Job Title:                                              Procurement Manager

SUMMARY:

Our client, a multinational and a leading owner and operator of communications sites for the wireless and broadcast industries is looking to recruit a procurement officer for Uganda operations.

 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

 The Procurement Manager is primarily responsible for managing a team of purchasing agents who execute bids and purchases of services and materials for maintenance and capital projects. The incumbent will maintain inventories, arrange logistics and warehousing to support projects. The Procurement Manager will also be responsible for managing and enhancing customer relationships, building vendor partnerships, process improvements within the team, achieving cost savings goals and negotiations with contractors and suppliers. The incumbent will ensure quality and cost-effective procurement solutions are delivered to the internal team members according to business practices. The manager will have primary responsibility for team evaluations and motivation to achieve departmental and company goals. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Procurement Manager will identify and pre-qualify new contractors for use by the company.
• Collaborate closely with functional groups within the company including Operations, Redevelopment, Development, Engineering, Land Management, Regulatory and Environmental to enhance the cost effective use of vendors and to create new solutions that improve the company’s process speed, reduce risk, preserve capital and increase EBITDA.  
• Manage competitive bidding and negotiation of all Requests for Proposals (RFP’s) to meet company goals and objectives.
• Ensure timely and value added analyses are produced in response to bid requests.
• Negotiate with suppliers and contractors to establish best pricing.
• Supervise and guide Procurement Staff activity in the negotiation of contract terms and conditions for annual RFP’s with vendors and suppliers.
• Establish working relationships with general contractors, vendors and logistics providers to ensure delivery of the company’s materials and services.
• Revise and enforce the use of documented procedures as they relate to the procurement.
• Work with the Warehouse and Facilities Manager to ensure that inventory and shipping requirements are maintained.
• Work with the Warehouse and Facilities Manager to ensure that inventory levels and age profile is within company requirements.  
• Create new processes and update existing processes in support of overall Company and department objectives.
• Consistently strive to create, develop and implement additional procedures, systems, programs and processes aimed at continuous improvement, quality and customer enhancement.
• Lead the execution and delivery of all commodity negotiations on a national level.
• Establish short-term and long-term strategies to meet present and future team objectives.
• Work with the Accounts Payable team and vendors to provide a proper billing procedure and process.

OTHER:

·         Other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY DUTIES:

• Manage a team of procurement staff

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Excellent planning skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent presentation skills
• Strong management skills
• Excellent problem solving and conflict resolution skills
• Organized with a strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to develop good relationships with customers, vendors and internal team members
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities
• Ability to exercise independent discretion on matters of significance, and work with little supervision
• Excellent project management skills
• Excellent follow up skills
• Advanced Microsoft Office Excel skills
• Intermediate level knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite of applications
• Dynamic, team player, self starter, results-oriented
• Ability to interpret blue print drawings for tower redevelopment & new tower builds, modifications, site OPS repairs & maintenance and ongoing service related activities.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Experience required in contract negotiations, commercial collections and commercial sales.
• Experience in the wireless industry required
• Experience organizing and leading teams required
• Experience in supplier/contractor negotiations, evaluations, selections, assessments preferred.
• Previous project management experience required.

ADDITIONAL:

We are a dynamic organization in a rapidly changing industry.  Accordingly, the responsibilities associated with this job will change from time to time in accordance with the Company’s business needs.  More specifically, the incumbent may be required to perform additional and/or different responsibilities from those set forth above.

The above declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job.