AVI Foodsystems Careers – Senior Procurement Manager

Job Description:

An exciting opportunity exists for a Senior Procurement Manager – Indirect Spend at National Brands Limited Head Office, Bryanston, Johannesburg. The Senior Procurement Manager – Indirect Spend is responsible for reducing the Total Cost of Ownership on the Capex and MRO spend categories across NBL. This includes ensuring continuity of supply and on-time delivery of Capex projects. This person deploys advanced procurement processes, techniques and methodologies to optimise supplier, equipment and product performance across this spend category to contribute significant and sustainable shareholder value.

Job Responsibilities:

• Exhibits subject matter expertise regarding trends across the spend category so as to advise internal users on current and future market opportunities, and to implement proactive strategies to take advantage of such opportunities
• Fosters and manages key supplier relationships to create short- and long-term value for the NBL business
• Is responsible for delivering and tracking quantifiable financial benefits through the reduction the Total Cost of Ownership and ensuring they are delivered onto the bottom-line
• Prioritising procurement involvement based on magnitude of spend, strategic importance and opportunities for value delivery
• Prepares for and leads key supplier negotiations
• Acts as the central point of contact between Procurement and the Operations Team for all communications related to the spend category
• Provides leadership to cross-functional sourcing teams in the deployment of strategic procurement levers and techniques on assigned commodities and projects within the spend category, which includes leading key RFx processes
• Leads the development and implementation of sourcing strategies and projects across the spend category, through liaison and collaboration with the Operations Team and the formation of cross-functional sourcing teams
• Supports the drafting of contracts and SLAs (Service Level Agreements) and ensures Group Legal approval prior to implementation
• Includes the communication of standard processes, best practices, progress reporting and issue resolution
• Leads all efforts in educating the appropriate suppliers and internal stakeholders in the principles of Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
• Central Point of Contact between Procurement and the Operations:
• Continuous spend analysis across the spend portfolio with the aim of identifying, scoping and validating projects that will result in measurable value to the organisation

Job Requirements:

• Project Management Skills
• Building Relationships
• Advanced negotiation skills
• Taking Initiative
• Experience in procurement of Capex and MRO equipment, supplies and services
• Facilitation, communication and change management skills
• Expertise in strategic sourcing and procurement processes
• Strategic cost analysis and financial management skills

Qualification & Experience:

• Experience and industry knowledge in Capex and MRO is essential
• CIPS certification will be advantageous
• Tertiary Qualification within Procurement, Business, Finance or Engineering field
• Demonstrated success in managing a multi-disciplinary team in a project-type environment will be advantageous
• Prior exposure to category/commodity management, procurement or an engineering or production environment is highly desirable

Job Details:

Company: AVI Limited

Vacancy Type:  Full Time

Job Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, SA

Application Deadline: N/A

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