Regional Procurement Manager SSA

Key Tasks:

Demonstrates DSO behaviors:

• Focus on outcomes: Define and deliver the highest impact outcomes for farmers, patients, consumers, and stakeholders
  
• Be your best self and include others: Respect differences, embrace inclusion, and show up as your best self
  
• Collaborate with accountability: Collaborate and hold yourself and others accountable, in and across teams
  
• Co-create for the customers: Be close to the customer and co-create solutions for their needs
  
• Act, learn fast, and evolve: Work in 90-day-cycles, learn quickly, and continually develop
  

Category Management:

• Develops cross-category know-how to implement category strategies and initiatives, ensuring alignment with all relevant stakeholder groups, compliance with Procurement guidelines, as well as other internal and external process standards
  
• Supports creation and ensures implementation of the global and regional category strategies and related best practices connecting stakeholder requirements and the Category Leadership network
  

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Understands business needs and engages with global, regional and local stakeholders to meet their priorities and requirements
  
• Establishes effective, trustful, and personal relationships with key business stakeholders to set joint target agreements, align joint projects (if applicable also across categories), and is the contact point for all Procurement topics for the business stakeholder community
  
• Defines the Procurement value add for the business stakeholder community and provides Procurement procedural know-how, guidance, and governance
  

Supplier Management:

• Creates and monitors supply agreements over the entire lifecycle minimizing exposure to contractual risks in external relationships through the usage of terms and conditions aligned with the legal function
  
• Provides country-specific market intelligence to mitigate supply risk, gain competitive advantage, and make better business decisions
  
• Continuously conducts detailed supplier and supply market analysis at the regional level looking at facts and indicating market trends in supply base and technology
  

Sourcing

• Is accountable for all sourcing activities for the assigned suppliers and the related content handover to GBS within Sub-Saharan Africa
  
• Maintains regional oversight and proactively communicates potential supply constraints to the Category Leadership network
  
• Supports sourcing events for strategic initiatives in close collaboration with the responsible Category Leads
  
• Executes and supports global sourcing events wherever meaningful.
  

Skills & Qualifications:

• BA/BS/MS/MBA degree in science, engineering, or business management and 3+ years of professional business experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience OR solid background and expertise in Procurement and Procurement processes and methodologies
  
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills combined with strong collaboration, influencing, and communication competencies
  
• Solid background and generalist expertise in procurement and procurement processes and methodologies (e.g., category management, supplier management, and sourcing).
  
• Capable to work in a global and virtual working environment and able to lead virtual teams
  
• Experienced in acting in diverse and cross-functional project teams and working in a complex, global environment
  
• Regional market insights and general understanding of the industries in scope
  
• Change management and project management
  
• Financial acumen and strategic mindset seasoned with analytical decision-making skills
  
• High proficiency level in written and spoken English