Purchasing Senior Specialist - English Speaking Africa

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Your Role - Magic happens when you bring great people together!
* Issue requests for proposal (RFP /RFQ) to suppliers and conduct negotiations with suppliers to ensure the best ratio quality/time/cost.
* Improve supplier performance during the whole cycle of life, including management of the continuous quality improvement and delivery performance.
* Evaluate breakdown of costs of purchases by using all tools and methods for cost evaluation.
* write a contract with a supplier ensuring specification's respect and an adequate level of risk.
* Define the specific purchasing strategy for the project, focusing on high stake / high risk commodities, continuously prioritizing tasks based on project time schedule
* Secure the supplier selection, being involved from the tendering of the project to the cash collection, integrating all spec aspects (cost, lead-time, technology, quality, flexibility, logistic, financing... but also make or buy), managing RFI, RFQ and the bid tabulation (based on total cost of ownership (TCO)), securing the negotiation process (including T&C)
* Assess risks on the supply chain and transfer/mitigate it as early as possible through audit, contractual clauses, supplier development plan...
* Contractual with suppliers, managing potential claims with suppliers
* Manage the purchasing order process with an ethical approach, securing the assets from SE
* Secure the supply deliveries, managing the risk mitigation plans with suppliers and anticipating pro-actively the necessary reminders
* Contribute as team member to better serve the customer, taking into consideration the change orders and the expectations from customers, selecting flexible suppliers

**Qualifications

About You**
* Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Power Engineering
* ‎6+ Years' Experience in Purchasing
* Technical Engineering Background
* Full scope of purchasing (generalist more than a specialist)
* Business/project understanding
* Leadership (commitment)
* Engineer is a must
* Strong customer orientation (reactivity and adaptability)
* Team builder (credible supplier alternative for tender/project manager)

Primary Location

: EG-Cairo

Schedule

: Full-time

Unposting Date

: Ongoing