Procurement-IT

Required Skills

Nice to have:

Deliver General Procurement operations for goods and services, ensuring activity is aligned to the Centralised Procurement strategy and meets team objectives. ▪ Work with the business and key stakeholders to understand their requirements for General Procurement. ▪ Work to the annual General Procurement plan and ensure work is executed within the approved guidelines and timeframes to provide an exacting service. ▪ Assist in developing procurement planning for goods and materials required by client functions to ensure operational and project specific activity is incorporated. ▪ Ensure the creation of item specific forecasts, over a rolling time frame, is used for repeat ordering and inventory management. ▪ Conduct ongoing inventory management and forecasting, to place orders and maintain inventory at optimum levels for the Bank. ▪ Assist in the selection of suitable vendors ensuring that client is being offered quality and cost-efficient goods and services. ▪ Submit Request for Proposals (RFPs) to vendors as relevant to the needs of Departments and branches. ▪ Administer the RFP process to ensure stakeholders and vendors effectively adhere to the proposed timelines. ▪ Conduct the on-boarding process and registering of vendors ensuring to adhere to all AML and compliance controls and checks. ▪ Request security clearance of vendors if appropriate for client. ▪ Assist in maintaining professional relationships with key suppliers (major equipment ▪ Manufacturers/vendors). ▪ Work with the Legal team to ensure robust contracts are provided to each supplier for client and branches. ▪ Liaise proactively with vendors to ensure contracts and targets are upheld and issues are resolved quickly. ▪ Manage the digital recording of all supplier and vendor contracts to ensure accuracy of data in the relevant systems. ▪ Develop and maintain the vendor database including all supporting information and contractual agreements. ▪ Develop and maintain digital procurement profiles to outline vendor information as well as client purchasing habits and patterns for analysis and review. ▪ Identify any discrepancies and escalate or resolve contractual issues to ensure risk mitigation to client.