Job Description
About the Role You will lead the Group's procurement strategy, delivering commercial value through strategic sourcing, supplier management, operational excellence, and governance. Leading a team of 5 to 7 professionals, you will drive procurement transformation, optimize enterprise spend, and partner with senior leadership to achieve sustainable business outcomes. Responsibilities - Establish the medium to long-term strategy of the Group’s Procurement function to achieve cost effective outcomes. This may require a transformation of current procurement strategies, policies and practices. - Scan latest market developments and incorporate best practices to reduce expenses and improve productivity and organizational effectiveness. - Review major procurement contracts; coordinate contract compliance, change orders and problem resolution, complying with contract law; and in consultation with legal counsel as required. - Establish, implement and review purchasing standards, controls, policies and procedures. - Drive quantifiable improved earnings through savings. - Ensure proper governance of all procurement transactions and serve as main interface with external regulatory bodies where necessary. - Establish, build and maintain relationships with all key suppliers, and identify opportunities to consolidate with a view towards overall cost reduction and improvements in service delivery. - Drive operational procurement execution by leading major sourcing initiatives and complex commercial negotiations, ensuring timely delivery of key purchases, cost competitiveness and effective risk management. - Review or enhance data analytics to define opportunities to reduce cost/spend levels, model financial and accounting impacts. - Engage senior leadership to support strategic procurement initiatives and suggested recommendations. - Provide leadership to the Procurement Department, accountable for the performance of the department, and exercise full management responsibilities. - Manage and upgrade the skills and competencies of staff as required. - Develop, implement, manage and monitor department’s overall budget. Requirements - Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Supply Chain Management, Economics, Finance, Operations, Engineering or other related disciplines. - Minimum 10 years’ leadership experience in global procurement or supply chain function. - Demonstrated good track record in negotiating and managing global vendor accounts, developing and implementing best in class procurement strategies/practices and deriving cost effective solutions for the company. - Excellent stakeholder management with ability to communicate and collaborate at all levels. - Possess good leadership skills, and demonstrated ability to drive results - Experience in transformation especially in the areas of people and process change management.
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