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Job Title:   Logistics Procurement Lead

Organisation: Nile Breweries Limited

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About US:

Nile Breweries Limited is a leading beverage company in Uganda and a subsidiary of SABMiller, the second largest brewing group in the world. We aim to provide for a variety of career paths and patterns of working, a good work-life balance and comprehensive employee benefits.

Job Summary:  The Logistics Procurement Lead will ensure supply security at the best price and payment terms for the Logistics function. The individual needs to align the country’s procurement plans to the Zone Procurement strategy ensuring logistics spend and Champions initiatives are within budget. The position will work closely with the BU logistics teams, suppliers and relevant stakeholders.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Category strategy implementation
• Category risk assessments
• Sourcing new suppliers
• Tender management support – To be done @ Zone
• Supplier query and dispute resolution
• Contracting implementation and compliance
• Supplier relationship management, SLA’s and Performance tracking
• Local legal requirements – for Tenders
• Ensuring accurate sizing vs capacity availability at budget cost
• Category spend vs budget tracking (monthly Price vs budget and Champions tracking)
• Opportunity identification for closing cost/price gaps
• Monthly rate card adjustments
• Continuous improvement – Innovation & value engineering

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Degree in business or related field.
• Three to five years of prior related position experience required.
• Able to work independently and take initiative and prioritize workload effectively.
• Ability to build productive working relationships –internally and externally.
• Strong interpersonal / business skills and time management skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Excellent stakeholder management.
• Ability to generate team cooperation.
• Capable of being entrusted with “confidential” information.
• Ability to be flexible with duties and scope of work.
• Advanced Computer skills (MS Office, Financial systems and knowledge would be an added advantage).
• End to end SAP experience.
• Strong sourcing/procurement related processes

How to Apply:

All interested candidates who meet the above specifications should apply at the link below.

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