Key roles and responsibilities

Strategic Category Sourcing

• Ownership of the Simple Packages for the RPO by collate all necessary zone analytics related to the categories and plan for execution.
• Definition and execution of  categories strategies including category risks and opportunities
• Analyze spend and user specific requirements across all the simple packages.
• Conduct market research to assess zone dynamics related to the simple package categories
• Develop in conjunction with GPO/Zone Strategy
• Manage supplier relationships and internal and external collaborations

Support Sourcing Strategy Execution

• Ensure readiness across both zone and country for strategy execution
• Escalate where necessary supplier performance issues
• Support Collaborative Optimization activities where applicable
• Handle second level escalations with suppliers/internal stakeholders to resolve performance issues
• Collaborate with supplier and internal stakeholders to ensure smooth implementation of Category managers sourcing outputs / agreements
• Ensure suppliers are correctly enabled through PSS
• Ensure contractual terms & conditions are effectively ñoperationalisedî within business
• Support collection and analysis of Zone  ZBB, WAPT, eAuction analytics
• Accountable for monthly reporting as per the KPIs within the Non- Commercial Indirects space.
• Drive collaboration between RPO,RPSS, GPO,FP & A,  and other parties involved in the daily activities of managing the category activities.
• Track RFQ’s and projects to ensure delivery of targets and goals
• Enhance and develop ways of working with the internal stakeholders and global teams
• Manage workload of implementation managers

Continuous Improvement

• Execute regional and country initiatives
• Execute regional value engineering projects
• Define and executive innovation and sustainability strategy
• Drive the supplier development initiatives with the enterprise development team

Profile

Education & Key Competency Requirements

• University Degree

Critical Skills needed for succession this position

• Minimum 2 years’ management experience
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to coordinate across multiple stakeholders and teams
• Good presentation skills
• Strong commercial and contract negotiation skills
• Strong people skills
• Strong Leadership Skills
• Strong Analytical Skills
• Sound Contracts knowledge
• Sound technical skills and technical understanding
• Basic knowledge of finance and accounting allowing the ability to run/read analysis a supplier’s P&L and balance sheet
• Communicating effectively by conveying information and ideas in a clear, meaningful, and timely manner, providing information to ensure understanding

Preferred skills for this position:

• Pan African / Regional or Global category management experience
• Sound knowledge and understanding of procurement strategic sourcing methodology
• Good knowledge, understanding and use of Microsoft Office tools
• Sound knowledge of procurement systems like Ariba and use of eRFX and eAuction. Knowledge of SAP an advantage
• Must be willing to travel into Africa on a frequent basis