Responsibilities:
- Lead the regional dept
- To provide leadership and guidance to the site buyers within the region.
Develop talent within the site purchasing organisation.
o Create individual and collective targets in alignment with the Global Head of IM&S.
o Develop and manage the regional IM&S budget.
o Coach and train site IM&S buyers to help them develop their skills and effectiveness.
• Implement and maintain policies, processes and systems
o Implement new policies, procedures, processes and systems.
o Train buyers on relevant policies, procedures and systems.
o Support/ensure that systems and processes are in place to support all audit requirements regarding “purchase to pay“.
o Ensure data accuracy in systems by driving maintenance discipline.
• Stakeholder management
o Represent the purchasing function with regional and key site stakeholders and ensure they receive accurate and user-friendly information as requested.
o When required, follow-up with sites regarding compliance to IM&S purchasing policies.
• Coordinate global purchasing initiatives within the region
o Deploy global sourcing strategies and framework agreements, ensuring contract compliance.
o Measure supplier performance and feed information back to Category Managers.
o Make local market analyses, identify local suppliers, alternative products or services and communicate market intelligence to Category Managers.
• Develop and manage regional/site sourcing activities and suppliers
o Manage regional suppliers and select, in coordination with category managers, some of the regional/local suppliers.
o Analyse regional and site IM&S spend to identify and prioritise sourcing initiatives
o Develop purchasing strategies for regionally/site managed materials or services.
o Resolve supplier conflicts. Escalate to Category Managers supplier conflicts which affect key supplier relationships.
o Support supplier rationalisation ensuring the right commercial priorities are applied.
o Ensure security of supply, quality compliance and commercial compliance.
• Coordinate relationship
o Optimise the utilisation of the Purchasing Support Centre (PSC) for sourcing support and operational purchasing activities.
o Coordinate the cooperation between the site buyers and the European PSC
Requirements:
• Degree in Business or equivalent
• Basic financial accounting knowledge
• Successful, 5+ year track record in a purchasing organisation
• Advanced level of PC knowledge, especially Excel
• Strong analytical skills. Construct/execute multiple complex analyses (e.g., TCO) simultaneously
• Some Travelling is required
• Candidates available immediately or within 1 month notice preferred
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