MTN Group Hiring for Associate Procurement Excellence and Sourcing Governance Job at Dubai Full Time

Global Sourcing and Supply Chain (GSSC) is the Global Procurement Arm of the MTN Group, Africa’s most valuable brand, which services 16 Operating Companies as well as subsidiaries/ vertical businesses of MTN across Africa and Middle East. In line with MTN’s Ambition 2025 strategy, anchored in building the largest and most valuable platform business with a clear focus on Africa, we at Global Sourcing and Supply Chain (GSSC) have evolved into an Innovative, Transformative & Agile function which keeps our customers at the heart of all that we do.

GSSC is now a completely Agile Organization… moving away from the erstwhile pyramid/ hierarchical organization with an Agile Operating Model, comprising of PODs and Squads. GSSC is aimed at achieving:

• Seamless customer experience and faster service delivery for all our stakeholders with a cross- functional team setup
• Future-fit capabilities focusing on Digital and Data analytics to drive enhanced insights and market readiness
• Collaboration driven through shared targets & outcomes with impact-based success measures irrespective of teams or levels of work
• Business partnerships to foster close alignment with the business functions and strategic relationships with external stakeholders
• A shift from transactional and administrative activities to Strategic Sourcing which supports MTN business in managing the future requirements and innovations
• Expansion of the GSSC footprint through new business opportunities which leverage MTN’s economy of scale and advanced skills
• One Global Procurement Organization across all MTN’s Operating Companies through a verticalized and agile operating model.

We are looking for team members with an Agile mindset, a curiosity to learn and a passion for innovation to be part of this transformative journey to take GSSC into its next phase of evolution

Associate Procurement Excellence and Sourcing Governance will be responsible for guiding sourcing teams on best practices in market intelligence, vendor insights, procurement and negotiation strategy and other analytical insights to support successful strategic sourcing.

The associate will drive governance and compliance of sourcing events against the defined guardrails, standards and procurement policies. Monitor and test procurement processes to ensure continuous tracking of the compliance levels.

The Associate will periodically collaborate with all domain PODs to ensure effective control mechanism is in place for different type of sourcing events and identify opportunities for improvement. Assess the risk impact of various sourcing activities and provide insights to the respective domain / category leads on risk mitigation
Based on the overall requirement the associate will liaise with other Procurement Excellence CoE members to run sprints for achieving targeted outcomes.

The Associate as a part Procurement Excellence CoE, identify the best practices, share their expertise & deep knowledge with CoE members to upskill and achieve overall growth for the CoE

• Conduct process testing and data-driven assessment of procurement transactions to identify outliers and anomalies. Report control lapses with respect to the control and governance framework to the Global Lead Procurement Excellence
• Develop and manage global strategy to identify procurement-related fraud possibilities or actual incidents through detailed procurement data analysis and/or on-site procurement audits.
• Establish and drive regular review of Procurement KPIs, including back testing of processes, unit prices and savings
• Promote cost benchmarking, market analysis, and modeling among category managers
• Identify system capabilities required for effective procurement management; communicate and coordinate with relevant stakeholders regarding system needs
• New ISA revenue sources identification and ISA leakage prevention
• Identify global and local process non-compliances and create action points or closure through cross-functional stakeholder mgt.
• Develop insights on process bottlenecks by analyzing throughput times of processes under the PR-PO cycle. Design, implement and standardize processes for procurement operations
• Conduct SOP reviews and to provide regular SOP-related training to OPCOs. Partner with OPCOs for continuous improvement of the procurement process
• Create, Update and Maintain the Global Procurement Policy document. Ensure alignment between OPCO processes, local policy, and Global Procurement policy document
• Backtest Digital Procurement Systems to ensure compliance with Global Procurement Policy and SOP document
• Develop and maintain relationships with OPCO process champions, ensure sufficient training and documentation is developed and provided to support the change management
• Assist Global Lead Procurement Excellence in managing any risk impact from the partner markets and continuously monitor partner market sourcing activities to ensure risk mitigation protocols are in place to safeguard MTN
• Cascade the Yello Book guidelines to the Opcos and ensure the Opco standards, policies and processes are in line with the GSSC procurement policy
• Implement risk mitigation initiatives at a global level and cascade these initiatives to local Opco to ensure alignment with the business
• Assist Global Lead Procurement Excellence to improve the control framework and reporting capabilities or other recommended initiatives to improve governance and compliance of the function
• As a part of the sprints, provide risk guidance and support to ensure effective due diligence is adhered to, risk mitigation is in place and continuously monitor risk during high value / critical sourcing events.
• Ensure control measures are effective, conduct internal checks to test the effectiveness of controls during sprints
• Actively participate in Sprint review (Showcase & review) and identify areas of improvement for enhancing governance & mitigating risks

• Achieve CoE squad outcomes
• Ensure higher compliance rate
• Enhanced control library & automated controls to enhance compliance
• Data intelligence and insights to guide sourcing strategies and negotiation
• Proactive risk alerts
• On time mitigation of identified risks
• Ensure supplier quality
• Minimum deviation from policy standards
• Adherence to defined DoA
• Minimize stage gate approvals
• Improved operational effectiveness

Education:

• Minimum 4-year Academic Degree (Business Finance / BSc: Computer Science Degree preferred)
• Post graduate degree in Supply Chain Management and / or equivalent professional qualification (Preferred)

Experience

• 3-5 years relevant working experience
• 2-3 years of relevant working and managerial experience in Supply chain governance/ Process Excellence procurement
• 1-3 years experience in data science Query language such as SQL and data science language such as Python/R along with open-source data science packages (Preferred)
• Understanding of emerging supply chain practices, technology and tools
• Experience working in a medium to large organization, managing Supply chain governance/ Process Excellence
• Experience working across global locations/ regions and have a grasp of political, social, infrastructure and integrity challenges
• Excellent content knowledge around Oracle, Coupa, Ivalua, SAP, Ariba and other ERP technologies
• Experience in continuous improvement through the implementation of best practices (SCM)

Industry / Certifications (Advantageous):

• Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP)
• Member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply
  (MCIPS)
• Professional S

Technical Competencies

• Control Testing – Intermediate
• Risk Management- Intermediate
• Data Analytics – Beginner
• Process Governance – Begin

Core Competencies

• Procurement Lifecycle Mgt.- Intermediate
• Sourcing Process Mgt.- Intermediate
• Operational Excellence – Intermediate
• Market Intelligence – Beginner
• Supplier Management – Beginner
• Process Back Testing – Intermediate

Supporting Competencies

• Agile Methodology- Beginner
• Decision Making & Problem Solving – Beginner
• Communication Skills – Intermediate
• Data interpretation – Intermediate
• Digital Mindset – Intermediate