Position: Specialist, Procurement
Requirement: 1

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversee sourcing at all stages and execute key tasks
• Take a strategic and long term view of procurement in identifying and developing innovative sources and contractual arrangements
• Assist in the strategic planning process for local categories by facilitating cooperation with the Procurement resources
• Review projects in terms of resources and timelines before Sourcing Procurement Manager’s approval
• Distribute company-wide category practices and best-in-class benchmarks to related Procurement employees
• Participate in internal and external analysis (industry & supplier)
• Define requirements for market and category research
• Execution of SRM and P2P strategies
• Analyze category practices gaps against benchmarks in market
• Prioritize projects based on list of initiatives approved by Sourcing Procurement Manager
• Align strategic plan to financial budget
• Provide analytical support during the vendor screening and vendor selection process
• Develop Request For Information, Requests For Proposals and/or Requests for Quotations to collect vendor information
• Define RFX criteria and details
• Create or utilize RFX templates where necessary
• Collect and analyze vendor responses to provide input for the vendor screening
• Prepare the bid evaluation analysis including qualitative information provided by vendors and pricing structure
• Request and consolidate technical analyses from internal clients
• Conduct analysis (if needed)
• Provide comparative statements of achieved results
• Collect FAQ or possible issues that may arise related to RFX
• Build and maintain vendor relations with vendors for assigned commodities according to Sourcing Procurement Manager directions
• Support the classification & categorization of vendors, implement vendor evaluation in line with defined procurement strategy
• Prepare questionnaires for vendor evaluations
• Visit vendor sites during vendor assessment phase (if needed)
• Monitor vendor performance and report to Sourcing Manager
• Participate cross functional review meetings with vendors in order to improve performance and further reduce cost
• Analyze potential contract improvement opportunities & re-negotiations
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with relevant stakeholders and ensure stakeholder engagement for Sourcing Projects, contributing through cross-functional teaming
• Identify vendor performance issues
• Conduct internal stakeholders surveys and communicate results to Sourcing Manager
• Perform negotiations based on fact based information (i.e. category sourcing strategy, industry analysis, internal business analysis)
• Determine cost drivers and estimate TCO based on information from vendors
• Analyze different alternatives to identify vendors with lowest TCO possible  
• Participate sessions with internal customers to identify further TCO reduction opportunities

Qualification and experience:

• Master’s degree in Management / professional Degree with 2 years of relevant experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in Management / professional Degree with 4 years of relevant experience

Profile

• Reviews situations or problems related to the work and presents all perspectives clearly for analysis
• Reviews and recommends new solutions or techniques to improve work output
• Tries to reviews linkages beyond own work area
• Seeks to learn more about other parts of the unit, or function
• Proactively seeks out customers' input to obtain feedback on performance
• Effectively communicates with others to obtain needed information or support
• Adapts rules or recommends alteration in normal procedures to get a job done well
• Understands personal strengths & weaknesses, and works on constructive feedback to improve one's work performance

Duty Station
The current requirement is for Kathmandu but can be changed later as per business requirement

What we offer:
International Working Environment, Performance Management Process, Internal Opportunities, Trainings, Work – Life Balance, Flexible Working Practices, Competitive Compensation, Festive Bonus, Social Security Fund, Leave Travel Allowance, Medical Insurance, Communication Facilities.

Shortlisting will be done on the basis of your answers and uploaded documents while applying, therefore answer the questions carefully. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Telephone enquiries will not be entertained.