Divisional Chief, Procurement at a Multidisciplinary African Conglomerate - PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Nigeria in Abuja

Position Overview

The Divisional Chief, Procurement is in charge of top the dispatch of expert procurement initiatives to external customers, with a concentration on optimizing value through planned procurement, cost optimization, and stock chain effectiveness. 

Primary duties

• Establish & supply procurement plan for internal business units and external customers, pushing cost effectiveness, new service lines, and customer purchase through RFP/pitch-guided go‑to-market development.
• Supervise the full procurement lifecycle: diagnostics, category plan, RFQ, negotiating, supplier orientation, and Procure-to-Pay (P2P) implementation, which includes handled‑solutions coverage for customers under SLA frameworks.
• Head category management and procurement decisions, submitting application methods which includes planned procurement, spend evaluation, and supplier segmentation.
• Bargain and framework supplier agreements, making sure best-in-class pricing, quality, dispatch, creative invention, and binding terms for both internal use and customer support offerings.
• Lead supplier connection management (SRM): segment vendor bases, execute effectiveness scorecards, compliance forums, and creative invention alignment across both internal and customer portfolios.
• Execute procurement digital channels and data analysis, which includes P2P operational structures, e‑procurement resources, dashboards, AI/BI findings; assist process automatic control and findings for strategic judgment.
• Oversee procurement risk, adherence & ESG guidelines, embedding organizational guidelines, audit regulates, supplier ethics, and rule/local customs management across customer and internal collaborations.
• Work alongside cross-operationally with Finance, Lawful, Projects, ESG, and business teams to align procurement activity with business timelines, financial plans, and strategic targets.
• Head, train & grow procurement ability, building teams of category directs, procurement managers, analysts, and customer-service dispatch employees with development, accreditation, and creative invention adoption.
• Track results & financials, pushing cost-to-savings KPIs, customer satisfaction (e.g., NPS), SLA compliance, cycle-time reduction, and income for external procurement solutions.

Qualifications

• Bsc in Stock Chain Management, Business Management or relevant field.
• At least 15 years of procurement expertise, with a minimum of 5 years in a executive guidance role within procurement consultancy, external contracting or divided solutions business models.
• A MSC or applicable specialist certification is a plus.
• Demonstrated expertise supplying procurement as a service to external customers in Africa or emerging markets.
• In-depth understanding in planned procurement, category management, deal discussion, e‑procurement operational structures (e.g., SAP Ariba, Coupa), supplier benchmarking, and maintainable procurement.
• Robust financial strategic insight – adept at conceptualizing business cases, TCO models, spend data analysis, and demonstrating to C-level decision‑
• Expertise coordinating supplier effectiveness and vendor connections; submitting application ESG principles and risk risk reduction frameworks (e.g. third-party risk evaluations, adherence screening).