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 POSITION QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
- Academic & Professional
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Member of Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) or equivalent AA Master’s degree MBA /Business Related AA
2. Experience
Total Minimum No of Years Experience Required 3 Purchasing Experience 2 ES Customer Service 2 ES Commercial Experience (negotiation, market analysis & knowledge) 2 ES About UsKCB Group is registered as a non-operating holding company which started operations as a licensed banking institution with effect from January 1, 2016. The holding company oversees KCB Kenya – incorporated with effect from January 1, 2016 – and all KCB’s regional units in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia and South Sudan. It also owns KCB Insurance Agency, KCB Capital, KCB Foundation, National Bank of Kenya, and all associated companies. The holding company was set up to among other things to enhance the Group’s capacity to access unrestricted capital and also enable investment in new ventures outside banking regulations, achieve operational and strategic autonomy for the Group’s operating entities and enhance corporate governance across the Group and oversight in the management of subsidiaries. Related documentation: Group Name Change, Name Change Certificate, KCB Advise on Non-Operating Holding Company, KCB Group Structure, Kenya Gazette Notice.
What We Do
KCB Group, is the largest financial services organization in East Africa in terms of asset size. The Group's headquarters are located in Nairobi, Kenya, with subsidiaries in Kenya, Rwanda, Southern Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Burundi. In 2015, KCB Group opened a representative office in Ethiopia, expanding the growth of the organization. The Bank is over 124 years old having started in Mombasa in 1896. KCB Group has over 354 branches, 26,394 Agents/POS Merchants and 1,103 ATMs. The bank also offers Mobile Banking though the KCB App, Internet Banking and Diaspora Banking Services platform that can be accessed 24/7 basis. The Bank services over 26.8 million customers across the region. KCB Group is the largest financial services organization in East Africa, with an estimated asset base of approximately Ksh. 1.02 trillion as at the of end H1 2021.
