Sourcing Category Specialist Job in Kenya - KCB Bank

Key Responsibilities

  • Acquisition of goods and services required by the user departments by selecting the most optimal sourcing approaches, publishing and managing tenders.
  • Negotiations with suppliers to deliver the best value for the Bank on costs and supply terms
  • Mapping the key stakeholders and managing them to guarantee seamless execution of requests. The stakeholders include the Branch Managers, Heads of Departments, Suppliers and regulator
  • Performing benchmarking exercise and analysing data on market trends to provide insights for category decision making
  • Implementing standards, controls, processes or regulatory determined procedures for the assigned Category
  • Review Suppliers Performance for the assigned Category, data collation and analysis for Service Level Agreements, participate in review meetings.
  • Tracking and responding to customer enquiries, complaints and resolution of issues within set service level agreements
  • Follow-up and expediting of deliveries with Vendors

Minimum Requirements


Academic & Professional

  • Bachelor’s Degree RQ
  • Practising License Valid Practising License from Kenya Institute of Supplies Management (KISM) RQ
  • Professional Qualifications Member of Kenya Institute of Supplies Management (KISM) RQ
  • Member of Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) or equivalent AA
  • Master’s degree MBA /Business Related

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