Manager - Procurement Excellence amp Vendor Management - Milaha

Key Roles & Responsibilities

Leadership & Management
1. Support VP in the annual goal setting and budgeting process in partnership with finance; drive the reporting process including reports and executive reviews.
2. Establish and drive the training agenda for the function.
3. Provide recommendations on new subordinate hires and ensure the availability of all resources required to perform assigned tasks and activities.
4. Supervise subordinate staff assign work activities monitor performance & review results.
5. Coach subordinates identify required training and career development recommend training courses and followup on their personnel records such as timesheets discipline vacations leaves and absenteeism.
Strategy
6. Drive continuous alignment of the overall procurement program with the strategic business objectives. Make recommendations for adjustments to enhance performance.
7. Support the category management teams with robust spend analytics and enhance market intelligence to drive a robust pipeline of opportunities.
Performance Management
8. Set the foundation for effective operations and provide direction to all other roles in procurement (incl. Category Managers) by implementing guidelines / practices/ tools/ processes/ KPI to ensure the function meets its commitments to the organization
9. Recommend key performance indicators for the function developing a regular cadence for updates to the business and operational leadership teams (under guidance of VP)
Process Excellence & Digitization
10. Drive process excellence initiatives across the company and lead efforts to enhance capabilities and skills while building a bestinclass procurement organization supported by stateoftheart tools & methods.
11. Establish the digital procurement roadmap to support overall efficiency gains by enhancing/further developing current IT systems and adding new tools.
12. Improve value contribution and operational efficiency supported by robust business tools and processes.
13. Improve purchasing governance model; standardize processes and tools to drive organizational capabilities and effectiveness.
14. Manage the monthly/quarterly spend analysis activities to improve transparency on the current expenditures and to support purchasing groups.
15. Work closely with purchasing groups to ensure analytical support requirements are met on individual categories and to identify issues/gaps to be addressed .
16. Manage and maintain a comprehensive master item list across the organization collaborating with Business Units and Corporate functions.
Change Management
17. Champion change & develop communication & training strategy for associated changes
Sourcing & Supplier (Vendor) Management
18. Lead Milaha Vendor Management activities to foster supplier integration.
19. Support VP on Tender Committee related matters
Governance & Compliance
20. Maintain compliance with work processes policies regulations and standards. Implement and enforce relevant departmental policies and procedures optimize processes and maintain adherence to legal and regulatory requirements.
Other
21. Perform other jobrelated duties as assigned.