Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Senior Supply Chain Category Manager - Technology
Overview
Equity Bank is one of the region’s leading banks whose purpose is to transform the lives and livelihoods of the people of Africa socially and economically by availing them modern and inclusive financial services that maximize their opportunities. With a strong footprint in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan and DRC Congo, Equity Bank is now home to over 12 million customers - the largest customer base in Africa.
Currently, the Bank is seeking additional talent to serve in the role outlined below within the Procurement Department.

Job Responsibilities
Procurement Category Governance
• Identify, head, and oversee complex sourcing Technology projects consisting of software, hardware, and maintenance.
• Ensure apt stakeholders are involved in IT procurement decision process.
• Respond to specialized user groups requirements consisting of satisfaction with vendor selection and service.
• Recommend advice concerning with identification and establishment suitable parameters.
• Provide optimum terms and conditions, estimate and resolve execution barriers on time.
• Develop and maintain professional business relations with key external and internal stakeholders.
• Identify needs, reduce unwanted product and service demand.
• Ensure to accomplish IT procurement business goals and objectives.
• Ensure engagement of main stakeholders early for strategic sourcing process.
• Perform activities steadily maintaining objective and transparent approach every time.
• Coordinate and head enterprise broad standards and parameters settings.
• Develop and maintain IT supplier base with input from internal procurement business partners.
• Ensure to develop and maintain communally beneficial strategic relations with Technology vendors across the Group.
• Define and head key complicated projects to implement procurement strategies.
Supplier Performance Management
• Responsible for Group IT supplier performance evaluation and monitoring
• Provide support to business functions in managing the contract execution and ensuring compliance with contractual SLA and KPI’s
• Manage supplier dispute resolutions
• Manage the supplier satisfaction survey process
Contract Negotiation & Management
• Implements procurement strategies and conducts negotiations for technology requirements across the group
• Negotiates agreements to support total business requirements rather than focusing on lowest-price options
• Engages and collaborates with Legal department appropriately for contract database management.
• Creates various types of contracts or agreements that can be used to accomplish the bank’s commercial & technical goals
Supplier Relationship Management
• Liaise with Finance to ensure timely payments of
• Effective follow up & liaison with vendors for timely availability of material
• Ensuring timely feedback/ response to Queries
• Closely coordinating between End user and Vendor
Budgeting & Reporting
• Produce regular reports on performance by Procurement category assigned and provide comprehensive management information and in-depth analysis when requested including spend analysis, savings secured and potential savings – for forecast and budgets
• Develop and execute annual departmental cost optimization targets for the annual Budget process.
• Reporting weekly on on-going tender activities for the category
People Development
• Ensuring that the Procurement team receives the motivation, training, and development, coaching and guidance to enable them to keep abreast of latest developments and achieve their maximum contribution.

Qualifications
• University Degree with MBA as an added advantage
• Professional qualification (e.g. CIPS) is an added advantage
• IT related certification is an added advantage
• Length of minimum Procurement & Logistics experience – 5 years’ experience
• Length of minimum management experience – 3 Years
Essential Knowledge
• Proven skills and experience in Procurement Category Management
• Extensive experience in Technology category procurement at a group level is preferred but not mandatory
• Excellent knowledge of procurement systems or ERP and Microsoft Office is necessary

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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