Do you have a passion for procurement activities? Are you an excellent communicator with exceptional diplomatic skills, achievement oriented, and curious to broaden your professional perspective? Do you want to make a difference in our organization and contribute to building something new?  If the answer is yes to all these questions, then we would like to hear from you.

Rise to the Challenge:

Optimize local procurement of products and services by liaising with the local management team to understand their current and anticipated demand or needs, deploying local sourcing strategies, optimizing the local supplier base and managing local and cluster suppliers.

 

 

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

 Accountability 1Stakeholder Engagement & Customer CentricityCreate and maintain collaborative relationships with stakeholders: understand internal and external stakeholders’ objectives and needs; advice stakeholders on ways as to add tangible value to their objectives and contribute to the bottom line; lead cross-functional projects to increase spend effectiveness or generate process improvements.

 

ACCOUNTABILITY 2Industry, Market and Supplier StrategyConduct and interpret industry, market and relevant macro-economic and supplier research for the assigned sub-categories: at market or cluster level and for the assigned categories, build industry know-how on markets, suppliers and products/services and provide recommendations from market analyses and benchmarks to internal stakeholders.

 

ACCOUNTABILITY 3Demand Management and Sourcing PlanContribute to regional and global sourcing strategy definition by providing the requested inputs.Apply deep knowledge of assigned categories and subcategories to develop and implement relevant action plans. Monitor the implementation of sourcing strategies and processes across market / cluster and generate process improvements and economies of scale.

 

ACCOUNTABILITY 4Negotiation & PartnershipUse category specific analyses to prepare and lead negotiations with major suppliers within the assigned categories at local and/or cluster level ensuring quality standards of products/services are met.Commercially manage new & ongoing local key relationships with local major local suppliers, vendors or subcontractors at account level to ensure that the affiliate receives satisfactory standards of services and there is contribution sustainability over time.Review and approve RFx's and contracts conducted by the team and / or the SSC (if applicable).

 

ACCOUNTABILITY 5Contractual Framework PromotionMaster legal templates to encompass local legislative requirements, business needs, IP rights, RSP Principals and exclusivity clauses.In collaboration with Legal and Finance, set up and maintain a set of standard templates that facilitate the contractual review process, as well as leverage on agreed PO's Terms & Conditions for non-critical services/goods to meet the Company’s objectives in terms of agility and time to market.Upon contract(s) being signed, control that all data regarding suppliers and agreements is correctly entered in all relevant systems (e.g. SAP, e-Catalogues, etc.)

 

ACCOUNTABILITY 6Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)Apply the PMI SRM concept: evaluate and implement different types of supplier relationships based on defined segmentation criteria. Execute governance and escalation models to manage those relationships. Assess supplier performance based on quality, service, innovation and commercial relations.

 

ACCOUNTABILITY 7Procurement Model & ComplianceMaster the sourcing process and its interactions with other functional processes and ensure that the source-to-contract process is correctly and consistently followed. Ensure adherence to Global Procurement Policy and Regional Sourcing Practices & Tools at affiliate / cluster level. Monitor and define action plans to close gaps.Apply and encourage a Lean way of working and ensure effective transfer of non-core activities to SSC (if applicable) or/and secure effective deployment of Regional/Global Procurement Models.Ensure that the sourcing plan and RFx initiatives are well tracked and documented in the regional/global system. Optimize assigned KPI targets.

 

ACCOUNTABILITY 8PeopleEnsure an effective & efficient integration and engagement with remote teams or colleagues.

 

Where applicable, manage and supervise the work performed of direct reports, guiding them in their daily activities. Collaborate with SSC/Regional/Global Procurement on the agreed sourcing processes.If applicable, improve the team performance by setting clear objectives, reviewing achievements, assessing training needs and providing development opportunities.

 

EDUCATION:

University degree in Engineering, Business Administration or Economics.Diploma from a recognized Procurement Institute is an asset.

 

 

EXPERIENCE:

Minimum 5 years’ experience in Procurement of which minimum 2 years in category management. Strong degree of specialization in a specific area.Alternatively, within PMI, Key Account Management, Trade or Sales at Senior Executive level or Supervisor level.Minimum 2 years of experience in people management.

 

TECHNICAL FUNCTIONAL SKILLS:

Strategy:Risk Mgmt.: Assessment & MonitoringKPIs: regular utilizationMake or Buy: analysisSupply Base:Screening & Analysis: focus on medium to big-size suppliersMedium to high complex negotiations leadPerformance Assessment: executionSRM: focus on medium to big-size suppliersCategory & Spend Management:Spend & demand: data analysis and interpretationMarket information collection, consolidation and interpretationTCO: cost model and cost drivers knowledgeLegal & Compliance:Creation, execution & monitoring of medium to high complexity agreementsUnderstanding & application of PMI and market standardsAssurance the respect & execution of Procurement proceduresProcesses & Systems:RFx: execution & analysis, monitoring. Effective delegationP2P: good understanding of main processes & sub-processesSupply Chain: knowledge of main processes & sub-processesSales & Marketing: good understanding of business implications of main processesApplications: advanced knowledge & utilization