Supply Chain Manager

Job Purpose

• Organize, lead, and manage the supply team in full accordance with aligned policies, standard operating procedures, and work instructions.
  
• Coordinate and maximize the availability of physical products on Sabi’s platform, and work with network to ensure that availability is converted to profitable transactions.
  
• Appreciate and understand user needs and ensure assortment meets those needs as well as
  
• Sabi’s broader strategic objectives.
  
• Negotiate Contracts with vendors to guarantee best price for procured products including trade and bulk purchase discounts.
  
• Balance Departmental Budgets with Needs.
  
• Provide direction and support for continuous improvement efforts, while upholding the best possible quality standards in coordination with all units.
  
• Maintain and establish new stakeholder network and approaches stakeholder engagement with prominent level of professionalism, including the negotiation of disputes arising from contracts.
  
• Takes ownership of all responsibilities and honours commitments; delivers outputs for which one has responsibility within prescribed time, cost, and quality standards; operates in compliance with organizational regulations and rules.
  
• Properly understand the needs of the users and ensure that the right assortments are made available to meet these needs.
  
• Act as a key liaison with clients on supply and fulfillment related issues
  
• Provide regular progress and status reports to the Head, Supply Chain as specified.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in administration, logistics, supply chain or related field.
  
• At least 5 years’ working experience in a related field e.g., Pharmaceuticals, FMCG, Beauty and Consumer Electronics.
  
• Candidates should have a large procurement network. Existing relationship with already established suppliers.
  
• Experienced with working in a start-up retail company.
  
• Strong Research Skills and Ability to Negotiate contracts and bargains.
  
• Understands the quantitative methods of measuring supplier capacity systems and ability to identify sources of supply, market trends and pricing.
  
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency in Microsoft word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook.
  
• Strong negotiation skills.
  
• Emphasis on a hard-working and smart individual.
  
• Excellent communication skills. Ability to have frank and honest conversations.
  
• Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or procurement/supply chain management software.
  
• Solution oriented with a high sense of quality, attention to detail, accuracy, efficiency, and meeting tight deadlines.

• • Motivated by the mission of Sabi
    

• • Pragmatic with quantitative and analytical ability and attention to detail
    

• • Driven, independent thinker and leader who can juggle multiple projects simultaneously with fast-changing priorities
    

• • High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency.
    

• • A focus on execution. Willing and able to get hands dirty.
    
• Flexibility to roll up your sleeves and attack problems and projects as they arise, where you will need to set out a clear structure, method and outcomes yourself .