Strategic Sourcing III – Indirect Procurement

Sr. Software Engineer - Ag & Trading .Net

Business Unit Head Medical Device

CEO / Managing Director, Bulk & Corridors

Strategic Sourcing Analyst

Key Account Manager – DTC

Java Backend Engineer

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Develop and execute procurement strategies to meet production and project requirements.</li><li>Analyse and provide feedback to appropriate departments on part status / requirements for fulfilling customer demand.</li><li>Manage delivery of critical component parts and product delivery with suppliers and contract manufacturing and critical supply partners to meet customer requirements.&nbsp;</li><li>Escalation of any issues to relevant sourcing analyst.</li><li>Monitor &amp; reporting KPI targets with actions– delivery on time, confirmation of purchase orders.</li><li>Invoice processing, resolving blocked invoices &amp; amendments of purchase orders</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Educational Degree, Bachelor or above, Engineering background is preferred.</li><li>Minimum 5 – 7 years of experience in indirect procurement, experience in manufacturing company is a must.</li><li>Experience in at least 2 commodities including MRO, Facility, Automation line, HR services.</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Demonstrate accountability by ensuring timely and high-quality project delivery.</li><li>Be result driven, consistently achieving measurable outcomes and meeting goals.</li><li>Act as a team player, collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.</li><li>Exhibit a can-do mentality, tackling challenges with a proactive and positive approach.</li><li>Apply software engineering patterns and principles to design, develop, test, integrate, maintain, troubleshoot and document complex and varied software solutions and incorporate security practices in newly developed and maintained applications.</li><li>Participate in peer code review sessions to review code, coach peers and ensure code quality.</li><li>Take the lead in the assigned agile team to adopt agile philosophies, facilitate agile ceremonies and identify continuous improvement opportunities.</li><li>Incorporate the companys engineering and development best practices within the full software development lifecycle including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, building processes, testing and security principles, to deliver high quality code rapidly.</li><li>Collaborate to lead demonstration and continuous feedback sessions to improve development and help drive the long term vision.</li><li>Participate in the engineering community by maintaining and sharing relevant technical approaches and modern skills.</li><li>Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.</li><li>Other duties as assigned</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience</li><li>Confirmed experience automating pipelines for continuous integration, testing, delivery and security.</li><li>Confirmed experience architecting applications, databases, services or integrations.</li><li>Extensive experience with .NET Framework and .NET Core.</li><li>Familiarity with front-end technologies like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and frameworks such as Angular, React, or Vue.js.</li><li>Experience with DevOps practices and tools such as Docker and CI/CD pipelines.</li><li>Knowledge of SQL Server and / or PostgreSQL for database design and management.</li><li>Hands-on experience with Kubernetes for container orchestration and management.</li><li>Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.</li><li>Minimum of 5 years of related work experience in software development using .NET technologies.</li></ul>

Responsibilities: Sales Management (35%): <ul><li>Ensure that the team achieves maximal sales and market share by meeting or exceeding standards in each customer segment</li><li>Recruit and secure suitable trading partners to drive business expansion. Design suitable incentive models for the trading partners in collaboration with Finance Manager</li><li>Participate in developing territory sales targets and resource allocation</li><li>Determine the sales team configuration to maximize territory sales targets and potential</li><li>Conduct routine field visits to understand customer needs and market dynamics to share during business meetings</li><li>Build strong business partnership towards our company’s product portfolio with key opinion leaders and develop new product advocates</li><li>Territory Management and optimize effectiveness and efficiency of sales team</li><li>Ensure effective execution customer targeting with reference to marketing reach and frequency plan</li><li>Regularly analyse team performance qualitatively &amp; quantitatively against KPIs, identify improvement areas to drive corrective actions and provide coaching to improve performance.</li></ul> Marketing Planning and Implementation (35%): <ul><li>Strategic planning and leadership to drive brand performance in ensuring successful market penetration (Pre launch preparedness and go to market strategies)</li><li>Develop programs to maximize field selling efforts such as sample strategy, sales meetings, and all sales force related marketing activities.</li><li>Development of the annual brand business and budget plan, strategy &amp; objectives</li><li>Develop and plan resource allocation effectively to address changing market dynamic and competitions</li><li>Create and enhance relationships, internal and external, that contribute towards establishing the brand (key customers, thought leaders, associations and industry players) and implement establish KOL strategy</li><li>Manage brand budget efficiently</li><li>Timely development of promotional program/ materials that enables effective delivery of marketing messages</li></ul> New portfolio exploration (30%): <ul><li>Conduct market insights for new product (market data analysis, gather insights from HCPs)</li><li>Develop patient flow and product forecast based on the portfolio analysed</li><li>Build business case for the new portfolio encompassing the devices and diagnostic range</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Bachelor’s Degree in Science. Proficient in English.&nbsp;</li><li>Minimum 2 to 4 years of relevant experience in marketing and sales.</li><li>Has experience working as marketer in medical devices MNC companies.</li><li>Has knowledge in these key healthcare channels: GP, private hospital, public hospital</li><li>Customer focused with strong interpersonal skills and able to illustrate agility to work and manage cross-functional teams.</li><li>Able to demonstrate new pilots in the areas of digital and analytics</li><li>Detail oriented and having the ability to actively listen.</li><li>Solid communication skills including presentation, verbal and written abilities. Shortlisted candidates are required to do a business case project.</li><li>Strategically focused, results oriented with strong problem-solving skills</li></ul>

