Team Leader (Port Elizabeth) at Aspen Pharma Group

Description

Planning and section management

• Lead and co-ordinate activities of individuals and teams engaged in purchasing and distribution of relevant categories
• Provide input into operational planning and prioritisation for section
• Manage section budgets and resource requirements
• Define section strategy, goals, actions required and timelines
• Provide section staff with day-to-day guidance, direction and tasks

Communication and stakeholder engagement

• Develop, manage and maintain a suitable supply base, and supply chain for relevant categories
• Communicate within and across departments
• Monitor supplier quality and internal customer satisfaction
• Resolve escalated problems and deal with negotiations and supplier visits
• Liaise with forwarding agents, co-ordinates communication with Procurement, Pack Tech, Planning Production, Stores, Finance and Laboratory, as needed
• Maintain a strong link between Procurement and Finance

Performance monitoring and reporting

• Review business needs on a continuous basis to ensure category strategies align with business requirements
• Create and review category-specific strategies (e.g. sole source vs. dual source, continuity of supply, supplier diversity, performance requirements) and implementation to minimise category spend
• Establish, monitor and report on category-specific KPIs that can be used to monitor performance against targets
• Report on progress against plans and KPIs

Procurement analytics

• Perform various spend analytics (spend by category, vendor, diversity, and sustainability of supply)
• Perform price variance analysis
• Maintain spend database
• Develop and maintains a master catalogue

Process design

• Provide input into, interprets and executes policies and procedures and develops SOPs
• Set budgets and policy/ guidelines for categories
• Optimise bidding processes to increase efficiency

Skills Required

Background/experience

• 7 years’ experience in manufacturing logistics or procurement
• Experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing
• Supervisory or managerial experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Purchasing or Logistics, or a related discipline

Specific job skills

• Computer literacy with strong Excel knowledge

Competencies

• Customer Awareness
• Meeting Deadlines
• Making Decisions
• Planning and Organising
• Interrogating Information