Procurement Supervisor

The main purpose of the role is to drive a consistent and more strategic approach towards all sourcing, purchasing and tendering activities within the business, ultimately ensuring that value for money is maximized and cost savings are generated.
Responsibilities
• Implement and enforce processes and policies that maximize spend visibility in close cooperation with the key stakeholders.
• Ensure accurate and timely processing of all purchase orders according to the company's standard processes
• Help develop and implement global procurement standards & processes.
• Work closely with Finance teams to expedite and improve the overall P2P process.
• Enforce and monitor process compliance to P2P policies.
• Assist strategic sourcing in regional contract development and execution in the countries. Drive implementation of global/regional agreements.
• Facilitate bids, analysis and negotiations for goods and services
• Develop a strong understanding and knowledge of local suppliers and local regulations.
• Manage & develop supplier relationships to ensure continuity of goods and services that meet the quality, service and price performance standards of the company.
• Act as facilitator and ambassador for the procurement function with cross functional stakeholders such as finance and business units.
• Give tactical/technical support and serve as an escalation point to resolve problems within the Purchase to Pay process.
• Contribute, through process efficiency and negotiations of local spend, to the overall country POV goals
• Other tasks as per assignment of line manager/company