Category Director

3 weeks ago

Johannesburg, South Africa eSoft Development and Technologies Full time

**The job at glance**
You are responsible for developing and executing a Category sourcing strategy for your respective category that will deliver best procurement value and mitigate supply risks. You will establish a distinctive competency and understanding of the category characteristics, the business needs and the prevailing market dynamics. You manage a team of commodity managers and sourcing specialists to ensure your category team delivers the strategy whilst ensuring a healthy relationship with the business and suppliers. As Category Director you will manage a category spend of R 5bn+

**What will you do?**
- Responsible for the formulation of the long-term Category strategy and planning that provides an operating framework for the category team.
- Oversee and evolve the category team’s commodity sourcing strategies by factoring fundamentals, macro-economic and supply market developments and changes in business priorities.
- Ensure that sourcing strategies safeguard security of supply through contingencies and supply alternatives.
- Oversee major strategic sourcing projects that deliver total cost of ownership savings by either leading cross functional sourcing teams or guiding commodity managers
- Ensure that the category’s supply market intelligence, value chain and should cost models are accurate and oversee the provision of budgetary input and quarterly cost forecasts to business.
- Participate in engagements with relevant category industry bodies and regulatory bodies to optimize the position.
- Lead supply management with selected Strategic and Critical suppliers (negotiations, reviews, contracting).
- Work with the CPO to develop a clear and aligned Category strategy for the responsible category that includes value delivery, supplier development, Risk Mitigation and business continuity management.
- Drive improved procurement processes and efficiency improvements for the category to achieve world class procurement standards and capability in team.
- Development and implementation of go to market strategies to maximize the value delivered for the business.
- Compile procurement mandates and motivations for approval of contract awards to CFO and EXCO level.
- Develop value chain and should cost model analysis
- Review and report on category performance (Cost Forecasts, Savings, BEE, Risk Mitigation) and ensure compliance with Procurements policies and procedures
- Manage the category team ensuring that performance goals and talent development objectives are achieved
- Develop and grow team talent

**What will you bring to the table?**

**Key Professional Competencies**
- **Core knowledge **-Strategic sourcing, Procurement systems, Supplier relationship management, Cost management & Zero Based Budgeting, Supply Chain collaboration, Business P&L’s

**Key foundational competencies**
- Academic -Financial acumen, Commercial acumen, Project Management, Problem solving, Decision making
- Leadership - Managing Change, Taking the businesses perspective, Influencing others, Driving long-term results, Developing myself & others
- Personal Effectiveness -Effective communication, Interpersonal skills, Integrity, Creativity, Continuous learning

**Experience**
- **Function** - 8 to 10 years experience procurement
- **Industry** - Extensive Experience in FMCG industry

**What will you be measured on?**
- Savings as % of spend
- Managed spend as % of total category spend
- Category Supplier Service levels
- Creditors Days for managed spend
- BEE Spend Targets
- % Category contract coverage
- Approved Category and Commodity Strategies
- Supplier performance level
- SRM and supplier innovation

**Education**:

- Bachelors (preferred)

**Experience**:

- FMCG Industry - Procurement: 8 years (preferred)

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