Procurement Team Lead

WHO IS LAFARGE?

As a member of Holcim Group, a global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions, Lafarge is enabling greener cities, smarter infrastructure, and improved living standards all over Egypt. With sustainability at the core of our strategy, we are becoming a net-zero company, thriving with our people and communities. Lafarge Egypt launched one of the largest cement plants in the MENA region which is located in Ain Al-Sokhna, with a plant capacity of 9.5 MT and 5 state-of-the-art production lines. Through its established business operations in Cement, Ready-Mix concrete, Lafarge Egypt has demonstrated its commitment to the provision of sustainable building materials. Lafarge Egypt continuously seeks to meet the needs of a wide range of customers including but not limited to individual homebuilders, large construction companies, architects, or local artisans, powered by 1500 passionate employees.

Overview:

• Implement Procurement strategies in accordance with the automation approach led by the MRP usage and in close cooperation with Category Manager.
• Manage the operational and transactional procurement for both Sokhna plant & Geocycle platform to find and automate based on a cost-effective deals and suppliers and to discover the best ways to reduce the cost.

Responsibilities:

1-Health & Safety:

• Adhere to and enforce relevant legislation and policies and ensure that highest degree of safety and safe working practices are maintained.

2-Functional:

• Manage Procurement activities of the category in accordance with the sourcing strategy, as well as applicable policies, procedures and specifications to deliver benefits to the company and reduce total cost.
• Creating and using fruitful procurement and sourcing strategies
• Lead selected sub-category spends elements with close collaboration with the category manager and the requesters cross-functionally.
• Manage the day to day
  P2P
  operation in a state of the art mode, to ensure compliance and the highest level of controls.
• Manage an average of 4000 transactions annually.
• Perform risk management for supply contracts and agreements.
• Control spends and builds a culture of long-term saving on stakeholder's costs
• On time performance of the P2P tasks, in line with the internal control requirements.
• Manage to automate the PR-PO cycle in accordance with the MRP strategy in the selected sub-categories.
• Provide and Manage reports and analysis in a country level within the selected sub-categories,
• Identify the initiatives, projects and saving opportunities and that support the procurement decision making process, to ensure creation of stakeholder's value.
• Act as the point of contact between country category management and stakeholders
• Challenge requesters to have optimum and consolidated scope of work.
• Introduce new potential suppliers/contractors in market with efficient alternatives
• Create and support the bidding process locally as defined by category strategy
• Align internal decision makers through focused communication
• Managing & developing the selected sub-category team members.

Education, Qualifications & Experience:

Education:

• Bachelor of Engineering.

Technical Skills:

• Prior Experience with any ERP system
• Advanced Excel Knowledge.
• Reporting tools developer.
• Advanced communication & negotiation skills.
• Very good team-management skills.

Experience:

• At least 5 years experience in Procurement or a technically related field.

WHO ARE LAFARGE PEOPLE?

Lafarge people are passionate about finding better ways to build. They embrace innovation and improvement with a pioneering spirit. They work as trusted partners, creating better solutions and experiences for their customers, communities, and colleagues.

YOUR LAFARGE EXPERIENCE:

At Lafarge, there is endless opportunity for you to play your part. Whether you're in a technical, managerial, or frontline role, you can shape a career that works for you. With us you'll have the chance to embrace the passion we share for our planet. You'll be encouraged to seek out diverse perspectives, share your ideas, and build the skills and connections you need to perform at your best. Because it's only when we work together in a culture where everyone thrives, that we can build the world we all want to live in.