Purchasing Senior Manager
Ahli United Bank Egypt
Total years of experience :20 years, 0 Months
Job Responsibilities:
a) Development of line reports including training, coaching, monitoring and motivating them.
b) Supporting the stakeholder in ensuring that all Purchasing activity in the business area is captured and channeled through Purchasing dept. in a structured and timely way.
c) Close collaboration with the business to ensure strategies are aligned and support provided for category reviews.
d) Leading the negotiation of demonstrable “best in class” market deals.
e) Supervising & directing the activities of subordinates.
f) Management of all supplier / third party relationship from the commercial perspective.
g) Representing Purchasing team at senior business level, working in conjunction with Head of Administration Division to gain support for commercial recommendations and more broadly act as a trusted commercial advisor.
h) Leading the development and implementation of all major purchasing strategy.
i) Champion Purchasing team activities to remove obstacles to delivery and resolve business issues.
j) Effectively manage supply side dependencies & interactions up to senior level through the Purchasing life cycle internally with internal customers & colleagues and externally with suppliers/ third parties.
k) Communicate plans & strategy to external suppliers/third parties ensuring business requirements of both strategic and operational level are signed off and delivered.
l) Conduct detailed supply market & supplier research.
m) Ensure that supplier contracts drive performance against quantifying business needs & continuous improvements.
n) Ensure appropriate engagement of legal resource & manage legal input to meet business and purchasing needs to ensure that contractual issues are properly managed.
o) Accountable for completion of all Purchasing documentation according to Audit requirements.
p) Accountable for identifying & mitigating risks in all Purchasing projects.
• Managing the sourcing team members in different sourcing categories (IT HW & SW -Printed Materials - Stationary - IT Stationary - Courier Services- Cash in Transit Service- Furniture - Office Equipment - Plastic Cards & Pin Mailer), monitoring & supervising the purchasing activities according to Sourcing Policy starting receiving the requests, identify the business needs, market researches, tendering process, budgeting, until delivery of goods/handover of service contract to start the service.
• Develop and agree individual and team performance objectives, standards, and targets, review the individual performance of the team, provide ongoing coaching and feedback, review the contracts terms, purchase orders & the invoices, ensure the updating of the suppliers database, and negotiating the strategic & operational contracts.
• Assist in managing the supplies tendering processes within laid down procedures/policy.
• Implement standard procedures, terms and conditions of procurement within Barclays Bank Egypt in accordance with Barclays Africa Purchasing policies and procedures.
• Assist in the selection of bank’s authorized suppliers and in the management of commercial relationships existing between the bank and its preferred suppliers base.
• Negotiate procurement contracts in consultation with Bank’s Legal Department.
• Implement methods of improving operational efficiency within the procurement function
• Assist in implementing service level agreements with internal customers.
• Assist in developing and issuing of procurement/supply contracts with the designated service providers and suppliers for the bank’s supply requirements
• Assist in management of strategic long-term relationships with major suppliers to maintain quality service to the bank
• Ensure that performance objectives, standards and targets are achieved by the Sourcing team.
• Ensure that team members are developed to achieve their maximum potential whilst coaching them to build their awareness of their strength/development needs
Responsible for purchasing of: PCs - PCs Accessories - Printed Forms - communication sets (Switches & Routers ...) - Marketing prints - Machines -Office Equipment - vehicles .
Also responsible for expanding the suppliers database, Handling Tenders processes, Negotiating prices & commercial terms, finalize the financial documents (capital approvals, preparing cost distribution Schedules and breakdowns, invoices payment), - and supervising Purchasing clerks starting August, 04.
Grade : Good