Equity Bank Kenya – Category Manager-Technology Procurement

Job Responsibilities/ Accountabilities:

Procurement Category Governance

• Identify, head, and oversee complex sourcing Technology projects consisting of software, hardware, and maintenance.
• Ensure apt stakeholders are involved in IT procurement decision process.
• Respond to specialized user groups requirements consisting of satisfaction with vendor selection and service.
• Recommend advice concerning with identification and establishment suitable parameters.
• Provide optimum terms and conditions, estimate and resolve execution barriers on time.
• Develop and maintain professional business relations with key external and internal stakeholders.
• Identify needs, reduce unwanted product and service demand.
• Ensure to accomplish IT procurement business goals and objectives.
• Ensure engagement of main stakeholders early for strategic sourcing process.
• Perform activities steadily maintaining objective and transparent approach every time.
• Coordinate and head enterprise broad standards and parameters settings.
• Develop and maintain IT supplier base with input from internal procurement business partners.
• Ensure to develop and maintain communally beneficial strategic relations with Technology vendors across the Group.
• Define and head key complicated projects to implement procurement strategies.

Supplier Performance Management

• Responsible for Group IT supplier performance evaluation and monitoring
• Provide support to business functions in managing the contract execution and ensuring compliance with contractual    SLA and KPI’s
• Manage supplier dispute resolutions
• Manage the supplier satisfaction survey process

    Contract Negotiation & Management

•  Implements procurement strategies and conducts negotiations for technology requirements across the group
•  Negotiates agreements to support total business requirements rather than focusing on lowest-price options
•  Engages and collaborates with Legal department appropriately for contract database management.
•  Creates various types of contracts or agreements that can be used to accomplish the bank’s commercial & technical    goals                                                                                                                                                                           
• Supplier Relationship Management    
• Liaise with Finance to ensure timely payments of
• Effective follow up & liaison with vendors for timely availability of material
• Ensuring timely feedback/ response to Queries
• Closely coordinating between End user and Vendor

  Budgeting & Reporting

• Produce regular reports on performance by Procurement category assigned and provide comprehensive management information and in-depth analysis when requested including spend analysis, savings secured and potential savings –for forecast and budgets
• Develop and execute annual departmental cost optimization targets for the annual Budget process.
• Reporting weekly on on-going tender activities for the category

       People Development

•  Ensuring that the Procurement team receives the motivation, training, and development, coaching and guidance to       enable them to keep abreast of latest developments and achieve their maximum contribution.

Essential Knowledge

•  Proven skills and experience in Procurement Category Management
•  Extensive experience in Technology category procurement at a group level is preferred but not mandatory
•  Excellent knowledge of procurement systems or ERP and Microsoft Office is necessary                                          
• Key Critical Competencies
• High integrity, firm and assertive
• Proactive and self-driven
• High personal standards and goal oriented / Results driven
• Strategic orientation
• Emphasis on personal growth and development
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• A positive, “can do” attitude
• Customer focused          
• Business strategy awareness
• Negotiation skills
• Strong analytical skills and problem-solving skills
• Teamwork skills and the ability to lead and motivate others
• Thorough understanding of Sourcing principles, policies, concepts and systems
• Excellent understanding of the contracting process
• Ability to develop positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Business awareness and ability to challenge the status quo

Qualifications:

• Academic requirement – University Degree with MBA as an added advantage.
• Professional qualification (e.g. CIPS) is an added advantage
• IT related certification is an added advantage
• Length of minimum Procurement & Logistics experience – 5 years’ experience
• Length of minimum management experience – 3 Years

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