Expires 3 weeks from now
Procurement Category Analyst-Indirect
Vendor Procurement
full-time
| Senior
Lagos
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Job Summary
Manage sourcing activities for marketing and business services, conduct transactional buying, manage negotiated category contracts and support the implementation of category management activities.
Job Details
- Requisition to Receive
- Evaluate requisitions against existing contracts
- Create purchase orders.
- Sourcing Execution Support
- Manage the strategic sourcing and purchasing of the following spend categories: Professional/Business services, Outsourced services, Travel, Human Resources, Marketing, Administration, Media, etc.
- Manage enquiries from internal customers and guide requisitions within SBC on finding the proper buying channel (especially for "non-catalogue" buys), and how to create and submit requisitions.
- Ensure the proper tools and templates are utilized for procurement processes.
- Identify potential vendors to address internal customer requirements as required.
- Support with vendor meetings and related activities as directed by the category manager, indirect.
- Establish, maintain and enhance relationships with suppliers, ensuring “On Time and In Full” delivery.
- Create spend reports highlighting savings, allowing management make informed and data driven decisions.
- Utilize analytical tools to evaluate out tail spend.
- Serve as a knowledge source for the category buyer to help identify SBC’s stakeholders, potential vendors, and other specific information that may be needed.
- Manage catalogues for routine items.
- Contract Support
- Execute all administrative tasks associated with loading, managing and closing contracts.
- Leverage corporate contract lifecycle management processes and tools.
- Manage the imaging, storage, data entry and extracting of contract information.
- Conduct the contract close-out procedures upon contract completion as directed by category management
- Run expiration reports for contracts and communicate need for action to category manager.
- Consult with category manager for guidance on contract management activities as required.
- Provide guidance and support to internal customers or vendors with regards to procurement contract administration.
- Process contract change requests as directed by category manager in accordance with Procurement’s policies and procedures.in accordance with Procurement’s policies and procedures.
- Negotiate spend outside of contract cover in alignment with category manager.
Requirements
- Minimum of a Bachelor's degree, preferably in supply chain management or social sciences.
- 2-3 years’ experience in similar role in FMCG industry
- Knowledge of ERP Systems
- Stakeholder Management
- Beginners level proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite.
About Company
Seven-Up Bottling Company Limited
Just like Nigeria, the entity SevenUp Bottling Company was conceived in 1959 by a great visionary named Mohammed El-Khalil and began operations as a soft drink bottling company. As a company, we have since achieved great success in the soft drink and bottling industries since beginning operations on October 1st of, 1960. As one of the longest-standing businesses in Nigeria, we have proudly contributed to job creation and partnered with many Nigerian suppliers and establishments. We also currently have nine plants across the country. SBC has a wide offering of sugar-sweetened and sugar-free non-alcoholic beverages. We can also boast of having Nigerian favourites like Pepsi, Seven-Up, Mirinda, Mountain Dew, and Teem in several variants and line extensions in our portfolio. Our history also contains iconic marketing campaigns such as ‘Fido Dido,’ ‘The Three Orange Men,’ and ‘The Pepsi Long Throat’ campaign. We are fueled by the need to ‘refresh and inspire a youthful lifestyle’ and our mission is guided by principles like hard work, determination, integrity, honesty, sustainability, fun, and refreshment. That’s why our brands champion and complement the music scene, sports, and the all-around ‘good life.’