Job Opportunity at SokoWatch, Country Procurement Manager

SokoWatchJob Description:  Country Procurement Manager, Tanzania

Your role is to assist in building and maintaining a strong supplier partnerships for an
ambitious Pan-African company. You are responsible for driving company supplier term
negotiations, by ensuring we receive the best margins, payment terms and build strong
partnerships across the country operations. 

Our Vision
Dominate the duka market across Africa by being their #1 partner for all goods and services
by 2021. Sokowatch will provide everything a duka needs, no wholesalers or distributors
necessary.

Your Mission in our Vision
You support  the operations at a country level to ensure Sokowatch is always receiving the
correct margins, supplier terms and procurement & delivery of products on time across all
country branches.

Reporting into East Africa Supply Chain Manager

Responsibilities

Organizational:

Negotiate terms and conditions of supplier partnerships

Schedule regular reports and meetings 

Actively manage and monitor the procurement and delivery of goods to the warehouses, to ensure KPIs are being met and revised regularly

Improve supplier lead-time compliance through optimization of delivery tracking 

Managing supply chain relations activities at a country level 

Monitor all distribution agreement contracts and ensure invoices from suppliers and POs to suppliers are as per the agreed terms. 

Proactively identify opportunities which will align supplier needs with the   organizational goals

Manage and implement strategies for procuring, and distributing goods to maintain stock levels

Advise, train and mentor junior supply chain team members

Key Relationships 

Internal stakeholders:  Country Manager, East African Partnerships Manager, East African Supply Chain Manager, Global Head Partnerships,  local Category Managers, Finance Department, and Country Operations team.

External stakeholders: All suppliers relating to the operations; this includes but is not limited to stock suppliers, vehicle vendors and logistics companies.

Key skills and competencies

Preferred 3 years of experience in a similar role

Bachelor degree, preferably in Business Management, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Economics, or a Related Field

Understanding of Supply Chain Management Procedures, Logistics

Skills, Strategic Planning Abilities

Ability to work efficiently and independently in a fast-paced sales environment

Strong selling, negotiating and consulting skills 

Strong data analysis and superior organizational skills, 

Effective interpersonal and analytical abilities

 Strong oral, written communication & presentation skills

 Willingness to travel for work within country

Must love working with people and cross cultural teams

Send applications to careers@sokowatch.com before 9 November 2019.CF