Strategic Contracts Officer

Our client is looking for Strategic Contracts Officer

Minimum Acceptable Academic Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management or Finance or Law and a Legal Education Certificate or related field from an accredited institution.

A Graduate Diploma from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) or the Institute for Supply Management.

Minimum Number of Years of Relevant Experience

Eight (8) years’ experience in a similar function. Experience in the petrochemical industry will be considered an asset.

Duties & Responsibilities

Responsible for maintaining SCM technology (SAP Ariba), for strategic procurement of goods and services and ensures accuracy of data and business information in the data systems.

 Develops strategic procurement management performance metrics/KPIs for procurement spend that demonstrate creation of value and flags risks and opportunities for management.

Strategic Involvement and Development in establishing and maintaining the procurement plan, identifying the categories of work to be executed in the long-term, with spend differentiation based on product or market categories and identification of the procurement strategy to be undertaken e.g. Competitive Tender, e-Auction, Single Source, MSAs, strategic partnerships etc.

Implements a category management program by conducting comprehensive yet practical analyses to identify opportunities for improvement in the category; conducts regular category review meetings to enhance the decision-making process and ensure improvement actions are implemented.

Analyses industry trends and evolving technology to proactively identify supply base issues to minimize risk, protect continuity of supply, and utilize emerging opportunities.