Specialist, Procurement – Indirects SSA at CHEP

Job Description

Global Procurement is committed to deliver a significant contribution towards Brambles strategic priorities, enabling the markets to win through Procurement using breakthrough category strategies and sourcing execution to support operating margin improvement and competitive advantage. 

Indirect Procurement categories tend to be complex with varying stakeholder needs, significant external spend and key relationships up to and including executive level. The prime accountability for this role is to drive value through ensuring the commercial elements of spend in the categories of IT & Telecoms, Plant Equipment,  Professional Services , MRO are executed brilliantly with our vendors. This role will lead some sourcing decisions with key stakeholders and will apply elements of category management to support the maximisation of value, whilst minimising risk from all external spend and assuring quality of delivery and performance.
 

Experience and Skills

• Indirects categories or commodity expertise is essential
• 5 years experience within Procurement
• Knowledge of the Brambles business is desirable (wish)
• Stakeholder management
• Cost & financial management
• Supplier management
• Contract Life Cycle Management
• Someone that can articulate the regional supply market and take that knowledge to help develop strategies and executable plans
• Presence and confidence around Senior stakeholders
• Project Management with a collaborative approach

Preferred Education

• Diploma

Preferred Level of Work Experience

• 7 – 10 years