Job for a Sourcing Manager at JOD Nigeria Enterprises

JOD Nigeria Enterprises is recruiting suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:   Job Title: Sourcing Manager Location: Lagos Job Type: Full-Time Job Responsibilities

• Manage the company’s supply portfolio ensuring transparency of spending
• Generate and implement efficient sourcing and category management strategies
• Research and anticipate shifts in the negotiating power of suppliers
• Perform cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking
• Estimate risks and apply risk minimizing techniques
• Discover and partner with trustworthy vendors and suppliers
• Determine quantity and timing of deliveries.
• Analyze and calculate costs of procurement and suggest methods to decrease expenditure
• Invent negotiation strategies and secure profitable deals
• Optimize sourcing procedures to attain maximum efficiency
• Cooperate with stakeholders to guarantee agreement on terms and processes

• OND/B.Sc Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics or Business Administration
• Proven work experience as a sourcing manager or procurement manager
• Ability to negotiate and sustain networking relationships
• Comfortable with figures and in collecting, analyzing and interpreting data
• Solid judgement with ability to make good decisions.
• Familiarity with sourcing and vendor management and relevant software
• Understanding of market dynamics and sound business judgement
• Strong project management and leadership skills