Job ID: 30039772

Key Outputs and Responsibilities

• Support Indirect Procurement Sourcing Strategy Development
• Understand, deep dive and keep very strong control on the 5 Packs ZBB Spend portfolio ensuring actual spend is consistently in alignment with budget
• Develop, lead and drive negotiation strategies for the category
• Identify and track benefits (monetary and non-monetary), mitigate the risks and ensure compliance governance is in place
• Collate all necessary zone analytics related to the category
• Analyse spend and user specific requirements
• Conduct market research to assess zone dynamics related to the category
• Support Sourcing Strategy Execution
• Ensure readiness across both zone and country for strategy execution
• Escalate where necessary supplier performance issues
• Support Collaborative Optimization activities where applicable
• Handle second level escalations with suppliers/internal stakeholders to resolve performance issues
• Collaborate with supplier and internal stakeholders to ensure smooth implementation of Category managers sourcing outputs / agreements
• Ensure suppliers are correctly enabled through Regional Procurement Shared Services (RPSS)
• Ensure contractual terms & conditions are effectively operationalised within business
• Manage the relationship and drive collaboration with all stakeholders at functional, regional and global level.

Requirements
Qualifications & Experience:

• Relevant Tertiary Qualification
• 5 years+ procurement experience managing categories (Indirect Spend preferable)
• Regional or Global category management experience
• Sound knowledge and understanding of procurement strategic sourcing methodology

Roles, Skills and Attributes Required:

• Ensures that processes follow established compliance requirements
• Collaborate with supplier and internal stakeholders to ensure smooth implementation of sourcing strategy outputs / agreements
• Good knowledge, understanding and use of Microsoft Office tools
• Good analytics skills
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Sound knowledge of procurement systems like Ariba and use of eRFX and eAuction
• Knowledge of SAP an advantage
• Good presentation skills and experience of facilitating workshops/brainstorm sessions
• Being highly adaptable to frequent and rapid changes in workflow and project execution and willing to take on new challenges
• Capacity to work flexibly, proactively and unsupervised both individually and within a global team
• Ability to comfortably liaise across functions and at a senior level
• Willingness to learn and develop both the role and personally
• Proven leadership qualities and ability to inspire action and deliver high quality results