Category Manager
2 weeks ago
Our client wants to grow their team and we are looking for a Category Manager.
**The job at a 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, Tiger Brands’ 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 you will 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 Tiger’s position.
- Lead supply management with the selected Strategic and Critical suppliers (negotiations, reviews, contracting).
**Job Type**: Permanent
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Johannesburg, Gauteng: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)
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