Purchasing Director

at Africashore
Location Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of
Date Posted July 18, 2023
Category Administration
Management
Job Type Full-time
Currency TZS

Description

We are looking for a Purchasing Director (M/F) for our client, a multinational IT services company.

 

Mission:

 

  • Deploy and manage a dynamic and innovative purchasing strategy.
  • Develop the Purchasing vision and strategy with a multi-year roadmap to continuously feed the savings project pipeline.
  • Understand global strategy to optimize purchasing and supply, in collaboration with general management and supply management.
  • Build and develop the Purchasing organization, including processes and reporting.
  • Ensure that procurement strategy is adapted to the company's needs: securing supplies, supporting transformation, compliance, budget and cost performance, etc.
  • Ensure the proper application of public procurement procedures.
  • Negotiate technical and financial bids with companies for all purchases in compliance with the French Public and procedural thresholds.
  • Develop and maintain the loyalty of existing suppliers, in order to guarantee production schedules and support the R&D department.
  • Manage, support and develop direct teams.
  • Support the development of your teams: recruitment, skills development, HR follow-up, training.
  • Take charge of purchasing and supplies for certain product families.
Required profile for job ad : Purchasing Director (M/F)

  • Bachelor's degree in Purchasing Management or related field.
  • +5 years' professional experience as a Purchasing Director or in a similar position.
  • Proven experience in planning and leading complex negotiations.
  • In-depth knowledge of categories, markets, regulations and operations in a given field.
  • Solid knowledge of legal, logistics, finance and production.
  • Strong analytical skills, cross-functional/process orientation.
  • Mastery of the purchasing process and international flows.
  • Ability to implement a large-scale transformation project and know how to interface up and down the organisation.
  • Proven ability to develop relationships and influence key decision-makers internally and externally.
  • Proven ability to innovate and challenge suppliers to maximise value creation.
  • Highly responsive with the ability to work and execute effectively in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities and tight deadlines.
  • Be exemplary in leadership and encourage the team to operate outside their comfort zone by providing learning opportunities that allow them to develop.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
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