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- Responsible to develop common buying framework within the given area of spend across all BUs/countries (including KPIs, processes, R&R, performance measurements).
- Responsible to develop & implement sourcing strategies for respective groups of materials and services in collaboration with regional stakeholders and Local Procurement Leads.
- Lead tenders, sourcing reviews applying the different sourcing techniques from analyzing markets and suppliers to leading implementation of developed sourcing strategy.
- Manage cost optimization pipeline building upon local/regional/global ideas & leverage best sourcing practices across BUs.
- Support global/regional/x-country contract governance for the implemented sourcing strategies.
- Develop and coordinate supplier relationship management programs. Responsible for regional supplier relationship initiatives.
- Coordinate & enable supply risk management program across BUs.
- Responsible to forecast prices as requested for budgeting and financial forecasts.
- Contribute to leveraging scale with the global suppliers in assigned materials.
- Leverage global best practices & tools in the Paper area of external spend.
- Support global/x-regional decomplexity programs.
- Collaborate/manage effective relationships with the regional stakeholders to drive sourcing & productivity initiatives.
- Represent packaging tower spend area in RSA & Swaziland.
- Support all souring activities lead by other Packaging Categories within RSA & Swaziland.
- Support in troubleshooting any sourcing related turbulence in RSA & Swaziland.
- Support regional contract governance for the implemented sourcing strategies.9
Job Requirements
- University degree (Business Administration, Economics or technical degree is preferred).
- Business experience in Procurement of 5 years.
- Good computer skills (MS Office, MS Project), business applications (SAP, MFG\Pro).
- Excellent knowledge of English language.
- Excellent knowledge of KFI Procurement processes and procedures, packaging environment.
- Risk Management, Strategic Decision Making.
- Customer Orientation, Business Planning.
- Project Management, Information Management, People Management.
- Proficiency in MS office.
- Experience of working in a multicultural teams and environment.
- Team Player; ability to support and lead to achieve common goals.
- Strong Communication and Presentation skills.
- Problem solving: Proactive and resourceful in solving problems, offering innovative and practical solutions in dynamic environment.
