Sourcing and Category Management Consultant
2 months ago
**Role Responsibility**:
**Key Responsibilities**:
- Complete assessment of procurement functions to identify cost savings and process improvement opportunities.
- Develop pipeline of sourcing projects and create category plan and category analysis.
- Create sourcing strategies for multiple categories, define the spend profile, demand, and quality requirements.
- Conduct industry and market analysis.
- Execute sourcing projects.
- Conduct spend analysis and develop category management process.
- Provide functional expertise in assessment and implementation of e-sourcing and procurement to pay tools.
**Requirements**:
**Required Qualifications**:
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience. Preferably CIPS qualified.
- Experience of executing procurement transformation projects
- Strong category management process know how and experience of working with suppliers in the UAE and GCC/MENA region.
- Experience of successfully managing internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience of working with best-in-class e-sourcing and procure to pay tools like Ariba, Coupa, Zycus etc
- Good understanding of the Source to Settle process.
**Core Competencies**
- Development of the commercial model to drive growth in savings.
- Development of category strategies which maximise customer value for money and a continuous improvement structure.
- Implement and promote transformation programme with strong communication plan to achieve a structured and resilient supply chain.
- Develop and implement cost-based reduction strategies capable of delivering annual target savings.
- Establishing and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders
- Leading assigned sourcing initiatives, which vary in terms of scope and scale
- Conducting market tenders and managing the evaluation across a cross-functional team to determine supplier selection
- Understanding business requirements and structuring deals to meet those requirements
- Negotiating deals to achieve optimal commercial terms
- Work with/Leading a cross-functional deal teams and liaising with senior stakeholders
- Building relationships with key suppliers
- Maintaining market awareness for assigned category/ies, leveraging experience to determine and define appropriate sourcing strategies
- Adhering to the corporate standards, including using the defined sourcing tools and processes in delivery of sourcing initiatives
- Identifying and implementing opportunities to deliver savings for clients and drive benefits through smarter/efficient sourcing
- Ability to structure RFPs and develop sourcing strategies
**Interpersonal Skills**
- Highly organised and results-driven, can work with/lead a cross-functional team
- Experience in understanding contracts and ability in contract drafting, with limited requirement for specialist legal support
- Very good negotiation skills and very confident in dealing with suppliers and customers
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, very often to tight deadlines, and deliver results
- Experience in working with market-leading sourcing tools and systems
- Professional team player, motivated, and highly flexible
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