Principal Officer at Safaricom Kenya

Brief Description

• Reporting to the Senior Manager – Purchasing, the position holder will add value to the organization by effectively managing the purchasing cycle, ensuring that procurement policies and procedures are complied with, negotiating and managing supplier contracts and end-to-end tendering process as well as ensuring that in all circumstances Safaricom secures the best service/product for the best economical price within the Radio Access Network Category

Principal Officer Job Detailed Description

• Provide support in Category sourcing strategy development, supply base rationalization and implementation
• Perform / support contract analysis and risk evaluation; cost reduction; Cost build up and cost discovery, pricing analysis; and target price evaluation/negotiation for Radio Access Network(RAN)
• Negotiate and facilitate implementation of long term agreements and / or partnerships within the RAN Category
• Maintain knowledge database of supplier’s markets, sub-categories, capabilities, technology, cost analysis and key performance indicators.
• Develop and fully implement long term supply agreements for key strategic high value items and services within the RAN category
• Develop, Implement and Maintain procurement Plans for RAN category
• Develop and fully implement supplier catalogues/pricelists within the ERP system
• Drive category Management within supply chain with emphasis on category buying
• Ensure harmonization of prices of goods and services procured by the company from various suppliers at different times.
• Develop and implement cost reduction targets in liaison with budget holders and suppliers
• Monitor the performance of supplier to ensure they deliver quality goods & services as per contract/Purchase Order.
• Enforce supplier Payment Terms that are , favorable to Safaricom and in line with company Strategy
• Use category strategies to drive cost management
• Drive Total cost of ownership approach to price evaluations
• Ensure adherence to policies and procedures
• Develop Purchasing SLA with all Internal & External stakeholder, and integrate with daily activities of Stakeholders and act as a business partner for Supply chain.
• Evaluate suppliers to ensure consistently high performance and value-addition
• Manage all tender documentations/processes.
• Ensure contract renewal/tendering processes is started at least 2 months before expiry of the current one, but at all times within an appropriate time frame.
• Achieve 100% CIPS Certification within set timeline

Requirements for Principal Officer Job

• Degree in Technology, Engineering, Business or similar qualification
• At least 5 years’ experience in Radio Access Network in design, planning, optimization and support with experience in 2,3 and 4G technologies.
• Willingness to quickly learn sourcing strategy development, tender documentation and tendering process, tender analysis and procurement performance management, while leveraging ERP capabilities for procurement-related functions and processes.
• Diploma in CIPS alongside above qualification will be added advantage.
• New business development skills