Chief Procurement Officer

**Overview**
The Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) is responsible for leading all global procurement efforts to efficiently and effectively enable spend owners such as business units and functional partners to maximize the value they receive from suppliers to meet their objectives.
The CPO is responsible for managing all spend under their control via ethical and effective decision making on procurement strategy, the composition of Omnia’s supplier base, driving productivity and delivering world class outcomes. The execution of sourcing, buying, paying may be performed at a BU-level while managing of suppliers falls under Procurement. The CPO will work with each business unit to lead centralized direct and indirect sourcing and procurement efforts. This will include working with the internal stakeholder from initial need identification to final goods or service delivery to meet stakeholder needs, Omnia’s BBBEE requirements and ESG commitments.
The CPO will ensure effective engagement of the procurement function in wider supply chain practices, specifically in S&OP, Supply Planning, New Product Development and Capital Projects.

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Qualifications*
Degree or equivalent in relevant discipline
Degree in Supply Chain or Operations Management or a Procurement Professional
MBA will be an advantage
Supply Chain Industry Association will be an advantage
**Experience**
At least 7 years in industry in a senior procurement role
At least 5 years in a senior management role
Experience working with and leading teams of people
Experience in development of Category Management and Sourcing Strategies
Experience in implementing improvement initiatives
A proven track record of delivering large savings and other value to large swaths of spend is essential
**Duties**
- Creation value with world class sourcing and procurement systems and processes via an efficient and effective supply base
- Development and implementation of effective procurement strategy for the organization
- Builds relationships with suppliers with the view to create strategic partnerships that are mutually beneficial.
- Participates in short and long term planning, utilising risk management assessments and making independent decisions concerning procedures based on an understanding of the organisation's dynamics.
- Understanding business requirements and goals to advise the most appropriate sourcing approach
- Designs, establishes, and maintains an organizational structure and staffing
- Creation and improvement of best-practice based processes and policies (e.g., leadership of high value / strategic sourcing efforts)
- Execution of sourcing in alignment with the Business and Sourcing Strategy and both BBBEE and ESG requirements, negotiating binding contractual agreements
- Facilitating and resolving commercial disputes
- Responsible, with the Finance and Risk organisation, for identifying and managing risk with internal and external stakeholders, escalating as required, using effective KPI’s.
- Ensuring ongoing compliance with critical processes and policies and continuous improvement of procedures and policies
- Selection and management of procurement systems
- Management of staff in (and across) sourcing, contracting, transactional purchasing, supplier management, and miscellaneous internal procurement support activities
- Creating a talent management process (which includes succession planning) in coordination with HR to ensure that the right resources are in place and planned succession

**Job Competencies**
Knowledge:

- Business Skills and acumen, i.e. working knowledge of the commercial side of business and finance
- Understanding of risk management principles
- Understanding of the new product development, new product life cycle and product-phase-out processes
- Understanding of supply chain management, its flexibility and the associated costs
- Supply Side knowledge

Functional / Technical Competency:
Strong leadership skills - Team player at executive levels to collaborate with business units and functional partners including operations, logistics, IT, finance, HR, legal, etc.
- Change management skills - To drive effective change internally to the procurement function and externally
- Strong negotiation skills - To use for large commercial deals
- In-depth knowledge of sourcing and procurement principles and best practices

Core Behavioural Competencies:

- Relationship building - The ability to build rapport, understanding and trust with all key stakeholders through on-going dialogue and delivering results
- Communication - A proven ability to communicate with stakeholders across the organisation, including listening to understand multiple viewpoints and their relevance to the success of the procurement outcomes
- Process orientation - Understanding the connection between groups and activities and ability to organise people and activities to achieve expected outcomes. Insight into opportunities to simplify and integrate process steps to maximum