Job Title: Purchasing Director – Fin
Job: IRC2379534
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Employer: Oracle Corporation
Organization Name: Global Procurement
Department Description: The Global Procurement organization delivers sourcing, supplier management, and contract negotiation services to optimize spend and mitigate risk for Oracle. The department delivers these services globally in all countries where Oracle conducts business.
Brief Description: Responsible for overseeing activities related to the procurement of materials, parts, components, and equipment. Manages a professional staff.
Detailed Description: Develops and implements policies and procedures for the operation of procurement activities. May review and approve purchases up to a specified dollar amount. May negotiate major contracts involving large dollar amounts. Interacts with suppliers to resolve issues and maintain the Oracle/Supplier relationship. May analyze and summarize global commodity spending trends to identify cost saving opportunities. Monitors activities to ensure Oracle*s Global Purchasing/Finance policy objectives are met. May review standard and nonstandard contracts. Identify, propose and initiate implementation of process efficiencies/improvements.
Job Requirements: Assists in the development of short, medium, and long term plans to achieve strategic objectives. Regularly interacts across functional areas with senior management or executives to ensure unit objectives are met. Ability to influence thinking or gain acceptance of others in sensitive situations. Demonstrated knowledge of commodities and assigned Local Countries. Knowledge of Internet Procurement, Purchasing Core Applications, Purchasing Legal Guidelines, Corporate Financial Policies, and Monaco Documents.
Additional Details:
• 10+ years of relevant work experience and a BS/BA degree or equivalent
• 6+ years of management experience including hiring and managing a professional staff, setting objectives, measuring and improving performance, establishing best practices, developing and enforcing policy, and making key decisions
• Procurement experience including sourcing, cost/price analysis,contracting, and supplier management
• Strong leadership skills including ability to lead in a global organization
Amount of Travel: 0%-25%
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