Pack / Rau Implementation Lead at International Breweries

Job Requisition ID: 30039549

Key Outputs and Responsibilities
Manage the RAU / Pack Implementation Category:

• Manage and develop the country RAU / Pack category spend and drive continuous improvement of operations
• Lead team members in accordance with the ABI 10 principles to support the organization's overall leadership focus on performance and talent management, values, price & performance management and self-management practices
• Facilitate intra-category and inter-country collaboration of Local Category Managers and Regional Category Managers & Global Category Directors
• Assess impact within the Country of changing global and Zone Procurement policies and impact of locally changing requirements, including legislation and policies
• Position/escalate Country specific Procurement requirements on a Zone level including changes of local legislations and policies
• Actively support roll-out of Global and Zone Procurement development initiatives within the Country
• Support strong and robust Procurement infrastructure aimed at optimizing transactional purchasing activities, aligned with BU, Zone and Global infrastructure
• Promoting sustainable development initiatives throughout Procurement
• Develop and monitor the Procurement budget in the Country in alignment with the BU Procurement Director; overseeing financial well-being thereof by analyzing cost effectiveness and directing cost control activities; preparing, submitting and justifying budget enhancement requests and profit forecast; lead work on mitigation plans when/if purchase price variances against budget occur
• Support the local business customer in setting up their plans, budgets and strategies
• Ensure execution of the Zone yearly action plan to improve the Procurement Function at Country level, and monitor and control savings plan for the BU.

Support Global/Zone category strategy development and initiative execution:

• Coordinate resource allocation to support Global / Zone initiatives on a Country level
• Lead and support strategic sourcing activities within Nigeria
• Act as a change agent in leading implementation of new global Procurement initiatives.

Support global/Zone category execution by leading contract implementation & driving contract compliance:

• Act as facilitator between Global and Zone Category Managers and Procurement Specialists in order to ensure local implementation of new contracts
• Coordinate contract implementation of major contracts with Procurement Specialists and users
• Follow-up on contract compliance; define and take corrective actions to improve contract compliance, supported by RPSS.

Manage supplier relationships on Country level:

• In line with defined Procurement strategy, support the classification and categorization of suppliers, including definition of supplier evaluation and audit policies
• Continuously track supplier performance (utilizing data / reports provided by the Sourcing Analyst)
• Lead or support supplier development activities such as setting up cross functional review meetings with suppliers in order to improve performance and further reduce costs in alignment with the Zone and Global Category team
• Initiate and conduct supplier performance review meetings to define improvement plans and follow-up on execution (as part of on-going operation);
• Identify potential contract improvement opportunities and re-negotiations, in alignment with Zone and Global Procurement Managers, internal customers and BU stakeholders.

Manage Internal Customer relationships and Satisfaction on Country Level:

• Represent the Procurement function at local in-country governance forums
• Manage relationship with RPSS, review RPSS performance, KPIs and SLAs and agree on joint improvement actions
• Develop and maintain effective strategic relationships with key internal customers and stakeholders
• Manage internal customer feedback on Procurement organisation & supplier performance
• Reinforce and promote implementation of best practices to ensure end users are following prescribed buying channels for all materials and services
• Within the framework of the cross functional sourcing and supplier development teams, closely develop and manage the relationship with internal customers
• Proactively organise engagements with internal customers to identify further Total Cost of Ownership reduction opportunities, in alignment with Zone and Global Category Teams
• Improve and reinforce Procurement’s profile and recognition within the internal customer Community.

Qualifications & Experience

• Academic background: University / Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Commerce or Quantitative Economics or Procurement or other relevant disciplines; or a relevant combination of formal qualifications and additional specialized study; a recognized qualification in Procurement would be considered an asset.
• Experience: Experience within Procurement is preferable however not a requirement, minimum 3 years work experience.
• Language skills: Proficiency in English essential.