Senior Procurement Officer -Demand Analysis and Planning & Strategic Sourcing at King Faisal Hospital: (Deadline 3 November 2021)

SENIOR PROCUREMENT OFFICER -Demand Analysis and Planning & Strategic sourcing

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• He/she must have Bachelor’s Degree in procurement, Supply Chain Management, health supply chain, or Economics (A0)
•  He /She should have 5 years of working experience in hospital setting.
• Professional Diploma in Purchasing and Supply is an added advantage.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills.
• Procurement planning skills.
• Experience in tender preparation and evaluation.
• Strategic sourcing skills.
•  Basic skills in sales and operations (S&OP) planning.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft office applications.
• Demonstrates ability to work both independently and within a team.
• Excellent problem solving capacity with demonstrated ability for considerable analysis
• Skills in developing Service Level Agreements.
•  Demonstrated business acumen – able to create strategy and actions that impact business success.
•  Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Must have good customer care skills, able to deal with patients politely.
•  Rwandan by Nationality

• Manage the entire process of planning of goods, works, and services, and coordinating all procurement and supply chain activities by leading and ensuring the maturity of the sales and operations planning (S&OP) process.
• Prepare and monitor monthly, quarterly and annual procurement plans and progress reports as required.
• Monitor and enforce the hospital’s procurement policies and procedures.
• Propose processes that would improve the inventory control to prevent the out of stock(OOS) and overstock incidences in the whole hospital to ensure the timely availability of medications and consumables.
• Develop the procure to pay tracker (P2P) and lead the vendor management process (VMF, BRM, SLAs…).
• Advise on developing the strategic sourcing process based on the ABC (spend) analysis.
• Develop metrics and models to improve the timely delivery of ordered products and optimize inventory levels.
• Ensure that transparent and competitive procurement is conducted and properly documented as required and in compliance with the hospital’s policy procedures and plans.
•  Conduct the market intelligence to set the master pricing list on all medications, consumables, etc guiding all purchases and propose agreements (MoUs) with manufacturers in order to acquire quality medications at better prices.
• Forecast price trends and their impact on the Hospital’s procurement strategies and inform the purchasing process on the new business strategies, targeting more savings.
• Prepare service delivery contracts and service orders for all acquisition needs.
• Prepare purchase orders for all goods acquisition needs.