- Dakar, Senegal
- Main Purpose:• Managing and carrying out Procurement activities across a wide range of categories and for all internal departments
• Creatively explore different approaches in negotiation agreements to achieve greatest cost reductions for Puma Energy
• Align objectives with different functional areas, mainly with Operations, Maintenance and Retail
• Ensure appropriate Procurement Service Levels to the business within the country for the procurement process, quickly adapting to changesKnowledge Skills and Abilities, Key Responsibilities:- Ensure the business has timely supply of goods and materials it requires
- Demonstrate value for money for the company in the country when money is being spent with suppliers
- Apply Puma Energy’s Procurement processes ensuring all necessary controls, approvals and reporting is carried out in the countryPlanning, Operations and Monitoring
- Initiate, lead and coordinate all procurement activities (processing requisitions, creating purchase orders, spot purchases, tenders, negotiation, expediting supply, supply market intelligence, benchmark) related to his/her country
- Proposes, negotiates, and ensures the appropriate Procurement Service Levels to the business within the country, including cost/benefits objectives
- Monitor and report Procurement KPIs for his / her country (e.g. savings, number of tenders)
- Is responsible for controlling the supplier’s payment terms under Procurement scope
- Leads initiatives pursuing optimization of the Total Cost of Ownership, establishing plans, directions and controls
- Perform price benchmark to ensure that Puma Energy prices are consistent within the marketSourcing and Negotiation
- Validates country targets and consolidates the country’s negotiations to ensure the best costs/benefits for the company
- Lead multi discipline teams in charge of negotiations for his / her country
- Creatively explore different alternative approaches in negotiation agreements to achieve greatest cost reduction for Puma Energy
- Identify, propose and lead savings initiatives related to:
- Technical requirement (e.g. standardization, value engineering)
- Volumes (e.g. consolidation / rationalization)
- Vendors market (e.g. new vendors sourcing)
- Price (e.g. payment terms, warranty, lump-sum, life cycle)
- Co-responsible with Regional Procurement and Global Sourcing to implement regional and global negotiations within the country and evaluate the local impact of company’s procurement policies
- Propose, validate, initiate and follow-up vendor qualification request (KYC)
- Build / maintain a network of contacts and develop top country Procurement relationship with suppliers
- Represents Puma Energy to suppliers, ensuring suppliers know what is expected of them and markets the opportunity for suppliers to supply Puma EnergySelecting suppliers and contracting
- Define / propose short lists of vendors for RFI/RFP/RFQ
- Pilot and organize RFI/RFP/RFQ
- Negotiate commercial terms of contracts
- Ensures that the outcomes of negotiation are translated into contracts (Frame Agreements)
- Cooperation with the Legal department for all contracts
- Manage contracts / issues (e.g. vendors dispute, invoices, warranty) in close cooperation with stakeholders
- Monitor and report on contract’s performance and savings
- Organize contract reviews during execution of contract / return on experience at the end of contract
General Management
- Be the primary point of contact for the country relating to all non-oil procurement activities supporting the general management team
- Assure implementation of Procurement policies, programs and procedures, and provide guide and advice to the business and country management
- Have clear understanding of functional areas challenges and opportunities regarding Procurement matters to provide guide and advice in decision making processes
- Understanding the main difference business activities and processes at Puma Energy (e.g. Retail, Maintenance, Operations, Aviation, etc.)
Profile
- Undergraduate degree in Procurement or Business or Engineering
- Ideally Oil & Gas industry experience in mid-stream and in multi-site retailing
- Business acumen, capable of understanding business/marketing strategies
- 2-3 years Procurement experience
- Ability to manage commercial relationships with Suppliers at local level
- Mature leadership and with excellent organization, negotiation and project management skills
- Problem solver, team player and can deal effectively with people who hold opposing views, tolerates conflicts and ambiguity
- Communicates effectively, persuasive speaker and a good listener
- Good knowledge of Finance for Project Evaluation
- Basic functional expertise ERP systems
- Working knowledge of legal matters relating to Procurement
- Able to accurately manage high levels of data
- Demonstrates integrity and ethical working in line with Puma Energy Code of Conduct
- French and English requiredKey Relationships and Department Overview:
- Country General and Finance Managers, Regional Procurement, diverse Country Operational Functional Managers
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