Overview
Job Title: Procurement Category Manager (Spare Parts)
Work location: Dar es Salaam
Answers to (reports to): Procurement Director East African Region
Twiga Cement
Tanzania Portland Cement Public Limited firm (TPC PLC) is Tanzania’s largest cement producing firm.
The areas of Responsibility:
- The Specific Knowledge: Extensive experience in procurement in a multinational setting.
The Main Duties:
- Maintain solid ties with Operations, Maintenance, Warehouse, Finance, Procurement, Technical, Project, and other departments (including collaboration with HM Group and Country divisions).
- Monitor, improve, and report procurement-related key performance indicators (KPIs), such as spend, savings, DPO, P2P process efficiency, and automation. Continuously improve organizational performance.
- To support budgeting, planning, and inventory management procedures by focusing on purchasing within minimum/maximum constraints.
- To provide market and sourcing information, such as cost, supply capacity, risks, and lead time estimates.
- To maximize cost avoidance and reductions. Improve cash availability by increasing DPO and identifying new sources.
- Create and implement procurement strategies based on spend/cost, supplier chain, and index analysis.
- To identify and apply the most effective procurement levers and negotiating strategies, including bundling, best-cost country sourcing, substitutes, appropriate sizing, make-or-buy evaluations, standardization, benchmarking, eAuctions, and so on.
- To continuously assess supply chain opportunities and threats. Secure the finest feasible solutions and address supply challenges to ensure operational continuity.
- To ensure his team’s expertise and cooperation. Lead and contribute to team development.
- Make follow up, implement, and create systems, tools, and procedures for the P2P process. Use e-tendering, e-buying, e-negotiations, online contract signing, contract administration, RPA, and AI.
- To ensure organizational excellence by providing excellent leadership, coaching, empowerment, motivation, and team development opportunities.
- To assess competencies and skills to identify and close gaps through organizational changes, training, job rotations, and so on.
- Set clear and fair goals and procedures for obtaining spare components. Conduct regular team and individual performance reviews.
- Ensure complete adherence to national laws and regulations, as well as HM Group, Area, and Country guidelines, policies, and processes.
- To collaborate with the Health and Safety Department to ensure that all safety standards and processes are in place.
- To implement and enforce Group Health & Safety policies to safeguard employees, contractors, company assets, products, and the environment.
- All policies, procedures, and guidelines must be followed in accordance with the group and local codes of business conduct.
The Minimum requirements (qualifications):
- Obtain a bachelor’s degree in procurement, supply chain management, business administration, or engineering. A master’s degree provides an advantage.
- A strong analytical skills with experience with procurement software and data analysis tools.
- Outstanding leadership, communication, and negotiating skills.
The Experience:
- The working in the cement sector or similar: At least 7 years of experience in the cement industry or a related industry (steel, fertilizer, sugar, etc.).
- Multinational Project Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead projects with teams and stakeholders from various countries and functions.
- Cross-Country Collaboration: Extensive experience working and collaborating in multiple countries.
How to submit an application:
To follow these steps to apply for Twiga Cement’s Procurement Category Manager (Spare Parts) vacancy:
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Submit Before Deadline: Please submit your application before June 1, 2025, 12:00 AM.
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