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Procurement Lead – Juice and Beverage Ingredients – Paarl Mill needed at PepsiCo
Job title : Procurement Lead – Juice and Beverage Ingredients – Paarl Mill
Job Location : Western Cape, Paarl
Deadline : April 12, 2024
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Responsibilities
What we’re looking for:
Responsible for leading the fruit juice concentrates, purees and fresh fruit categories within the SA Procurement Ingredients portfolio. A big focus on cost and supply security risk management, supplier relationship management and innovation, measuring and improving supplier service performance, BBB-EE, sustainability, and achieving annual plans and delivering productivity ambition for the area of responsibility.
- Responsible for supplier negotiation & relationship management
- Negotiates at highest scale, executing negotiation strategy
- Ensures implementation of best-in-class sourcing methods and tools
- Leads the category by tracking, monitoring and reporting of supplier markets and performance for the category during the duration of contracts
- Leads the category by identifying alternate supplier markets, supply origin diversification and localisation opportunities
- Leads the category by implementing Pep+ initiatives (climate ambition, land use change, regenerative agriculture), monitoring and reporting of supplier sustainability programmes
- Explains the complex internal or external (supply and demand complex, macro or geo-political tensions) business challenge and communicates early and clearly
- Anticipates potential supply and service risk, ideates risk mitigation and recommends execution plan
- Stakeholder communication and influence is essential
- BU Lead role on regular basis influencing stakeholders up to LT level
- Works closely with sector Procurement Center of Excellence (COE) Category and Market Supply Organization (MSO) Leads and leads the execution of plans
- Role is responsible for supporting other countries
- Strong cross-functional collaborator
- Great communication and presentation skills
- Proficiency in SAP, Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
Qualifications
What will qualify you for the role:
- Relevant tertiary qualification
- Seasoned procurement professional with 10+ years of relevant work experience
- Management experience is advantageous
How to Apply for this Offer
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