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Job Title:  Manager Procurement & Fulfilment

Organisation: Absa Group Limited (formerly Barclays Bank UK)

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

About US:

Absa Group Limited (formerly Barclays Bank UK) is a diversified standalone African financial services group, delivering an integrated set of products and services across personal and business banking, corporate and investment banking, wealth, investment management and insurance. Absa Group Limited is listed on the JSE and is one of Africa’s largest diversified financial services groups with a presence in 12 countries across the continent and around 41 000 employees.

Job Summary:  The Manager Procurement & Fulfilment is responsible for managing day to day procurement activities, handling procurement fulfilment operations and quality delivery of business procurement/sourcing requirements within the country

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Review and understand User requirements and identify the right Vendor categories
• Launch Events in the COUPA System inviting Vendors to participate in the process
• Support and guide Cross Functional Teams in the evaluation processes
• Spearhead negotiations with Vendors for the best deals and other Terms of Contract
• Prepare detailed reports with award recommendations for consideration by the SGC
• Follow up on deliveries; assist Contract/Vendor Managers to ensure delivery of the right products/services/works in line with the delivery timelines
• Sourcing Strategy Planning – continuously improving and re-evaluating the purchasing activities of the Bank.
• Execution of the strategic, tactical or direct sourcing operations
• Manage and maintain Procurement Procedures that adhere to the Bank Policies and Business Strategy
• Ensure supplier compliance with the applicable Bank Procurement Procedures
• Spearhead and coordinate the in-house procurement trainings for continuous development of colleagues
• Spearhead and coordinate refresher trainings on the online procurement tools (OWARI/SAP & COUPA) for both colleagues and Service Providers
• Continuously mentor, advise and support the Team
• Work with the Finance Department to ensure accurate and timely payment of Invoices
• Provide periodic reporting to Management on procurement performance controls
• Gather feedback from Vendor Managers on vendor performance for use in future procurements
• Benchmark the performance of Service Providers based on external performance and supplement the information in the supplier database
• To escalate and assign queries to relevant personnel within the department
• To own and follow-up on the resolutions of problems/complaints logged in the department within the prescribed SLA limes.
• To update internal and external stakeholders on the progress of outstanding issues as stipulated in the relevant SLA’s.
• Working collaboratively across ARO Procurement and the business to deliver value from Global deals

Personal Performance & Development

• Ensuring all Personal Development Plan goals and objectives are met or exceeded
• Taking responsibility for own development needs and ensuring that any personal development objectives are met or exceeded
• Promptly acting upon all feedback received (both positive and negative)
• Keeping abreast of the latest developments in ‘world-class’ sourcing delivery – tools, processes, systems, organisational structures and using internal and external networks in order to further enhance your skills and experience.
• Sharing best practices as appropriate.
• Always demonstrating the Group Centre Guiding Principles and playing your part in Absa Bank Uganda agenda
• Determine efficient procurement strategies, which are aligned to business objectives/strategies delivering quantified benefits against performance metrics covering logistics, service, quality, cost, innovation and risk mitigation for transparency of spend.
• Determine appropriate supplier/cross-functional fora to promote supplier proposals regarding innovation or process improvement
• Serving both internal and external customers.
• Engage Users to guarantee agreement on terms of requirements and process

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant for the ABSA Bank job must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Procurement and Supply Chain Management/Business Related Course/Graduate Diploma CIPS
• Four (4) years (Technical and Managerial) experience

Knowledge and skills:

• Knowledge of the Bank Procurement Policies, Procedures and Systems management
• Knowledge of budgeting and planning processes
• Knowledge of legal obligations relating to Procurement
• Working knowledge of operational risk
• Management and leadership skills
• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Negotiation skills
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Time management

Competencies:

• Deciding and initiating action
• Learning and researching
• Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking
• Relating and networking
• Adapting and responding to change
• Persuasive and influencing
• Creative and innovative
• Professionalism

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested candidates who wish to join ABSA Group in the aforementioned capacity should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 4^th September 2023

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