Agencies, Sponsorships, Media & Production Manager at The South African Breweries (SAB)

Job Summary

Our dream is to become a World Class Procurement organization, driving value creation and enabling sustainable growth in the Zone. We have an evolved and simplified organizational strategy that enables us to deliver on business requirements Our focus, to achieve this dream, is to transform our Supply Chain through Smart Procurement and innovative sustainability initiatives.

Key roles and responsibilities:

• Responsible to support the development of Category Strategies within the Agencies, Media & Production Category, which falls under the control of the Regional Procurement office (RPO).
• Responsible for the successful execution of Category Strategies across all 11 markets in Africa Zone.
• Provide Regional support for Categories managed centrally by the Global Procurement Office (GPO).
• Recommend & embed ways of working for Procurement interface with all stakeholders across the business.
• Provide commercial advice and work jointly with internal stakeholders to implement best practice and management of Procurement principles across Africa Zone.
• Manage stakeholder relationships across different functions in the organization to drive value through centrally negotiated agreements.
• Manage Supplier relationships and resolve disputes in collaboration with functional counterparts.
• Ownership of Simple Packages for the RPO through data analytics related to the Categories and plan for execution.
• Definition and execution of Categories Strategies; This includes mitigation of risks within the Category and creating value through identified opportunities.
• Analyse spend and user specific requirements for all sub-packages within the Category.
• Conduct market research to assess Zone dynamics related to the Category and use research outcomes for future planning and value generation in line with company strategy.
• Develop, in conjunction with GPO/Zone counterparts, Category Strategies for each sub-package, as guiding documents for value generation within the Category.
• Manage supplier relationships and internal & external collaborations across the Agencies, Media & Production scope.
• Ensure readiness across both zone and country for strategy execution.
• Resolve and escalate supplier performance issues where necessary.
• Support Collaborative Optimization activities where applicable.
• Handle second level escalations with suppliers/internal stakeholders to resolve performance issues.
• Collaborate with supplier and internal stakeholders to ensure smooth implementation of Category Manager sourcing outputs / agreements.
• Ensure suppliers are correctly enabled through the PSS.
• Ensure contractual terms & conditions are effectively “operationalized” within business.
• Support collection and analysis of Zone ZBB, WAPT, eAuction analytics and driving Champions initiatives across all sub-packages within scope.
• Accountable for monthly reporting as per the KPIs within the Commercial Indirects Procurement scope.
• Drive collaboration between RPO, PSS, GPO, FP&A, and other parties involved in daily Category activities.
• Track sourcing events and projects to ensure delivery of targets and support business operations.
• Enhance and develop ways of working with Country, RPO, and GPO counterparts.

Profile:

• University Degree
• Minimum 2 years’ management experience
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to coordinate across multiple stakeholders and teams
• Strong commercial and contract negotiation skills
• Strong people , leadership  and presentation skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Sound contracts knowledge
• Sound technical skills and technical understanding
• Basic knowledge of finance and accounting allowing the ability to run/read analysis P&L and balance sheet
• Communicating effectively by conveying information and ideas in a clear, meaningful, and timely manner, providing information to ensure understanding across different levels in the company
• Pan African / Regional or Global Category management experience.
• Sound knowledge and understanding of Procurement strategic sourcing methodologies
• Good knowledge, understanding and use of Microsoft Office tools
• Sound knowledge of Procurement systems such as Ariba
• Knowledge of SAP is an advantage prospective candidates
• Must be willing to travel across African markets