Senior Procurement Operations Specialist

Anthony Simbeye

email: **************@*****.*** Matthews NC, 28104 Tel: 704-***-****

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-simbeye-26b1957a/

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Senior procurement and supply chain leader with 10+ years of experience in managing procure to pay cycles, strategic sourcing, category management, international trade, supplier relationships, contract negotiation, compliance, spend analysis, ERP implementation, and cross-functional leadership across banking, nonprofit, FMCG, logistics, and infrastructure environments.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Strategic Sourcing, Category Strategy, Supplier Relationship Management, Vendor Selection/RFP/RFQ, Contract Negotiation, Trade Procurement, Spend Transparency, Cost Optimization, Procurement Compliance, Stakeholder Management,SAP/ERP, Power BI, Project Management, Continuous Improvement.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Project Manager - Ripple Fiber, Charlotte NC 03/2025 to Present

●Leads FTTH deployment projects, partnering with construction, QA, finance, and regional leadership to optimize schedules, resources, vendor performance, and delivery efficiency.

●Uses Microsoft Project, Power BI, and Quick Base to track milestones, supplier dependencies, cost trends, and performance metrics.

Procurement Specialist - HD Network Solutions, Charlotte NC 6/2024 to 03/2025

●Improved compliant sourcing decisions through spend analysis, cost review, stronger vendor practices, and enhanced procurement controls.

●Negotiated materials and services, achieving 10% cost reduction; implemented inventory controls that reduced monthly costs by 30%.

●Built Power BI dashboards for real-time supplier, operational, sales, and financial performance insights.

Head Procurement and Shared Services - Zambia Industrial Commercial Bank Limited 5/2018 to 12/2023

●Developed and executed trade procurement strategies for facilities, shared services, branch support, assets, consumables, and sustainability initiatives.

●Led procurement/shared services teams and partnered with finance, legal, operations, facilities, and senior leaders on sourcing, budgets, supplier performance, and compliance.

●Oversaw SAP ERP implementation, automating procurement, inventory, payments, approvals, and reporting to improve governance and visibility.

●Managed contracts, subcontractors, supplier rosters, and third-party service providers while designing 20+ Power BI dashboards that improved decision-making efficiency by 25%.

Head of Shared Services - Barclays Bank Zambian Limited 6/2017 to 03/2018

●Oversaw sourcing and shared services, earning recognition as the best sourcing function in Barclays Africa for 2017 and 2018.

●Managed budgets, supplier compliance, branch optimization, and project teams for construction, refurbishment, ATM installation, and operational improvement initiatives.

Senior Manager Facilities - Zambia National Commercial Bank 04/2009 to 05/2017

●Led US$900K Oracle E-Business ERP deployment supporting procurement, inventory, planning, distribution, governance, and reporting improvements.

●Managed facilities, stores, security, fleet, contractor governance, policies, budgets, business continuity, and supplier relationship controls.

Supply Chain Manager - World Vision Zambia 3/2007 to 04/2009

●Consolidated national project procurement of approximately US$30M annually and supervised procurement plans for 57 projects nationwide.

●Negotiated large contracts, developed strategic supplier partnerships, and delivered a 20% cost reduction while strengthening service reliability and compliance.

Supply Chain Manager - Unilever Southeast Africa 05/2001 to 03/2007

●Managed demand forecasting, supply planning, procurement, imports, exports, logistics, third-party manufacturing, and packaging categories across Southeast Africa.

●Led supplier negotiations, cost analysis, OHSE&Q, and continuous improvement initiatives to optimize service levels, quality, and total cost.

CERTIFICATIONS & EDUCATION

MBA, University of Nicosia

BSc Computer Science, Copperbelt University

Professional Diploma and Graduate Diploma, Procurement and Supply, Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply

Scrum Master Certified

Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Cambridge Institute of Sustainable Leadership

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

SAP, Oracle E-Business, MS Project, Quick Base, MS Office, Power BI, process optimization, risk management, international procurement, logistics, warehousing, materials planning, process optimization, change management, and OHSE&Q.

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