MRO Category Manager Africa Zone at The South African Breweries (SAB)

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Support Sourcing Strategy Development

• MRO Category Management
• Develop and Drive Spares Optimisation through MRP Strategies, Spares Policy and Stores Compliance
• Cross Category Sourcing and Analytical Support
• Working stores teams to drive efficiencies beyond price
• Collate all necessary country analytics
• S2P Optimisation, Drive GRN & PR Efficiencies (Drive Payment on-time efficiencies)
• Analyse spend and user requirements
• Conduct market research to assess country dynamics
• Drive ZBB Savings in the Maintenance package
• Original Equipment Manufacturer part conversion to alternates
• Understand the day-to-day spare part replenishment process
• Identifying key and frequent spare part identification for conversion
• Implement and negotiate fixed pricing with strategic suppliers
• Run tenders through the defined RFQ process
• Track end to end all orders and highlight to stakeholders where risks are identified
• Implement SLAs and contracts where applicable

Support Sourcing Strategy Execution

• Ensure readiness across country for strategy execution
• Escalate where necessary supplier performance issues
• Handle second level escalations with suppliers/internal stakeholders to resolve performance issues
• Collaborate with supplier and internal stakeholders to ensure smooth implementation of sourcing outputs / agreements
• Ensure suppliers are correctly enabled through RPSS
• Implement material MasterData to reduce free text orders
• Negotiate and implement higher payment terms with suppliers that offset cashflow for the business

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree: Finance, Engineering/ Science, Supply Chain, Economics, Statistics
• Experience and understanding of sourcing and analytics tools such as Ariba, Emptoris, SAP MM/SRM, advanced MS Excel, MS Access, Database tools (SQL etc), SAP 4 Hanna, Syspro, TAM etc
• Additional specialized study: a recognized qualification in procurement would be considered an asset.  
• Ideally Green Belt or Black Belt 
• Minimum 3 years experience in Procurement, Logistics or Supply. In depth knowledge of procurement, supply chain, finance and logistics.
• Consumer Goods experience and Alco-Bev industry experience will be advantageous.
• Knowledge of all relevant legislative requirements and familiar with local market environments.