Commodity Specialist (Senior) at Discovery Limited

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

STRATEGIC

• Optimise cost efficiency
• Advance transformation (preferential procurement)
• Increase contract coverage and process efficiency
• Internal stakeholder management

OPERATIONAL

• Optimize cost efficiency for the assigned category of spend
• Optimise sourcing per category through spend analysis and optimisation with a total cost of ownership approach
• Lead and/or participate on cross-functional teams to ensure that Discovery is leveraging spend and driving best value
• Support internal customers for the sourcing of professional services. This is accomplished by following established and approved procurement policies and procedures in order to provide the lowest cost consistent with quality and service requirements while maintaining good supplier relations
• Provide overall commodity management for assigned commodities
• Provide technical specialist advice in the negotiating of service level agreements and pricing
• Implement procurement transformation strategies
• Develop and implement sourcing strategies for assigned commodities
• Determine optimum number of suppliers and contract length for each commodity
• Negotiate, implement and manage contracts, service level agreements, procurement policies and procedures across our client base
• Support the administration of all contract price escalation (annual/quarterly) indices, spend rebates
• Continually evaluate the markets for assigned commodities

Personal Attributes and Skills

• Operate independently and under pressure
• Perform multiple concurrent tasks and responsibilities and to deal with changing priorities while maintaining personal effectiveness
• Strong negotiation skills
• Understand contract terms and risk mitigation
• Communicate and be responsive to internal customer requirements
• Decisive and driven by deadlines, bias for action
• Willing to challenge ideas and provide suggestions which are in the best interests of the company
• Work collaboratively with internal customers and other procurement professionals
• Exhibit sound interpersonal skills involving interfacing, coordinating and negotiating with internal customers and suppliers

Education and Experience

• Minimum of Bachelor degree, preferably in Supply Chain, Engineering or Business Administration
• Masters in Business Administration (advantageous)
• 5 years strategic sourcing/procurement experience
• Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing sourcing strategies which resulted in a world-class supply base that continually exceeded cost, quality, delivery and service objectives