Procurement Governance and Compliance Specialist

Job Overview

Dangote Industries Limited is recruiting a Procurement Governance and Compliance Specialist for its Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals operations in Lagos.

The role is responsible for establishing, monitoring and continuously improving governance frameworks, policies, procedures, internal controls and compliance programmes across Supply Chain operations.

The successful candidate will support governance oversight, policy administration, compliance monitoring, internal-control assurance, audit coordination, regulatory compliance, reporting and continuous improvement.

This position reports to the Procurement Governance & Compliance Lead. Applicants must possess a Bachelor’s degree in one of the stated disciplines and have between three and seven years of relevant experience.

Job Details

Purpose of the Role

The Procurement Governance and Compliance Specialist will strengthen governance and compliance across Supply Chain operations.

The role ensures that Supply Chain policies, procedures, controls and operating practices remain consistent with corporate standards, regulatory requirements and ethical business principles.

The successful candidate will monitor compliance, identify deviations, coordinate corrective actions, support audits and prepare governance reports for management.

Important Scope Clarification

The official vacancy states that this position does not have responsibility for:

• Supply-chain risk management.
• Vendor management.
• Supplier-performance management.
• Contract administration.
• Commercial contract compliance.

These exclusions are important because the position focuses on governance, policy, internal controls, process assurance and compliance rather than the commercial or operational management of suppliers and contracts.

AfriJobSpace should not add vendor sourcing, supplier negotiation, purchase-order management or contract-administration responsibilities to this vacancy.

Scope of Responsibility

The role covers:

• Supply Chain governance-framework implementation.
• Policy and procedure development.
• Policy administration.
• Compliance monitoring and reporting.
• Internal-control effectiveness reviews.
• Audit coordination.
• Audit-action tracking.
• Process assurance.
• Compliance assessments.
• Regulatory-compliance monitoring.
• Ethics and business-conduct compliance.
• Delegation of Authority compliance.
• Governance training and awareness.
• Continuous improvement of governance processes.

Governance Framework Management

The successful candidate will:

• Implement and maintain Supply Chain governance frameworks.
• Align governance structures with corporate policies.
• Promote accountability across Supply Chain functions.
• Encourage consistent process discipline.
• Monitor adherence to approved governance standards.
• Support initiatives intended to improve governance maturity.
• Identify areas where governance structures or practices require strengthening.

The role requires an understanding of how governance frameworks translate corporate requirements into practical controls and responsibilities.

Policy and Procedure Management

Responsibilities will include:

• Developing Supply Chain policies.
• Reviewing existing policies and procedures.
• Updating standard operating procedures.
• Preparing or maintaining work instructions.
• Ensuring policies remain aligned with operational requirements.
• Reviewing policies against relevant regulatory requirements.
• Maintaining document-control processes.
• Managing document versions.
• Facilitating periodic policy reviews.
• Supporting the approval of revised policies and procedures.

The successful candidate should understand the importance of maintaining current, approved and traceable versions of organisational documents.

Compliance Monitoring

The Procurement Governance and Compliance Specialist will:

• Conduct compliance reviews across Supply Chain activities.
• Monitor adherence to approved procedures.
• Review compliance with established business processes.
• Identify and report compliance deviations.
• Coordinate corrective actions following compliance reviews.
• Monitor progress on agreed corrective measures.
• Track compliance-performance trends.
• Escalate relevant governance or compliance concerns through approved channels.

The position requires the ability to assess actual practices against approved policies and controls.

Internal Controls Assurance

The role will support assurance over Supply Chain internal controls by:

• Reviewing control effectiveness.
• Monitoring compliance with approval authorities.
• Reviewing adherence to delegated powers.
• Assessing control application across operational processes.
• Supporting internal-control self-assessment programmes.
• Identifying control gaps.
• Recommending improvements where weaknesses are identified.
• Supporting compliance verification and process-assurance activities.

The successful candidate should be able to evaluate whether controls are appropriately designed and consistently followed.

Delegation of Authority Compliance

The position includes monitoring compliance with the organisation’s Delegation of Authority framework.