The RoleAs the Managing Director of Zambia, you will develop and implement the Company strategy in line with the overall Logistics SSA and Bulk &amp; Corridors strategy.&nbsp;The role will be instrumental in growing our existing offering within an end-to-end supply chain by setting and achieving key objectives while ensuring the safety and well-being of employees. This role will be responsible for the leadership, strategic alignment, client fulfilment, efficient, profitable, sustainable operation and commercial coordination within our clients Logistics portfolio in SSA. The role will directly contribute towards the SSA Logistics revenue and appropriate financial targets. The role links and provides client solutions leveraging all our clients capabilities in the region, and is expected to drive strategic growth, innovation, operational excellence, and stakeholder engagement, ensuring alignment with global best practices and sustainability principles. Key Responsibilities1.	Formulate strategies aligned to our clients Bulk &amp; Corridors strategies and KPI’s priorities2.	Set strategic direction for Zambia and associated capabilities and cascade strategic priorities into the Business Units in Zambia.3.	Establish and align the required structures, standards and capabilities to ensure that it supports and enables our clients and SSA logistics objectives and strategy, and drives a high performing team4.	Develop, implement, and take accountability for the Company strategies according to company goals and objectives aiming to accelerate growth, and that positively influence our clients revenue, operating profit and return on invested capital5.	Establish strategic relationships and agreements with clients that create value for both the client and the end user of the product6.	Lead key customer relationships and serve as the expert for logistics solutions. Identify and understand the opportunities, challenges and potential partner priorities to establish mutually beneficial partnerships/commercial relationships7.	Pro-actively work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that the Logistics SSA Bulk &amp; Corridors service positioning is clear and defined to maximise growth opportunities8.	Support and implement mid-term business development plans including budget and P&amp;L responsibility for Zambia.9.	Ensure that the Company operations (including value-added services), and commercial aspects are coordinated and executed in way that ensures optimal customer service10.	Proactively identify and manage business uncertainties and opportunities, and implement action plans to mitigate supply chain risks11.	Foster a strong, collaborative partnership with the central Commercial function to develop and execute unified go-to-market strategies.&nbsp;12.	Accept joint accountability for revenue generation, customer acquisition, and retention by aligning local operational capabilities with commercial priorities.&nbsp;13.	Ensure that business development, pricing, and solution design are coordinated to deliver value to customers and achieve growth targets across the region.14.	Actively support and empower the Commercial team by providing operational insights, solution innovation, and customer-specific capability deployment to secure and grow strategic accounts.&nbsp;15.	Leverage internal capabilities across all SSA capabilities to co-create and deliver end-to-end value propositions that strengthen our clients competitive positioning and market share in Sub-Saharan Africa.16.	Drive decision making process through integrated business planning with regional stakeholders and senior leaders (Commercial, Finance, etc.) in order to maximize service to customers and meet our clients objectives17.	Build effective relationships and facilitate collaboration across our clients group of companies to drive projects to completion and improve processes18.	Lead key customer relationships to ensure the delivery of the growth strategy over a 3 to 5 year period19.	Continuously evaluate industry, market and technology trends to assess the potential impact on operational and business opportunities. Make recommendations and drive key projects to leverage opportunities20.	Lead the adoption of automation, AI, and smart technologies to enhance performance and competitiveness.21.	Oversee the implementation of digital solutions to provide integrated, end-to-end supply chain services.22.	Formulate the Company budget to ensure that the strategic deliverables are adequately budgeted for&nbsp;23.	Ensure effective fiscal management in compliance with Company standards24.	Lead, define and ensure compliance with budgeted revenue and operating income goals&nbsp;25.	Analyse monthly financial performance indicators and trends, make necessary adjustments to ensure profitability, and submit required reports timeously26.	Ensure strict financial discipline, including monitoring working capital, debt, and cash flow.27.	Oversee asset management and capital expenditure, ensuring ROI-driven investments.28.	Drive long-term value creation through strategic financial planning and effective resource allocation.29.	Embed sustainability, carbon reduction, and environmental responsibility into core operations.30.	Lead green initiatives, renewable energy adoption, and emission-reduction projects.31.	Implement risk management frameworks to mitigate financial, operational, environmental, and reputational risks.32.	