Sourcing Category Specialist

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 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 go to method of application »