Category Manager: Engineering Services - Cape Town at Engen

Who You Are:

• A self-starter and experienced continuous improvement methodology to improve delivery of the Procurement Value Proposition,
• Solution driven Business Partner with extensive experience in Procurement and stakeholder engagement.
• Able to build strong relationships with business and therefore understand their business requirements,
• You are a solution driven Business Partner with extensive experience in Procurement and stakeholder engagement
• You have built a strong relationship with business and therefore understand their business requirements
• You are an expert dealing with procurement process
• You are passionate about delivering and meeting SLA’s
• You have excellent communication skills
• You have a reputation for delivering on business expectations
• You are highly organized with good attention to detail
• You have good communication skills with excellent research and writing skills
• You can multitask and works well independently
• You can work well under pressure and maintains a professional attitude always

What you’ll have done before:

Baseline:

• NQF Level 7 (Degree in Supply Chain / Transport Economics or related)
• 8 years Procurement experience including developing/executing sourcing strategy
• Appropriate Vendor Selection or Vendor Performance Management
• Procurement Category Management experience
• Advantageous:
• Degree in Engineering
• Certification equivalent to CIPS
• Experience in national company
• Commercial analysis/negotiation experience

What you’ll be doing:

CATEGORY MANAGEMENT:

• Manage the assigned sub-category by building and executing strategic sourcing plans and category management plan supported by in-depth analysis of purchasing demand, supplier, market, price/cost structures, generate suppliers bid list and assessment criteria, execute the bidding process, drive the negotiation strategy and prepare & operationalize the contract to ensure delivery of business objectives.

SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT:

• Develop and ensure sustainable and effective supplier relationship management through reliable supply base and build partnerships with strategic suppliers, lead pre-qualification of potential suppliers, develop clear strategy to optimize allocation of spend across suppliers.
• review supplier performance and assess supplier risks, develop supplier segmentation by category, interface with senior suppliers executives to set supplier management targets, manage end-to-end contract management life cycle and develop mitigation plans to ensure delivery and performance of suppliers as per agreed SLA's.

PROCUREMENT SAVINGS:

• Deliver on sub-category savings and goals in alignment with sub-categories savings targets and operational goals with Category Head in order to drive execution of initiatives to achieve targets and goals.

PROCURE TO PAY PROCESS MANAGEMENT:

• Monitor and drive smooth execution of transaction process by providing visibility to business, managing and escalating transactional risks to ensure delivery of business objectives.

BUSINESS INTERFACING AND SUPPORT:

• Drive interactions with business to understand requirements and align on demand planning and forecasts using relevant division's business plans to develop effective procurement strategy and ensure alignment with CPO, Category Heads and Transactional Head.