Contracts and Procurement Controller

Directorate

Services

Work schedule

28/28

Work Location

Aksai office

Permanent

Education/ Work Experience

Higher education (University degree or higher) in the relevant speciality and not less than 5 years of work experience in managerial positions relevant to the profile of the organisation/directorate activity. It is preferable to have Master of Business Administration or additional qualification in contracts

Necessary knowledge

·          Legislative and other statutory acts of Kazakhstan and other international documents on activities of the management unit;

·          Market methodology;

·          Company development perspectives;

·          Methods of long-term and short-term planning of department’s activities, resources saving management;

·          Procedures of concluding contracts and supervision of supplies;

·          Logistic standards and specifications;

·          Wholesale and retail prices;

·          Management of supplying and storage operations;

·          Procedure of reporting;

·          Fundamentals of the Kazakh Labour Law;

Job duties

·          Support main operations of the company according to requisitions from directorates and management units of KPO;

·          Supervise the development of standards, requirements, terms to resources and services provided by vendors and contractors according to business needs of the company;

·          Supervise the development of standards and controls of managing contracts and procurement in the definition of the contractual choices made by the Company to meet its objectives;

·          Define policies and procedures for the Contracts & Procurement Department to meet the Company’s business needs and strategic objectives and comply with Kazakh legislation;

·          Develop contracts and procurement management strategy;

·          Administer tender processes in accordance with the public purchases law and develop assessment of bidders;

·          Ensure preparation of contract conclusion with vendors, agreement of conditions and terms; investigate possibility and appropriateness of concluding direct long-term relations on supplying of materials and services;

·          Organise study of marketing information and advertisements to find sources of material and services supplies;

·          Manage issuing claims to suppliers if contract terms are breached; control drawing up of calculations for such claim letters; negotiate with suppliers amendments to concluded contracts;

·          Participate in the development of actions to increase efficiency of material resources, cost savings upgrading of resources management system, use of resources, materials, equipment and other kinds of material resources;

·          Develop, in accordance with the requirements an annual contract plan to manage the C&P Unit’s activities and ensure submission of proper reporting on objectives of the Unit;

·          Head the import substitution and vendor qualification works and maintain a Vendor Database and ensure, wherever possible, the development of local sources of supply;

·          Manage and motivate subordinate staff, ensuring that they are effectively deployed and developed in accordance with their abilities and ensure the continuing professional development of local staff.