Africa Improved Foods Rwanda Ltd ,Procurement Manager Jobs in Rwanda

ole East African Region.

• Accountable
  to the AIF contracts Implementations
• Establishing
  strategies for AIF contracts for goods and services
• Accountable
  for the ongoing management of allocated strategic across AIF contracts.

• Define
  and clarify the terms of contract
• Ensure
  that both parties clearly understand the terms of the contract
• Monitor
  implementation of terms of contract
• Work
  with the Finance department for the payment of the suppliers on time
• Proactively
  track and report contract key performance indicators
• Propose
  and implement corrective actions to Purchasing Department
• Provide
  input for future sourcing initiatives from lessons learned
• Work
  in close collaboration with Internal stakeholders in order to ensure fit
  for use and acceptance of contracts
• Managing
  of contract terms (contract performance and non-performance)
• Monitoring
  contract expiration and actively communicating about it to the Purchasing
  Manager
• Suggest
  contract improvements, amendments or new contracts in accordance with
  business partner needs to Purchasing Manager and or the Buyers
• Managing
  penalty/reward within contract, signalling on rebates/ turnover bonus in
  contracts to Purchase Department
• Make
  a close follow up with the back office in charge to make sure that all the
  purchase orders and payments are done on time.

• Continuously
  track supplier performance in accordance with agreements and Supplier
  Development Program.
• Consolidate
  findings of supplier performance in alignment with internal business
  partners and report to Purchasing Manager as input for the
  cross-functional review meetings with the suppliers.
• Identify
  and propose supplier performance improvements to Purchase Department
• Implement
  supplier Performance activities as defined in the (cross functional)
  review meetings with suppliers in order to improve performance and further
  reduce cost
• Continuously
  assess opportunities and implement actions defined by the Purchasing Manager
  and or Buyers to improve supplier performance
• Validate
  complaints escalated by suppliers and coordinate complaint handling
  process
• Establish
  and update a database of blacklisted suppliers in the market (RRA, Central
  Bank, Credit Reference Bureau etc.)
• Translate
  complaint data to input for supplier performance measurement and
  performance improvement recommendation
• Act
  as a point of contact for the supplier regarding contractual issues
• Streamlining
  and optimizing contract compliance and spend allocation

• Bachelor
  in Business Administration, Commerce, Engineering or other relevant
  discipline
• Master’s
  in Business Administration will be an added advantage
• Having
  a law background will be an added advantage

• Minimum
  of 3 years’ experience in contract Management of agricultural commodities
• At
  least 3 years’ experience in Procurement/ Supply of food/ agricultural
  commodities
• Demonstrated
  experience in a contract management (or equivalent) role in a procurement
  environment and a good working knowledge of contract management processes
  and techniques
• Very
  good experience in handling supply contracts both at local, regional and
  global levels
• Mastering
  contractual terminologies and implementation
• Very
  detailed oriented in his/her work
• Self-driven
• Excellent
  communication skills, influencing skills, analytical skills
• Change
  management, influencing skills
• Well
  structured & organized
• Team-player
  in different team-settings
• Result
  oriented & Self-propelling attitude
• Pro-active
  in process-efficiency-initiatives