Assistant Procurement Manager

Assistant Procurement Manager – CAPEX/MRO (South Africa)

MAIN JOB PURPOSE:

Support Procurement Manager with delivering key targets related to Cost and Cash, Quality and Service, Innovation and Sustainable Living.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Support Procurement Manager in developing and executing supplier strategy for CAPEX/MRO (Maintenance and Repairs Operations) portfolio, which has annual spend of circa, 40mil EURO for 6 manufacturing sites and 2 warehouses in South Africa.

• Assess supply market and adapt strategy according to market conditions.

• Assess supplier capability and suitability through regular site visits and reporting back on findings.

• Develop and improve supplier cost models to drive increase in transparency of cost drivers

• Unlock cash and cost value through setting up and execution of benchmarking, RFQs, E-tenders. Support delivery of savings and creditor extension programme for portfolio

• Support and occasionally lead supplier negotiations

• Provide market intelligence to portfolio manager and business leaders to assist in strategic decision making.

• Connect with site engineering and regional engineering teams and other business partners as well as with suppliers, to understand future technology and capability roadmap that supports value delivery and USLP.

• Allocate new services to suppliers to deliver best cost/service/quality in line with supply strategy.

• Lead on-boarding of new suppliers by driving full quality and responsible sourcing compliance

• Ensure 100% contractual compliance through signing of Unilever Purchasing Agreements and Commercial Term Contracts as well as Special Term Contracts

• Agree annual budgets with suppliers. Implement into new CTC. Communicate/process changes in pricing as required

• Regularly connect with global counterparts to ensure the Africa portfolio is link with the global strategy.

• Successful implement global strategic plans in Africa

• Manage relationships with Supply chain and other business partners, to leverage and land strategic plans.

• Good understanding of the portfolio cost models as well as the indices link to the material types.

Professional Skills:

• Procurement Insights and Analysis: Understand portfolio strategies and procurement requirements; Industry, global Strategy & Insights teams, economic, competition and supplier insights.

• Procurement Strategy Formulation: Developing services supply strategy; Develop supplier strategies; Integrating procurement strategy into the business.

• Procurement Strategy Execution and Performance Management: Competitive bidding and tendering; Supplier negotiation; Supplier qualification and on-boarding; Contractual supplier engagement; Supplier performance measurement and management

• Partnering with Suppliers to Win: Attract, select, manage and motivate partners; Identifying value creating opportunities.

• Driving Sustainability, Supplier Diversity and Digitalization through Procurement: Services Supply Chain analysis and risk assessment; Evidence-based measurement for sustainability

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

• 3-5 years’ experience in Procurement, Supply Management or Finance

• Experience on large-scale change management projects

• Experience in CAPEX/MRO (Maintenance, Repairs and Operations) portfolio or FMCG

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Job Category: Supply Chain, Chaîne d'approvisionnement, Supply Chain

Job Type: Procurement Specialist

Industry: UnileverExperiencedProfessionals