Procurement Manager

About the role

• As Procurement Manager, you’ll lead Direct Procurement and Indirect Supply activities across South Africa, managing a team of Buyers and driving strategic sourcing and cost optimisation across packaging, raw materials and services.You’ll play a key role in improving cost efficiency, gross margin and working capital by developing and strengthening purchasing strategies, tools and processes. The role also oversees high-level contracting activities, including product development and supply, intellectual property and third-party investments.

Your responsibilities

• Procurement Strategy: Develop and implement regional procurement strategies, including strategic sourcing and supplier contracting, to drive competitive advantage and meet business needs.
• Supplier Management: Identify, evaluate and manage reliable suppliers, ensuring performance, quality and service through regular scorecards and continuous improvement.
• Compliance & Quality: Partner with Compliance and Quality teams to ensure suppliers meet human rights, quality, B-BBEE, procurement and legal requirements.
• Contract Management: Lead supplier negotiations and contract management in collaboration with Legal, ensuring competitive terms, risk mitigation and effective implementation.
• Cost Optimisation & Productivity: Drive cost optimisation, productivity, gross margin improvement and working capital efficiency through cost modelling, negotiations and collaboration with global teams.
• Process Improvement: Continuously improve procurement processes and systems by implementing best practices and driving operational efficiency.
• Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with R&D, Production, Finance and other stakeholders to deliver business requirements and productivity targets on time.
• People Leadership: Lead, coach and develop a team of Purchasing Managers and Buyers, strengthening procurement capabilities and supplier relationship management.
• Budget Management: Manage procurement budgets and cost assumptions for materials and services, ensuring financial accuracy and cost control.
• Supply Risk & Market Intelligence: Identify and mitigate sourcing and supply risks, develop contingency plans and monitor commodity feedstock trends and market dynamics to ensure supply continuity and capture commercial opportunities.

The experience we're looking for

• At least 10 + years' of procurement experience, including leading medium to large teams across different seniority levels and managing senior stakeholders.
• Relevant business related degree
• Procurement management experience within FMCG or within a manufacturing environment.
• Successful experience in purchasing commodity materials within a multi-country environment. 
• Proficiency in Microsoft tools.

The skills for success

• Financial and commercial acumen; negotiation and influencing; stakeholder management; relationship building; strategic thinking; problem solving; confident decision making; integrity and accountability; resilience and adaptability; results focus; organisation and prioritisation; proficiency in Microsoft tools.