Musbahu Jaafaru

Head, Supply Chain Management and Support Services at Backbone Connectivity Network Nigeria Ltd
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(386) 825-5501
Location
NG
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • French Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Arabic Native or bilingual proficiency
  • German Professional working proficiency
  • Spanish Limited working proficiency
  • Haoussa Native or bilingual proficiency

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Experience

    • Nigeria
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Head, Supply Chain Management and Support Services
      • Oct 2020 - Present

    • Finland
    • Telecommunications
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Procurement (Operations) Manager
      • Apr 2014 - Sep 2018

      -To ensure operational excellence in requisitions and procurement legal documents management.-To secure compliant and high quality execution of purchase requests including approval of requests following sourcing strategies, drives spend towards preferred suppliers, increases contract coverage, increases catalog usage, ensures right codification, ensures Order follow up and clearance and ensures legal documents system implementation in compliant manner.-To drive reduction of complexity and secures harmonization across councils and countries for operational processes. -To represents Procurement in internal and external audits. -To act as the main interface to requester and Procurement and Finance Shared ServicesThe key responsibilities of the Purchase Request Management (PRM) Professional functions are:-Secure compliant implementation of contracts in Procurement systems including complex contracts with instantiation in multiple countries and ensure data consistency in order to ease approval of requisitions,-Define local rules for PSSC in coordination with Councils and Services teams, be the interface to PSSC for R2R process and questions,-Approve purchase requisitions based on commodity sourcing strategies , compliance and quality standards requiring advanced proficiency in Alcatel-Lucent policies and SRM ERP system,-coverage, preferred supplier spend and catalogue usage Execute Purchase Orders for non PSSC countries,-Drive proactive upfront corrective actions to avoid invoice escalations. In case of invoice escalations find solutions in cases where the FSSC and PSSC cannot do it,-Manage delivery escalations; analyze root causes and drive corrective actions, -Prepare data for and represent Procurement in internal and external audits, -Propose commodity code structure improvements in area of expertise,-Identify catalog opportunities and drive implementation in accordance with Councils and/or Services strategies

    • Procurement (End Use) Manager
      • Sep 2011 - Apr 2014

      • Commodity Management Function is primarily accountable for managing a family of purchased Items (Products, Services, non production Goods) and achieving the budget and savings targets for the portfolio under responsibility.• Responsible for the identification of the needs in close cooperation with the business partners.• In charge of the sourcing strategy and negotiations for selected commodities organized by family.• Accountable for the realization and the reporting of the key performance indicators within own geographical scope.• Prime interface for business partners in own geography for procurement activities.• Ensure collection of the needs from the internal business partners.• Communicating the needs of the business partners within own scope of responsibility to the procurement council.• Responsible for the implementation of the Procurement corporate strategies, corporate contracts and objectives into the countries within own scope. • In charge of adherence to the Procurement policies, processes and procedures and the escalations of any deviations.• Responsible for the management and skill development of resources.• Responsible for the administration and optimization of the expenses costs of teams • In charge of the performance assessment of the suppliers at country level.

    • France
    • Telecommunications
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Procurement Manager
      • Sep 2006 - Sep 2018

    • Pre-Sales (Technical Sales) for Applications
      • Aug 2008 - Sep 2011

      Preparation and Defense of Technical/Commercial Offers in the Globacom Project. Preparation and Defense of Technical/Commercial Offers in the Globacom Project.

    • Finland
    • Telecommunications
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • IN & VAS Architecht and System Planning
      • Sep 2006 - Aug 2008

      IN & Value Added Services Engineer with Alcatel-Lucent; Architecture & Monitoring of all IN & VAS platforms (IN,MMS, WAP, CMS…) IN & Value Added Services Engineer with Alcatel-Lucent; Architecture & Monitoring of all IN & VAS platforms (IN,MMS, WAP, CMS…)

  • Setelcom
    • Paris Area, France
    • Telecommunications Engineer
      • Jan 2006 - Sep 2006

      Member of a Group on Complete GSM Network Dimensioning for 350,000 Subscribers for a Nigerian Mobile Telephone Operator. Complete Telecommunications Network Design for the Nigerian Armed Forces. (Nigerian Defence Communication System, NDCS) Member of a Group on Complete GSM Network Dimensioning for 350,000 Subscribers for a Nigerian Mobile Telephone Operator. Complete Telecommunications Network Design for the Nigerian Armed Forces. (Nigerian Defence Communication System, NDCS)

Education

  • EFREI - Ecole Française d'Electronique et d'Informatique
    Master's Degree, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
    2003 - 2005
  • Fachhochschule Sank Poelten
    Master's Degree, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
    2004 - 2005
  • Université de Franche-Comté
    Master's Degree, Electrical Technology, Electonics and Control Engineering
    2001 - 2003
  • Université de Franche-Comté
    Engineer's Degree, Electrical Technology, Electronics and Control Engineering
    1999 - 2001
  • Bayero University, Kano
    Bachelor's Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
    1998 - 1999
  • Kano State Polytechnic
    Ordinary National Diploma, Electrical / Electronics
    1994 - 1997

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