- Set the vision, strategic direction, expectations and annual objectives for the overall procurement organization including development of procurement KPI’s
- Building on current design the leader will complete the organizational development, lead and execute the transformation of the procurement function and the SAP system to support it.
- Implement innovative solutions to address the business unit goals, activities and resources needed to manage all non-compensations general administrative spend and vendor agreements.
- Forecast procurement costs on a quarterly basis and provide input costs for the annual company budget process.
- Develop and deliver aggressive cost reduction goals through unit price, rebates, single source and vendor consolidation and process improvements.
- Communicate on a consistent basis with executives and managers in order to establish and execute integrated procurement initiatives
- Develop, implement and leverage a repeatable, disciplined approach to implement best practice agreements, organization wide, focused on total cost effectiveness, enhanced service levels, improved coordination and risk compliance.
- Lead, develop and execute strategic sourcing strategies, best practices and initiatives to support aggressive improvements in supplier quality, delivery, pricing, lead times, payment and other areas as identified.
- Drive consolidation of spend and seek out synergies across business units where applicable.
- Benchmark, track and analyze annual performance metrics and sourcing trends against budget and vendor performance to demonstrate continuous improvement and progress against strategic objectives.
- Ensure all activities within the procurement organization comply with internal policy and compliance requirements.
- Build, develop, coach and support an effective leadership team to drive achievement of organizational objectives by identifying opportunities for growth and learning while fostering a high performance culture.
- Serve as a change agent and innovative leader for business initiatives and ensure the human element is understood and considered.
- At least 5-year experiences at Manager level in manufacturing environment, prefer FMCG procurement experiences
- A bachelor’s degree
- Result-oriented with high adaptation and capability to work under pressure
- Excellent communication skills and negotiation skills
- Good analytical, problem solving, time management and presentation skills
- Fluent in English and master in computer office skills
- Strategic thinking and strong leadership
