Areas that play to your strengths
All the responsibilities we'll trust you with:
PLANNING, STRATEGY & RISK
- Analyze trends and market conditions for the present and future pricing, availability, lead-time and capacity of goods and services - ensuring Red Bull South Africa has the right vendors for current and future growth. - Risk management evaluate supplier risk, respond with mitigation plans, identify alternative suppliers for comparative pricing. - Identify and qualify potential new suppliers and ensure relationships with key suppliers are transparent and actively managed. - Run certain and take part in certain projects.
- Ensure contracts with contractors and service providers are finalized and approved. - Ensure supplier management, local sourcing guidelines, obligations and service level agreements are correctly implemented and adhered to . - Issue purchase orders where applicable and required, compare to tax invoice and report any discrepancies, where required.
- Create and maintain close relationships with internal stakeholders to understand the needs of the organization. - Ensure key supplier relationships are managed and performance is properly monitored by the respective business partner through the setting of KPIs, monitoring and reviewing performance cross functionally with relevant stakeholders. - Communicate to relevant internal stakeholders the added value and results that Procurement brings to the organization (incl. monetary and non-monetary benefits). - Support departments on large value and high importance procurement initiatives and tenders. Be the main point of contact and drive tenders which will run as frequently as the business requires.
- Cost management - negotiate prices of existing suppliers where applicable to ensure cost optimization. - Drive and coordinate efforts to provide transparency on and insights into 3rd party spend. - Contribute to cross-regional initiatives to optimize group spend and knowledge.
that matter most for this role:
- - Minimum of 5+ years experience in a strategic procurement role, ideally in the FMCG industry
- - Experience in project and process management
- - Solid understanding of category management and state of the art source-to-contract procurement processes
- - Advanced level of Microsoft Excel, Word and Power Point skills
- - SAP experience desirable
- - Good stakeholder management and relationship building skills
- - Excellent negotiation and communication skills
- - Ability to prioritize multiple activities and focus efforts
- - Profound analytical skills and creative problem-solving ability
- - Good knowledge of drafting and understanding contracts
- - Ability to cope in a fast-paced environment, within a global organizational framework
- - Good working knowledge of purchasing strategies
- - Financial acumen and detail orientated