JOB DETAILS:

About This Job:
Q-Sourcing Limited trading as Q-Sourcing Servtec is a manpower management solutions firm operating in the East African Region in the countries of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and South Sudan.

On behalf of our client, we are looking for a competent, skilled and experienced Procurement Manager to work in Kampala.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Serve as the primary procurement owner of the representative office; build the comparative procurement competitiveness of the countries under the representative office; support the business development of the representative office in terms of market bidding and delivery guarantee; support the fulfillment of the business goals of the representative office.
• Based on the business characteristics of the representative office, plan and design procurement strategies and solutions for different countries; reinforce supplier management; ensure the achievement of the procurement competitiveness of the countries under the representative office.
• Support the business development of the representative office in terms of market bidding and delivery guarantee and take responsibility for the indicators of delivery, response, resource guarantee, and cost of the representative office.
• Operate in the form of cross-department teams; operate procurement businesses of the representative office; carry out supplier qualification and management activities of the representative office.
• Develop supplier selection approaches and standards of the representative office and conduct all activities related to RFQ, RFP, and RFI.
• Collect and analyze market information; grasp the market quotations of product categories and the trends of market supply and price; develop the actions plans for projects; reduce Huawei's comprehensive procurement costs.
• Manage supplier relationships; continuously improve Huawei's customer position among mainstream suppliers; take the initiative to help mainstream suppliers improve their operational efficiency.
• Appraise and manager supplier performance and urge suppliers to continuously improve their performance.
• Manage and monitor the authorized procurement qualification teams of the representative office.

Requirements

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Procurement or a related field.
• Professional certifications (preferred):
• CIPS (Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply)
• PMP (Project Management Professional)
• 3+ years of procurement experience in telecommunications industry