Senior Category Manager: Indexed and Ammonia at Omnia (Pty) LTD

Overview    

Senior Category Manager: Indexed and Ammonia is responsible for effecting the most appropriate procurement processes to optimise the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) to Omnia Group across a Global span at an acceptable level of supply risk, in accordance with all related policies. The Senior Category Manager will ensure alignment of Procurement Strategy and execute relevant KPI’s in area of responsibility.

Their scope of work is Global and for the Omnia Group and will be defined by a set of spend categories allocated for their management. 

Qualifications    

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, Commerce, Operations Management, Business Process Management, Analytics, Information Technology, or equivalent
• MCIPS (Chartered institute of Procurement and Supply), PMP (Project Management Professional) or SCMP (Supply Chain Management Professional) desirable

Experience    

• 3 – 5 years in a management position
• 3 years’ experience in Category Management
• 7+ years of experience in strategic sourcing

Duties    

Strategy and Analysis

• Identify and execute appropriate procurement channel in line with Procurement Policy.
• Perform and oversee in area of control spend analysis by collecting, cleansing, classifying and analysing expenditure data to inform current spend profile.
• Formulate, execute and maintain sourcing strategies for relevant spend groups to optimise TCO, at a known and acceptable level of risk.
• Develop or utlise TCO models to understand all costs associated with a purchase.
• Propose adjustments to procedures, for optimisaton of buying mechanisms.
• Support strategic agendas by incorporating and implementing appropriate ESD strategy requirements into the sourcing approach.
• Track market price and demand indices that influence the supply market.
• Evaluate and understand market conditions in order to contribute to competitive sourcing strategies, control costs and manage risk.
• Establish, guide and support cross-functional teams from business stakeholders, to ensure a broad-based approach in development and execution of the sourcing strategy.
• Develop sourcing strategies for consideration and approval by the appropriate leads in the business, that optimise TCO, with an acceptable level of risk.
• Contribute to business initiatives designed to improve supply chain efficiency.
• Investigate and propose innovative approaches, to meet internal demand, by questioning accepted norms and practice.
• Identify and analyze local trading demands, trends, and opportunities within the bulk commodity market(s). Introduce potential trading opportunities to the company's business units in area of focus, facilitating collaborations and partnerships.
• Managing the company supply chain by sourcing, reviewing, and purchasing commodities.
• Updating inventory strategies where needed to increase sales and manage stock quantities.
• Negotiating favourable prices and terms of purchase to maximize best commodity sourcing practices.

Operational

• Execute sourcing strategy, and appropriate sourcing events e.g., RFx as required per defined and approved sourcing strategy, with support of a cross-functional team.
• Ensure sourcing events are structured, transparent and fair, with a defensible process, to ensure participation which aligns with Company policies and the code of ethics.
• Confirm the selection of supplier/s that best meet the selection criteria defined in the sourcing strategy.
• Lead supplier engagement by involving commercial, legal, technical and other relevant parties where appropriate.
• Onboard suppliers and support business in initial engagement to ensure smooth phase in, phase out management.
• Report on sourcing strategy effectiveness and contract compliance, by reviewing adherence to the agreement by all parties (Supplier, Omnia Divisions, Omnia Procurement) and by raising deviation/departure, by a party.
• Execute supplier management in line with the sourcing strategy and ensure that appropriate performance and evaluations occur, and that remedial action is applied as appropriate.
• Utilise contract management processes to support in contract monitoring and maintenance.
• As a subject-matter expert, provide sourcing support as required, relating to sourcing advisory and delivery services, sourcing contracts and sourcing queries and the resolution thereof, to meet operational sourcing requirements.
• Generate reports detailing sourcing strategy key deliverables (I.e., savings, OTIF, compliance, security of supply)

Financial / Governance

• Ensure that sourcing processes and practices, across the procurement life cycle, strictly align with all governance requirements.
• Ensure and initiate steps to protect the company’s assets, through appropriate insurances to mitigate risk.
• Ensure savings are tracked and auditable,
• Formally track risks in line with the business risk assessment approach. 

Job Competencies    

Financial

• Ability to perform spend analysis at category and spend group level
• Ability to interpret spend analysis
• Ability to use TCO Model
• Advanced business acumen
• Ability to quantify/ risk costs for TOC data
• Ability to perform RFP/ Tender evaluation
• Ability to track rebates
• Supply Chain Profitability
• Discount on Early Payment

Customer

• Ability to accurately define and articulate user true requirements (i.e., response time, specification, usage)
• Ability to develop evaluation criteria and with relevant user weightings
• Ability to develop SLA
• Ability to lead sourcing team discussions
• Understand factors driving demand (usage)
• Ability to forecast and guide customer needs to be more value focused

Supplier

• Understand Supply Market
• Ability to perform supply market analysis
• Ability to select performance measures based on sourcing strategy and business needs
• Execution of supplier management against SLA
• Ability to negotiate effectively with suppliers
• Development and Management of RFP/ Tender Document