bachelor's degree in any discipline.
- A Master's degree in supply chain management, MBA or MSc., Finance would be an added advantage
- Minimum of 5 years relevant work experience in procurement/supply chain management within construction or Out-of-Home advertising industry.
- Possession of project management (PMP or PRINCE2) and/or supply chain management certification is required.
Application Closing Date
30th September, 2015.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online