Market Category Specialist - Indirect at Diageo

Job Description

• Develop a comprehensive Category Strategy through analysis of the strategic business requirements, engagement with business stakeholders and in-depth knowledge of your Category and Market Drivers
• Implement the Category Strategy through outstanding business partnering with in market procurement
• Drive Global sourcing projects aligned to the Category Strategy
• Support In market Procurement in sourcing activities to ensure alignment with Category Strategy
• Deliver the best possible outcomes through effective planning, preparation and leveraging your Negotiation Toolkit.
• Supplier Performance Management – setting supplier KPI priorities to drive consistency in and across markets improving the value of data output and act as an escalation point for poor performance
• Supplier Relationship Management – working with Strategic Suppliers, build collaboration to unlock breakthrough opportunities for the business.
• Pro-active identification of Risk Factors within Category and Development of mitigation plans
• Continuously seeks out opportunities for improvement including leveraging new ideas from other parts of the business, suppliers and shares this across the business
• Generate insights and opportunities through internal and external benchmarking activity
• Cost modelling to generate insights and opportunities with suppliers and stakeholders

Key Leadership Capabilities

• Win through Execution - Lead bold execution in a fast-moving world
• Inspire through Purpose - Amplify our purpose internally and externally
• Shape the Future - Create focus and ownership for shaping Diageo’s future ambition
• Invest in Talent - Harness the full extent of Diageo’s talent and diversity

Key Functional Capabilities:

• Provide in-depth market / portfolio analysis and understanding
• Provide Procurement expertise by tapping into Global and Regional Diageo resources
• Engage and involve key stakeholders specifically in HR, CR, Facilities, Legal, Commercial and Finance
• Engage senior sponsorship in local market
• Use a variety of tools to develop insights and create strategic options
• Finalise & agree portfolio strategies using the Diageo category management process per the Procurement Playbook
• Recommend final source/s of supply for contracting purposes
• Put contracts in place with all suppliers
• Manage strategic elements of supplier relationships
• Drive supplier performance programmes
• Deliver the Demand Strat Plan
• Champion Procurement within the Business
• Has ability to act as a champion for change and create organisational momentum to deliver
• Responsible for driving increased value from a large variety of supplier relationships from open market commodity purchases to long-term single sourced relationships
• Drive SRM programmes with key suppliers. implement and support shareholder initiatives e.g. SFRM, CPRM
• To develop and implement the South Africa Procurement strategy within the function, establishing performance targets for each category and then managing suppliers and the Procurement Team to these targets
• Lead the development of appropriate strategic relationships with key partners. Engage and gain buy-in from key stakeholders, ultimately increasing spend coverage
• To play an integral role in the development and implementation of the Procurement strategy to maximise the value of Diageo expenditure
• Manage and achieve/ exceed the performance targets for category. Delivery of strategic plan savings and agreed KPIs across key Procurement imperatives of Cost, Risk, Quality, Service, Growth, Innovation and Corporate Citizenship
• Gaining stakeholder buy-in to principles and ways of working of Procurement team.
• Drive and promote strategies which deliver true cost savings back to the Business.
• To transform key supplier relationships for Diageo to ensure breakthrough performance and manage the strategic and operational aspects of the function’s procurement-specific responsibilities.