Lead the development of crisis management and business continuity strategies.33.	Uphold the highest standards of corporate governance, transparency, and integrity.34.	Drive a strong ethical culture, ensuring accountability at all levels.35.	Lead our clients People agenda, including the effective management of workforce planning, recruitment, learning and development, performance management, reward and recognition, talent management, and employee relations in line with Group policies and procedures36.	Drive the development of a healthy, high-performance culture across the Company, in alignment with our clients cultural objectives37.	Ensure, and assume ultimate accountability for the implementation of continuous improvement, health, employee wellbeing and sustainability best practices for the Company38.	Interpret and ensure compliance to regulatory requirements across the Company in the various countries/jurisdictions we operate. Minimum Requirements QUALIFICATIONS	Relevant Bachelors degree&nbsp; EXPERIENCE&nbsp;	Minimum 10 years’ experience in the supply chain industry, including experience managing supply chain activities	Up to 8 years’ in a similar or senior executive role for a global supply chain multinational	Proven experience and demonstrable success in leading end to end supply chain companies, and team enablement SKILLS&nbsp;	Proven ability operate and navigate a multinational, matrixed organization	Strategic Orientation: The ability to evaluate and redirect organisation’s strategy, value proposition, and business strategy aimed at conceptualising a desired future state that promotes the viability of the organisation.	Business Expertise/ Acumen: Applies in-depth knowledge of the economic, commercial and political issues to build and grow the business with impactful outcomes and influence industry performance; anticipates industry trends	Customer Relationship Management: Builds enduring and rewarding customer relationships and actively manages customer satisfaction and loyalty.	Business Development: Analyse new and existing clients, their needs and able to formulate possible solutions that could meet these needs, based on an in-depth understanding of company service offerings. Able to navigate through potential client organisations, identifying decision-makers, uncovering their unmet needs, and concisely demonstrating the value that business development can add to their organisations. In-depth understanding of market and client segmentation &amp; profiling as well as the analysis of market trends, as well as understanding of the sales cycle and process, including facilitating a deal to closure.	Business and Operations Management: Understands how to effectively plan and manage business operations including service delivery. Expert understanding of the alignment of resources, planning and priorities at an organisational level. Able to interpret business intelligence and apply it in the development of long term strategic plans to ensure effective business and organisation management in the organisation. Drives the setting of measurements that encourage raising organisational performance and measured return on investment.	Financial Management: Extensive knowledge and understanding of key financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting process and management.&nbsp;Understands the link between budgets and strategic objectives of the organisation. Understands complex budgeting and financial management issues.&nbsp;Extensive knowledge on asset control procedures and management. Understands key financial performance indicators.&nbsp;Able to analyse financial statements and reports.	Strong communication skills: You are an exceptional listener.&nbsp;You communicate clearly.&nbsp;You write exceptionally well and you speak eloquently. You can explain just about anything to anyone.&nbsp;You’re comfortable on the phone or to groups of people – at any level.&nbsp;You are incredibly tactful when delivering the facts.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	Leadership - The ability to inspire, motivate and direct individuals to take ownership of-, and achieve desired outputs.	Supply Chain Management - In-depth knowledge of supply chain management function policies and procedures, as well as the legislative framework governing the supply chain management function. Able to analyse the effectiveness of the supply chain and recommend improvements. Demonstrates in-depth understanding of costs and cost efficiencies within a supply chain, sustainable supply chain practices.	Exceptional critical thinking skills: you can identify gaps in logic and underlying causes of issues; You think on your feet.&nbsp;You like learning new things, and you can learn quickly.&nbsp;	Strong collaborator: You can work independently because you self-manage, with limited direction and guidance, but you also enjoy collaborating across dynamic and multi-cultural teams and are personable, helpful and incredibly organised.	Results oriented: You are proactive in handling competing priorities and meet your deadlines and commitments; you always demonstrate a “can do” positive attitude.	Confidentiality: You consider and protect the confidentiality of company data at ALL times.	IT skills: You are highly proficient in the full Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Visio.	Flexibility to travel: You are ready to travel between 30 - 50% of the time across the globe to our operations and clients.

