Description
TCO/Supplier Management
- Responsible for company-wide commodity
- Proposes/facilitates TCO reduction initiatives
- Leads negotiations with suppliers and structures agreements
- Identifies strategic impact of key industry/technological trends on commodity
- Monitors supplier and team performance
- Develops suppliers
- Drives continuous improvement initiatives
- Understands impact of applicable commodity related legislation
- Implement and integrate solutions across multiple disciplines as required
- Develop stakeholder management strategies for key external stakeholders so as to position Famous Brands in a more competitive and sustainable space
Understands Supplier Industry
- Review industry literature and new supplier products
- Build and update supplier cost models
Understands User Needs
- Understand production and usage forecasts by SKU
- Identify potential / best brand names and specifications
- Re-specify product inputs
Inventory Management
- Participates in long-term strategic planning process that will impact commodities
- Participates in commodity management forecasting process
- Proposes inventory reduction targets
- Provides input on issues regarding commodity logistics
- Identifies improvement opportunities regarding the commodity
Order Placement
- Provides oversight over order fulfillment process
IT & Systems Support
- Volume and Price forecasting processes and systems
- Contract management – Supplier evaluation and selection, pricing research and history
- Oversight of order management and supplier payment
People Development
- Takes responsibility for self-development
- Evaluates, coaches and develops core commodity/supply chain team members
- Gives input into evaluation of non-commodity management members
Requirements
Education and Experience
- BSc or B.Com degree
- MBA preferred
- Demonstrated involvement at a Senior level in an organisation
- Must have managed a cross-functional team with a proven track record of achieving targets and developing people
Knowledge, Skills and Personal Attributes
- Ability to build relationships with EXCO and Line executives
- Demonstrate the ability to source best practice from the external market and apply appropriate solutions to create shift in the Famous Brands business
- Understand value chains and be able to generate integrated solutions with colleagues from other disciplines
- Ability to develop and maintain networks across industries
- Computer modelling skills
- Highly motivated, energetic and results oriented
- A team player with strong leadership ability
- Personal and professional integrity
- Entrepreneurial by nature
- A team player with strong leadership ability
- An ability to deal at all levels of the organisation
- Personal and professional integrity
- Entrepreneurial nature
How to Apply
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