Regional Procurement Manager

**Job Advert Summary**:
To play a key role from strategic project support to strategic procurement programme implementation across the Group.Work closely with National Procurement Team to align Regional and National Procurement strategies. and to manage Procure to Pay process for the Region.

**Minimum Requirements**:
Degree in commerce, management, supply chain management or a related field
Minimum of 5 years’ experience within a sourcing or purchasing or commercial management environment.
Demonstrated success in developing and fostering relationships with suppliers while driving lower costs, superior performance and continuous improvement, particularly within the specific categories.

**As the Procurement Manager, the job holder is expected to**:
Execute tasks that are diversified and follow a wide range of standardised and complex procedures.
Resolve all operational issues related to contract execution and vendor management within area of responsibility.
Exercise moderate and significant judgment.
Analyse data generally applied to the solution of specific problems that may occur as a regular part of the job.
Identify and execute on opportunities to reduce costs associated with categories spend, to improve national contract coverage and to improve supplier performance.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
**Strategic Support**
Develop short, mid and long term strategies for the various sub-categories ensuring delivery at the most competitive cost.
Collaborate with site-based buyers to ensure business strategies and policies are applied locally, to assess opportunities, and to drive performance improvements.
Proactively drive regular engagement with the business regarding its immediate and longer-term categories procurement requirements and the extent to which these are being met.
Implement purchasing and contract management instructions, policies, and procedures.
Conduct regular total cost analyses (how much does it cost to provide those goods or services) across the category.
Track performance results in a continuous cycle.
Provide ongoing internal functional and operational unit KPI’s and service requirements engagement and support.

**Operational Management**

Regional Operational and Capex Procurement oversight and management
Processing and Agric. Engineering and Consumable Stores oversight and Management
Confirms service level requirements with site managers.Participates in appropriate management meetings and provides updates on buying and stores metrics and activities.Resolves challenges within procurement procedure parameters.
Forecast likely levels of demand for services, products and/or component parts.Determine preliminary specifications, existing and potential suppliers, timing of the product and service requirements and measure which determine success vs. failure for the internal business client.
Ensure that the products and/or services are delivered on schedule, at the negotiated price, and meet the quality standards of the Business.
Actively monitor the suppliers being used within Procure 2 Pay ensuring orders are placed with preferred suppliers and under negotiated contracts. Produce reports and present information to relevant Functions to highlight potential sourcing or saving opportunities and update the Procurement Exec on actions where applicable.Produce management information on activity within the Procure 2 Pay system to monitor and manage the frequency, value, and volume of spend over monthly periods.Negotiate with the incumbent suppliers to maintain competitive prices, benchmarking costs against other suppliers where necessary.Review and analyse all requests for new contracts and recommend their approval to the Regional Exec and subsequently to the Procurement Exec if the supplier is financially and ethically sound and there is a valid reason for introducing a new contract.Coordinate monthly supplier performance reviews for key suppliers within the assigned categories of spend, compiling data and information on performance to support the reviews.Ensure system data is maintained and manage the effective generation and communication of procurement metrics.

**Tender Management**
Solicit and evaluate proposals for regional contracts.
Manage the administrative aspects of tenders for national contracts in the specific categories.
Prepare tenders and compile tender analysis schedules.
Assists the Regional Exec’s to implement and manage contracts by maintaining relevant information with regard to pricing within the market, and spend against the current contract.
Administer long-term contracts, which may or may not involve subcontracts with special provisions that may be changed and renegotiated throughout the duration of the contract.

**Financial Management**
Input into CAPEX documentation considering return on investment and sustainability requirements as and when required.
Manage procurement of CAPEX in conjunction with Project Controller
Manage external supplier relationships and ag