Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria Job Vacancy for a Supply Chain Manager

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Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Supply Chain Manager

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Job Description

• Management of Procurement that relates to Corporate Services which is non-IT or Non-Property related (Includes but not limited to stationery & printing needs, Logistics, Transport, Professional Services, secured services, courier, office equipment, marketing and advertising etc)
• Assist in assuring that the procurement policy is adhered to within all business units in the country.
• Support for the overall supplier risk mitigation programs related to the category in the country
• Representing SCM to appropriate business stakeholders.
• Establish and maintains effective relationships with Corporate Services stakeholders and SCM global category managers
• The Category Manager, will work within the Nigeria Supply Chain Management team to manage the spend and contracts associated to Corporate Services within the country.
• Accountable for the execution and delivery of SCM objectives, strategies and supply chain cost reduction targets for the Corporate services category for Nigeria

• Country managers
• In-country SCM staff
• Country Finance units
• Business units
• Group SCM
• Support Functions
• External:
• Vendors
• Contractors
• Regulating Authorities
• Service providers
• Consultants

• Negotiation with suppliers to ensure that the Commercial terms of all contract agreements bank wide have adequately covered the bank's interest and are in line with Group policy.
• To ensure the bank gets value for money in all contracts and sourcing agreements.
• Vendor Identification, pre-qualification, selection and contracting
• Design and provide necessary reports in support of GS strategy
• To undertake value add audits for all service providers
• To prepare the operational risk reports as required
• Ensure timely maintenance of Bank's assets other than premises/premises equipment
• Prompt response to repair request Cost allocation of purchase requests to ensure proper capture of costs by cost centres
• Arrange all procurement of relevant fixed assets, excluding property
• Implement tendering processes for all procurement needs per policy
• Developing strategy to meet the bank channels targets
• To manage and attend to all sourcing and purchasing requests to ensure that service providers efficiently deliver to specifications and in line with policies
• To support the business in establishing reasonable consumption levels, querying abnormal patterns to ensure costs are managed properly.
• Vendor identification, selection and rationalization
• Negotiating with external vendors
• Developing and nurturing good relationships with vendors.
• Market survey and intelligence
• Any other task assigned by the Line manager

• Feedback from senior stakeholders
• Team engagement level
• Meets or exceeds annual category cost reduction save plans
• Engages effectively with Country and Regional heads to ensure Global sourcing objectives are achieved.
• Successful audit outcomes

• Bachelor degree in Accounting, Economics, Supply chain management or any other related area with over 4 years experience
• Experience in sourcing, operations and supply chain best practices as an individual contributor.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem solving skills
• Ability to work collaboratively within the team and the Bank in formulating strategies involving sourcing and suppliers to deliver business value
• Ability to influence others and skilfully build credibility with stakeholders
• High risk awareness
• Demonstration of high ability/ creativity in cost management strategies
• Good report writing and presentation.
• Conversant with MS office applications, Ms Word, Excel, PowerPoint .
• Ability to work independently and multi-task with tight lead times
• Strong commercial knowledge with an ability to think strategically
• In depth understanding of Corporate Services categories with particular emphasis on the corporate services sub categories (i.e. marketing, legal, professional services etc.), particularly as they pertain to the banking industry.