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Tasks Summary &amp; Responsibilities (please enclose organizational charts)</li><li>Responsible for analysing input requests, identify right suppliers from the approved supplier panel.</li><li>Responsible for preparing RFQ’s, quote analysis, negotiations, obtaining Sourcing Committee approvals and awarding new business to supplier to develop finished products, components and tooling.</li><li>Define PBL supplier sourcing strategy based on business needs, that defines strategic suppliers into grow, fix and exit suppliers and maintains product footprint, incl. “make or buy”-analysis. Introduce new suppliers in SEA, India Mexico, North America.</li><li>Accountable for info record and PO accuracy, transfer relevant data to SCM, (Incoterm, lead time, price, MOQ etc)</li><li>Drive attainment and improvement of relevant procurement KPI’s, incl. Material Productivity (CMP), Lead time performance, delivery (STR/STC), and Quality (DLPM).</li><li>Responsible for improving material productivity by maintaining 125% material pipeline, CMP, TEBIT and WAV analysis and Drive VA/VE projects in collaboration with Engineering</li><li>Responsible for supplier price management, including PIA</li><li>Responsible for maintaining the capabilities and capacities of suppliers to avoid any constraints</li><li>Ensure and Drive MOQ optimization for material/components (incl. finished goods) used by the&nbsp;</li><li>plant for production and establish supplier agreements, e. g. VMI, EDI, consignment, Scheduling Agreements frame order review, blanket PO)</li><li>Lead the consolidation of Supplier Footprint, incl. setup of new suppliers, reducing number of suppliers</li><li>Ensure that suppliers meet TE compliance requirements (RoHs, Reach, conflict minerals, supplier portals)&nbsp;</li><li>Responsible for contracting of supplier commercial agreements, incl. bailment, inventory management and supply agreements.</li><li>Responsible for conducting QBR’s with strategic suppliers and the drive of respective corrective actions</li><li>Regularly carry out Suppliers risk assessments per business needs</li><li>Ensure data on OV tools is captured and delivered to finance.</li><li>Work with team on ISO Related documents, process and compliance check on regular frequency</li><li>Support the tactical buyer in the following tasks: inventory management components, manage outside product, and block invoices</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Bachelor’s Degree or above, Engineering background - Mechanical Engineering Preferred</li><li>10+ years of experience in sourcing area&nbsp;</li><li>Experience in Electronics, Stamping, Machining, Molding, especially from connector, connector assembly or cable assembly industry is preferred&nbsp;</li><li>Excellent problem-solving skills, analytical skills, and communication skills&nbsp;</li><li>Ability to demonstrate strong customer focus and continues improvement</li><li>Strong project management skills and ability to multi-task&nbsp;</li><li>Ability to work in a matrix environment with multi-cultural teams</li><li>Ability to create competitive strategies and plans, broad knowledge of strategies and tactics of the marketplace, knows trends&nbsp;</li><li>Knowledge of regional and global supplier base for relevant commodities</li><li>Advanced knowledge in the use of SAP and Microsoft Office, i.e. Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint</li><li>Fluent English at negotiation level,&nbsp;</li><li>Integrity, Accountability, Teamwork, Innovation</li><li>Proactive, detailed-oriented</li><li>Strong analytical skills</li><li>Cross-functional skills</li></ul>

