Category Manager

2 weeks ago

Johannesburg, South Africa eSoft Development and Technologies Full time

**The job at glance**

You are responsible for developing and executing a Group 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 Manager you will manage a category spend of R 5bn+

**What will you do?**
- Responsible for the formulation of the long-term Group 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, supply market developments and changes in business priorities.
- Ensure that sourcing strategies safeguard 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 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 the selected Strategic and Critical suppliers (negotiations, reviews, contracting).
- Compile procurement mandates and motivations for approval of contract awards to CFO and EXCO level
- Collaborate with the Centre of Excellence Sourcing Analytics team
- Review and report on category performance (Cost Forecasts, Savings, BEE, Risk Mitigation) and ensure compliance with Procurement’s policies and procedures
- Manage the category team ensuring that performance goals and talent development objectives are achieved

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

**Key Professional Competencies**
- **Core knowledge **-Strategic sourcing, Procurement systems, Supplier relationship management, Cost management & Zero BasedBudgeting, 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

**Education**:

- Bachelors (preferred)

**Experience**:

- FMCG Industry - Procurement: 8 years (preferred)

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