About Our Client
Our Client is a leading global food and beverage company operating in three healthfocused fastgrowing and ontrend categories. With a strong focus on innovation efficiency and sustainability they have established themselves as a trusted partner in the market.
About The Role
The Cycle Procurement Lead is responsible for proactively managing efficiently and developing the supplier base including small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) and third sector and voluntary sector organizations while identifying and managing any supply risks or value add opportunities.
Main Responsibilities:
- Delivering improvements in the procurement operations at the Organization
- Interact with a large network of procurement leadership in the Organization worldwide
- Challenge the organization s/enduser s requirements critically for need costeffectiveness and corporate social responsibility/sustainability issues;
- Identify and engage other subject matter experts as required (e.g. end user legal finance etc.)
- Develop a procurement strategy which requires consideration of existing and/or collaborative contracts;
- Ensure that all procurement processes are compliant with relevant legal and policy obligations
- Understand and comply with relevant legal obligations relating to the goods services or works to be purchased (e.g. environmental/health and safety legislation)
- Ensure that procurement decisions take account of wider policy requirements and are aligned with organizational objectives;
- Conduct any procurement clarification required prior to contract award;
- Finalize the contractual agreement and formal contract documentation;
- Establish a clear audit trail (including recording the contract on the organization s contract register)
- Notifying the outcome of bids promptly and within the bounds of commercial confidentiality debriefing suppliers on the outcome of the bidding process to facilitate better performance on future occasions
- Ensuring that adequate contract and supplier management arrangements are in place supporting supplier management as appropriate
- Sharing knowledge to develop best practice
- Handling Freedom of Information requests on procurement matters in accordance with organizational policies.
Requirements
- A masters degree in preferably business administration economics or supply chain
- Over 15 years of experience as a category buyer in preferably foods or FMCG
- Experience with category sourcing and/or demand management
- Proven results in leading procurement excellence projects within a worldwide operating company
- Strong stakeholdermanagement and analytical abilities
- Lead a portfolio of strategic projects manages and coach s cross functional & diverse project teams
- Develop leading edge suppliers to sustain Organizations growth ensuring dedicated resources maximizing value creation through selective SRM
- Lead joint improvement activities with strategic suppliers and can measure their top & bottom line contribution
- Deliver opportunities through improved customer and supplier experience digitalization and business transformation maximizing innovation & value creation through selective SRM
- Recognized as a reliable and trusted colleague with high level networking skills in business and lobbying environments
- Deliver under challenging conditions the most valuable option satisfying the business and consumers
- Manage monitor & ensure Cycles & Procurement performance versus estimations for a global category across several WWBUs and identifies new external best practices to drive competitive advantage
- Explore and drive breakthrough total cost of ownership initiatives and cash flow improvement projects to maximize value creation in the long term