(150K – 200K)e-Commerce Company Sourcing and Buying Manager Job Vacancy in Nairobi Kenya April 2015
Job Title: Sourcing and Buying Manager
Industry: E – commerce
Location: Nairobi
Salary: 150K – 200K gross
Our Client is an e-commerce company with over 100 agents (Shopkeepers) across the outskirts of Nairobi.
These agents are responsible for taking orders and making payments for any catalogue item that the customer wishes to purchase.
The goods are then delivered to the customer within the shortest time possible through the agent.
The goods range from food stuff, personal hygiene products, household items, renewable energy systems, automotive etc.
Job Purpose: Source new merchandise and review existing items to ensure products remain competitive, maximize profits and provide a commercially viable range of merchandise at competitive prices.
Keeping up to date with market trends and reacting to changes in demand
Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop the procurement strategy for the Services Region, develop the supplier base, and maximize cost out on assigned commodities using negotiation, E-Auctions, re-designs, and sub-tier component cost reductions.
- Champion a strategic sourcing process that will reduce total cost
- Identify sourcing best practices in the catalogue, retail and other functions within the organization.
- Evaluates and leads in the eSourcing tools
- Develops and maintains awareness of changing commodity-related business trends in the marketplace and the possible impact
- Monitoring and tracking vendor performance through periodic financial reviews, product performance, customer satisfaction surveys, and customer outreach
- Design and execute the strategic sourcing initiatives, including market analysis, strategy development, management of requests for proposal, and supplier negotiations.
- Coordinate overall data collection and bid processes, including determination of comparison of services and products offered from a sourcing perspective.
- Manage relationships with key suppliers ensuring they meet quality and service requirements.
- Develops and executes negotiation strategy; responsible for driving final contract negotiations and implementation while ensuring appropriate levels of management engagement and approval.
- Consistently deliver measurable and strategic goals to enable a competitive advantage to bottom-line and top-line company growth, and corporate social responsibility leadership.
- Employ strong knowledge of key global industry players, competitors and market dynamics.
- Develops models to evaluate how commodities impact total cost in the extended supply chain.
Qualifications
- 5-7 years of experience
- Degree in procurement and Supply Chain or any related field
- Must have experience in purchasing, Commodity, Cost Management, Direct Buying, Performance Metrics, Inventory Management, Managing Cross Functional Teams, Project Management, Supply Chain Management experience.
- Excellent analytical and financial skills
- Experience working with international suppliers preferred
- Strong problem solving skills, ability to collect facts and make independent decisions
- Strong negotiation skills
- Must have trend analysis and recognition, buying, sourcing merchandising, consumer marketing/research skills
- Passionate, self-confident individual that is professional and result driven
- Strong integrity and ability to work within a team
- Able to work independently within set parameters
If you are up to the challenge, posses the necessary qualification and experience, please send your CV only quoting the job title on the email subject (Sourcing and Buying Manager 150 – 200K) to vacancies@corporatestaffing.co.ke before Thursday 30th April, 2015
Kindly indicate current/last salary on your CV
N.B: We do not charge any fee for receiving your CV or for interviewing
Only candidates short-listed for interview will be contacted.
The Recruiting Manager
Corporate staffing Services
Nabui House, 3rd floor, Westlands.
(Next to Unga House)