Overview: <ul><li>As a Key Account Manager for our direct-to-consumer (DTC) business, you will play a pivotal role in maintaining and expanding relationships with our most important clients.&nbsp;</li><li>You will be responsible for driving sales growth, ensuring customer satisfaction, and managing key accounts effectively to meet and exceed business objectives.</li></ul> Responsibilities: Client Relationship Management: <ul><li>Develop and maintain strong relationships with key accounts to understand their needs and business goals.</li><li>Serve as the main point of contact for key clients, addressing inquiries and resolving issues promptly.</li><li>Manage business discussion/negotiations, including TTA, DA, etc to ensure effective sales &amp; achieving business targets and directions.</li><li>Conduct quarterly business review and business progress updates for assigned customers</li><li>Leverage key customer relationships to gain market intelligence and to assist successful formulary listing</li></ul> Sales Strategy Development: <ul><li>Collaborate with the sales &amp; marketing team to create strategic plans for key accounts, identifying opportunities for growth and upselling.</li><li>Analyze market trends and customer needs to inform sales strategies.</li><li>Develop and implement processes and strategies (local go-to-market strategies, sales strategies, and customer strategies) for assigned customers to ensure achievement of sales objectives.</li><li>Manage sales projection (sell in &amp; sell out), stocks forecast and stocks holding. Evaluate trends and divide business output to support strategic growth and profitability.</li></ul> Performance Tracking: <ul><li>Monitor and report on key account performance, sales metrics, and customer satisfaction.</li><li>Prepare regular reports and presentations for internal stakeholders.</li><li>Manage and monitor assigned customer A&amp;P trade fund/ TTA based investment according to annual budget to ensure efficient &amp; effective usage.</li><li>Analyse key accounts’ needs through data driven methods and structured planning &amp; provide trade activation post evaluation analysis for review of improvement and action plan (if any).&nbsp;</li></ul> Cross- Functional Collaboration: <ul><li>Work closely with marketing, product development, and customer service teams to ensure alignment on client expectations and deliverables.</li><li>Coordinate with logistics and supply chain teams to ensure timely product delivery. Negotiation and Contract Management:</li><li>Lead negotiations for trading terms and pricing agreements with key accounts to ensure mutually beneficial terms.</li><li>Manage renewals and extensions of contracts in a timely manner.</li></ul> Customer Advocacy: <ul><li>Act as the voice of the key customer within the organization, advocating for their needs and preferences.</li><li>Gather feedback and insights from clients to inform product development and service improvements.</li></ul> Requirements: Education: <ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, or a related field</li></ul> Experience: <ul><li>5+ years of experience in account management or sales within the DTC sector</li><li>Proven track record of managing key accounts and achieving sales targets Skills:</li><li>Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build rapport with clients</li><li>Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities</li><li>Proficiency in CRM software and Microsoft Office Suite Attributes:</li><li>Self-motivated and results-oriented with a strong sense of urgency</li><li>Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment</li><li>Strategic thinker with a customer-centric approach</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Collaborate with team, high availability, concurrent and fault tolerant software systems.</li><li>Significantly contribute to development of Aladdin’s global, multi-asset trading platform.</li><li>Work with product management and business users to define the roadmap for the product.</li><li>Design and develop innovative solutions to complex problems, identifying issues and roadblocks.</li><li>Apply validated quality software engineering practices through all phases of development.</li><li>Ensure resilience and stability through quality code reviews, unit, regression and user acceptance testing, dev ops and level two production support.</li><li>Be a leader with vision and a partner in brainstorming solutions for team productivity, efficiency, guiding and motivating others.</li><li>Drive a strong culture by bringing principles of inclusion and diversity to the team and setting the tone through specific recruiting, management actions and employee engagement.</li><li>For VP Level: In addition to above, a VP level candidate should be able to lead individual projects priorities, deadlines and deliverables using AGILE methodologies.</li></ul> Requirements: Qualifications: <ul><li>B.S. / M.S. degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related subject area</li><li>For VP Level: 8+ years of proven experience</li><li>For Associate Level: 4+ years of experience</li></ul> Skills and Experience: <ul><li>A proven foundation in core Java and related technologies, with OO skills and design patterns</li><li>Track record building high quality software with design-focused and test-driven approaches</li><li>Good hands-on object-oriented programming knowledge in Java, Spring, TypeScript, JavaScript, Microservices, Angular (2.0+), React.</li><li>Strong knowledge of Open-Source technology stack (Spring, Hibernate, Maven, JUnit, etc.).</li><li>Experience with relational database and/or NoSQL Database (e.g., Apache Cassandra)</li><li>Great analytical, problem-solving and communication skills</li><li>Some experience or a real interest in finance, investment processes, and/or an ability to translate business problems into technical solutions.</li><li>For VP Level: In addition to the above, a VP level candidate should have experience leading development teams, projects or being responsible for the design and technical quality of a significant application, system, or component. Ability to form positive relationships with partnering teams, sponsors, and user groups.</li></ul> Nice to have and opportunities to learn: <ul><li>Exposure to building microservices and APIs ideally with REST, Kafka or gRPC.</li><li>Experience working in an agile development team or on open-source development projects.</li><li>Experience with optimization, algorithms or related quantitative processes.</li><li>Exposure to high scale distributed technology like Kafka, Mongo, Ignite, Redis</li><li>Experience with Cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud</li><li>Experience with DevOps and tools like Azure DevOps</li><li>Experience with AI-related projects/products or experience working in an AI research environment.</li><li>A degree, certifications or opensource track record that shows you have a mastery of software engineering principles.</li></ul>

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CEO / Managing Director, Bulk & Corridors

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