RCL Foods Group Procurement Manager Jobs in South Africa
RCL Foods Group Procurement Manager Jobs in South Africa
Job Description The Chicken Business is currently recruiting for a Group Procurement Manager to join the team. The role reports to the Head of Supply Chain and Distribution. Our Group Procurement Manager will need to strategically evaluate, source, negotiate, and manage National and Regional agreements within specific categories, ensuring that business needs are met, and the best value is negotiated for and received by the National Business.
It will be core responsibility to drive the best commercial solution and spend across the Business Units within the categories where a benefit will be achieved for the National Business.
The successful incumbent needs to have experience with playing a role in strategic project support to strategic procurement programme implementation across a business.
Leadership and management of a centralized Sourcing & Admin team is important for the success of the Procurement Function
Minimum Requirements
Degree in commerce, management, supply chain management, or a related field
Minimum of 8 years progressive experience within procurement or purchasing and commercial management environment
6 – 8 years’ experience within Procurement or Supply Chain, within an FMCG environment would be beneficial.
3 – 4 years in management roles are required
Duties & Responsibilities
Strategic Procurement and Category Management
Work with cross-functional senior managers to develop and establish a 1–3-year category procurement and vendor management strategy and translate this into action items for the category team.
Analyse industry trends and evolving technology to proactively identify supply base issues to minimize risk, protect continuity of supply and exploit emerging opportunities that benefit the National.
Develop a negotiation and contracting strategy that delivers against National objectives and achieves sustainable relationships with suppliers.
Work with the region procurement teams to identify strategic suppliers and partners for solutions, products, and services.
Drive the categorization of supply (goods and services) and manage the assigned category against performance indicators.
Assess and report on the categories and contract spend.
Conduct regular total cost analyses across the categories.
Track performance results in a continuous cycle.
Identify the drivers of savings/cost changes for the category.
Agree, measure and report real savings
Provide ongoing internal functional and operational unit KPI’s and service requirements engagement and support.
Drive procurement behaviour across the Business.
Operational Management
Drive monthly reviews with the business regarding its immediate and longer-term category procurement requirements and the extent to which these are being met.
Determine preliminary specifications, existing and potential suppliers, timing of the product and service requirements and measure which determine success and failure for the internal business client
Provide national oversight of category inventory management and (national, regional, and functional) buying across the National.
Ensure that the procurement team applies appropriate legal and ethical principles in all supplier interactions.
Resolve vendor or contractor grievances and claims against suppliers which relate to specific contracts.
Contract and Tender Management
Participate in the development of specifications for equipment, products, services or substitute materials.
Ensure tenders and contracts are legally compliant, accurately articulate the needs of the National and protect business interests.
Manage the tender process for category contracts that impact the more than one business unit and oversee those impacting only one.
Review and approve a comprehensive list of suppliers for bid processes developed by analysing the industry to understand trends and competitive positioning in order to ensure system activation of the best possible supply base.
Participate in National forums and drive decision-making in contracts that will impact on and benefit the National.
Drive contract conditions and negotiations to ensure maximum value add for the National.
Encourage the implementation of fixed term pricelists where contracts
are not required.
Monitor, measure and deliver on KPI’s in terms of category contracts and service level agreements.
Implement agreements/contracts by working with cross-functional stakeholders and suppliers to reach agreement on contract terms and conditions.
Manage the contracts and associated delivery and quality for a complete procurement cycle, ensuring commercial and cost saving benefits are realised.
Commercial Expertise
Provide guidelines and advise on best practice to ensure continuous improvement in category contract procurement and vendor management.
Constantly review category procurement processes and performance against KPI’s to ensure maximum benefit to the National.
Make recommendations and provide specialised financial and technical product or service input for the determination of budgets and specifications for business units.
Liaise with technical experts in the business units to find the best solutions to procurement and contract-related challenges.
SAP Enablement
Ensure the SAP master data related to the procurement category is accurate and up to date.
Ensure all new catalogues and suppliers to meet business requirements have been appropriately and promptly loaded on the SAP system.
Analyse management information relating to spend patterns, vendor performance, database coverage etc. on a monthly basis to inform business decisions.
SHEQ and Sustainability Management
Manage all documentation relevant to category quality assurance and conformance.
Review and maintain the approved category supplier list for the National.
Complete all necessary documentation relating to ISO 2200 and “Supplier Assessment towards Excellence”.
Support internal and external audit processes and provide any necessary documentation.
Ensure that the Business implements all legislative standards and action is taken where there are areas of non-compliance.
Measure and manage sustainability practices within area of responsibility and ensure contracts and service level agreements support environmental and green practices.
Influence suppliers’ production processes, technology decisions and policies in ways that are mutually beneficial and sustainable for both organisations.
Drive sustainability, risk, compliance and BBBEE objectives.
Financial Management
Input into CAPEX documentation considering return on investment and sustainability requirements as and when required.
Manage external supplier relationships and contracts in collaboration with the BU and National management teams to ensure agreed service levels are met.
Conduct price tracking and trending as part of market research on a regular basis.
Negotiate the best prices for category contracts.
Vendor Liaison and Performance Management
Evaluate current contract. Renegotiate, renew or discontinue contracts.
Identify strategic contracts and maintain key supplier relationships to leverage opportunities for the National and to define and manage performance expectations.
Seek to innovate and constantly identify approaches to reduce or remove non-value-added cost.
Identify and agree KPI’s for Supplier Performance with BU and Suppliers as part of the agreement
Consult with the BU regularly regarding vendor performance and use the assessment to manage the contract.
Monitor and improve vendor performance and address quality and non-performance issues on a continuous basis.
Drive the efficiencies of all vendors from an ordering, stock holding and delivery aspect.
Evaluate supplier core competencies and competitive positioning using industry cost models.
Analyse market and delivery systems to assess present and future material availability.
How to Apply
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