Country Procurement Head

Our group, a major player in the food consumer sector, is looking for a Country Procurement Head to strengthen its teams. Committed to innovation, quality, and sustainability, we are seeking a motivated professional ready to take on global challenges and contribute to our success.

▪ Be the face of Procurement, set the agenda, communicate with key stakeholders and ensure senior leadership is aware of progress/roadblocks to results

 ▪ Build and lead a strongly engaged and high performing team (Attract, develop and retain talent)

 ▪ Together with the Regional Procurement Leader, set direction for the team incorporating procurement best practices in category management.

 ▪ Ensure innovative solutions are implemented in the value chain to enable competitive advantage in the county

 ▪ Ensure an on-going portfolio of productivity projects across all value levers

 ▪ Lead the team through proactive implementation of risk mitigation strategies in key categories

▪ Ensure team actively participates or drives the development and implementation of category strategies

 ▪ Lead the development of local procurement procedures across the country and monitors compliance against them

 ▪ Ensure supplier performance (quality, innovation, etc.) for local suppliers

 ▪ Ensure adoption of approved procurement tools

 ▪ Drive sustainability practices within the country in support of the global and regional sustainability strategies and targets

Professional

 – Strong business acumen

– Proven track record of leading a procurement team 

– 7+ years experience in category management and strategic sourcing

 – BA required, MBA preferred

 – Bilingual, English required

 Technical 

 – Strong category management and procurement skills (SRM, negotiation, category strategy) 

– Strong problem-solving/analytical skills

 – Effective people development and management skills

 – organization building skills 

Behavioral 

 – High energy & enthusiasm 

– Strong people and mental agility 

– Effective communication and relationship building skills

– High tolerance for ambiguity 

– Able to work in a dual reporting matrix