This involves checking whether decisions, approvals and actions are handled at the appropriate authority levels. The specialist will also support accountability by identifying and reporting deviations from approved authority arrangements.

The source does not grant this role independent authority to change the Delegation of Authority framework.

Audit Coordination

The successful candidate will:

• Coordinate internal audits affecting Supply Chain.
• Support external audit activities.
• Provide auditors with required records and information.
• Track audit observations.
• Maintain agreed audit-action plans.
• Monitor the timely closure of audit findings.
• Prepare audit-status reports for management.
• Support audit-response management.
• Maintain evidence required to demonstrate completion of corrective actions.

The role coordinates audits and actions but is not presented as replacing the Internal Audit function.

Regulatory Compliance

Responsibilities will include:

• Monitoring regulatory requirements affecting Supply Chain operations.
• Coordinating regulatory reporting where applicable.
• Supporting compliance with customs obligations.
• Supporting import and export compliance.
• Monitoring relevant statutory requirements.
• Maintaining regulatory-compliance records.
• Reporting identified deviations.
• Supporting corrective action where required.

The source does not identify individual laws or regulatory agencies. AfriJobSpace should not insert specific legislation unless the employer confirms it.

Ethics and Business Conduct

The Procurement Governance and Compliance Specialist will:

• Promote ethical business practices across Supply Chain operations.
• Support anti-bribery awareness programmes.
• Support anti-corruption awareness.
• Monitor adherence to company codes of conduct.
• Support investigations into governance breaches.
• Support investigations concerning procedural violations.
• Encourage accountability and professional conduct.

Because investigations may involve sensitive information, the position requires confidentiality, objectivity and professional judgement.

Governance Reporting and Analytics

The role involves:

• Developing governance and compliance dashboards.
• Monitoring compliance performance indicators.
• Analysing governance information.
• Preparing periodic management reports.
• Presenting governance-performance updates to leadership.
• Monitoring corrective actions and audit findings.
• Identifying performance trends.
• Providing clear information that supports management decisions.

Applicants should be comfortable working with reporting systems, dashboards and structured compliance information.

Training and Awareness

The successful candidate will:

• Deliver governance and compliance training.
• Conduct policy-awareness sessions.
• Explain internal-control requirements.
• Promote understanding of governance responsibilities.
• Support development of a compliance-focused culture.
• Help employees understand approved procedures and authority limits.
• Support continuous learning in governance and compliance matters.

The source does not state that the specialist owns all organisational training. The responsibility is limited to governance and compliance awareness within the relevant scope.

Continuous Improvement

The position will:

• Identify opportunities to strengthen governance processes.
• Standardise procedures and controls.
• Support process simplification.
• Contribute to process optimisation.
• Promote the use of automation.
• Support digitalisation of governance activities.
• Recommend improvements based on compliance reviews, audits and performance information.
• Help improve operational consistency and control effectiveness.

Required Educational Qualification

Applicants must possess a Bachelor’s degree in one of the following areas:

• Business Administration.
• Finance.
• Economics.
• Supply Chain Management.
• Accounting.
• Law.

The official wording indicates fields “like” those listed. Closely related qualifications may therefore be considered, but applicants should rely on the employer’s assessment.

Required Experience

Applicants should have between three and seven years of experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Supply Chain.
• Governance.
• Compliance.
• Audit.
• Risk Management.
• Internal Control.

Applicants should also have:

• Experience within refining, petrochemicals, oil and gas, manufacturing, energy or another large industrial organisation.
• Experience supporting audits.
• Experience conducting or supporting compliance reviews.
• Experience supporting governance programmes.
• Strong knowledge of procurement and Supply Chain controls.

Preferred Qualifications

The following are advantages:

• A Master’s degree.
• A Master of Business Administration.
• Certified Internal Auditor certification.
• Certified Fraud Examiner certification.
• Certified Supply Chain Professional certification.
• Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply certification.
• Another relevant professional certification.

These are preferred qualifications and should not be presented as compulsory requirements.

