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Website Woolworths
Job Description:
As a Value Delivery Category Lead you will apply critical customer, product, buying, supplier management and Value Delivery process expertise while partnering with Category and functional teams to shape and sustainably deliver on the Foods Value Delivery targets. You will be a creator and custodian of the Foods Value Delivery capability, working across all areas of the Foods business to equip Category matrix teams to leverage Value Delivery tools and incorporate Value delivery processes into their future ways of working.
Job Responsibilities:
- Advance the development of Value Delivery capabilities within our Foods Business, building this critical strategic capability to position us for sustainable future growth.
- Build capabilities of our category matrix and functional teams to leverage the Value Delivery ecosystem.
- Coach buyers to lead the progression of opportunities through the Value Delivery process in order to challenge the status quo, optimally extract benefits, ensure benefits extracted are delivered as intended
- Work closely with Pricing, Category and Functional teams to build and track commercial value cases, linked to category KPIs and strategy, in support of Value Delivery initiatives.
- Providing best practise support and coaching to category matrix and functional teams in the execution and anchoring stages of the value delivery process.
- Coach and equip category and functional teams to onboard, motivate and successfully integrate suppliers into the Foods Value Delivery Journey. (Strategy and ways of working – contracting, people, culture,
- Leverage and execute our Value Chain Partners’ expertise, experience, toolsets and methodologies, building on these to develop our Woolworths Foods Value Delivery Capability.
- and sustained for investment in Price.
- Leverage Value Delivery processes, tools, insights, crossflow opportunities and buying experience to lead category and functional teams to surface Value Deliver opportunities within their categories.
Job Requirements:
- Strong engagement skills, proven negotiator and influencer
- Strong integrator, collaborator with the ability to flex between leading teams, managing others and working as a contributor within a matrix structure.
- In-depth experience in and knowledge / understanding of the Foods and Value Delivery Strategy
- Ability to shape creative, tactical and practical solutions to complex problems.
- Understanding of Foods FMCG retail business processes and procurement principles ito generating sales
- Passionate Foodie, with a solid understanding of the Woolies’ Values
- Project leadership skills with ability to deliver to the required standards and timelines
- Knowledge and understanding of value chain concepts, processes, systems and best practices
- Flexibility with ability to work productively under stress
- Demonstrated commercial acumen and financial management skills
Qualification & Experience:
- Proven experience in managing a Foods/FMCG category, leveraging commercial levers to sustainably grow a category (i.e. market share, sales growth, margin, ROS, COGS, availability)
- Proven raw materials sourcing and supplier management experience to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes for both Woolworths Foods and our suppliers optimal
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, Sciences or equivalent educational qualification
- Minimum of 5 years Retail / Buying / Supply Chain/ Value Chain Optimisation experience within a Foods FMCG business
Job Details:
Company: Woolworths
Vacancy Type: Full Time
Job Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, SA
Application Deadline: N/A
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