Functional Competencies

Governance management

Candidates should understand:

• Governance frameworks.
• Corporate policies and procedures.
• Delegation of Authority.
• Process governance.
• Organisational controls.

Compliance management

Candidates should demonstrate knowledge of:

• Compliance monitoring.
• Regulatory compliance.
• Ethics and business conduct.
• Compliance reviews.
• Corrective-action management.

Internal controls

Relevant competencies include:

• Internal-control design.
• Control testing.
• Process assurance.
• Control-effectiveness reviews.
• Compliance verification.

Audit and assurance

Applicants should be familiar with:

• Audit coordination.
• Audit-response management.
• Audit-action tracking.
• Assurance reviews.
• Evidence management.

Process management

Candidates should demonstrate experience with:

• Standard operating procedure development.
• Process mapping.
• Process standardisation.
• Continuous improvement.
• Operational excellence.

Reporting and analytics

Relevant competencies include:

• Compliance dashboards.
• KPI reporting.
• Data analysis.
• Performance monitoring.
• Governance reporting.

Behavioural Competencies

The role requires:

• High ethical standards.
• Confidentiality.
• Accountability.
• Professional judgement.
• Critical thinking.
• Attention to detail.
• Investigative ability.
• Root-cause analysis.
• Report writing.
• Presentation and facilitation skills.
• Ability to influence stakeholders.
• Teamwork.
• Relationship management.
• Cross-functional coordination.
• Planning and organisation.
• Time management.
• Adaptability.
• Continuous learning.

Digital Competencies

Applicants should be familiar with relevant systems and tools, including:

• SAP S/4HANA.
• SAP GRC compliance and audit tools.
• Governance and compliance-management systems.
• Audit-management platforms.
• Document-control systems.
• Workflow-management tools.
• Microsoft Power BI.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel.
• Dashboard-development tools.
• Reporting systems.
• Microsoft Teams.
• SharePoint.
• Digital document repositories.

The source lists these under digital competencies. It does not explicitly assign a minimum number of years of experience to each individual tool.

Who May Be Well Suited to This Position?

This role may suit a governance, compliance, audit or internal-control professional who understands procurement and Supply Chain processes within a large industrial organisation.

A suitable candidate should be able to review controls, monitor compliance, coordinate audits, maintain policies and present governance information to leadership.

The person should also be capable of working with sensitive information, identifying root causes and influencing corrective action across different business functions.

What to Highlight in Your Application

Applicants should make the following information clear in their CV:

• Bachelor’s degree and field of study.
• Master’s degree or MBA, where applicable.
• Relevant certifications such as CIA, CFE, CSCP or CIPS.
• Dates and duration of governance, compliance, audit or control positions.
• Industrial sectors in which they have worked.
• Governance frameworks implemented.
• Policies or SOPs developed.
• Compliance reviews conducted.
• Internal controls assessed.
• Audit findings tracked and closed.
• Corrective actions coordinated.
• Delegation of Authority compliance monitored.
• Governance dashboards or reports prepared.
• Relevant SAP, Power BI, Excel or document-control experience.
• Governance training or awareness sessions delivered.
• Measurable improvements achieved without disclosing confidential company information.

Vacancy Verification

AfriJobSpace reviewed the vacancy against Dangote Industries Limited’s official careers listing.

The source confirms:

• Actual title: Procurement Governance and Compliance Specialist.
• Employer: Dangote Industries Limited.
• Business unit: Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals.
• Duty location: Lagos.
• Reporting line: Procurement Governance & Compliance Lead.
• Date posted: September 29, 2026.
• Required experience: 3–7 years.
• Employment type: Not specified.
• Application deadline: Not specified.
• Salary: Not specified.

Candidates should confirm that the official Apply now function remains available before submitting an application.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should use the Apply for Job button to access Dangote Industries Limited’s official recruitment portal.

Applicants should ensure that their CV demonstrates relevant Supply Chain governance, compliance, audit or internal-control experience.

Do not pay any individual or intermediary to submit, process or guarantee your application.