Category Manager - Raw Materials Africa at Diageo

Job description

Department: Human Resource
Reporting to: Head of Raw Materials – Global Procurement
Level: L4

PURPOSE

Global management of nominated categories (Grains in developing markets) and regional in line with Diageo’s procurement imperatives:-

• Risk Management
• Quality
• Service
• Cost
• Innovation / growth support
• Value creating
• Differentiated (from competitor products)
• Protectable (technologically advanced or patentable)
• Corporate Citizenship

Qualifications

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• University Degree in quantitative or commercially biased discipline
• Purchasing qualification desirable (CIPS/MBA)

Experience

• Must have 5 – 10 years experience which should include the following:
• Significant procurement responsibilities in a leading edge company
• Experience with agricultural products, traded commodities and of developing and operating Price Risk management policies to manage spend within
• Governance guidelines
• Experience in working with other key stakeholder functions e.g. logistics, finance, new product development etc
• Demonstrable leadership experience, e.g. leading projects; programmes; business units or line management

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Develop strategic category management approach to key spend areas to deliver security of supply, maintaining requisite quality, protecting brand reputation at optimum cost, supporting our innovation agenda, our LRM agenda, and sustainable competitive advantage to Diageo.
• Development of annual AOP and subsequent delivery of targets & objectives.
• Build a detailed understanding of the current incumbent supply base and wider global supply market. Analyse market trends, gain insight on what our competition are doing, understanding the effect of change in the market dynamics – supplier consolidation. Understand supplier capabilities and key cost drivers to be able to quickly identify opportunities as and when they arise.
• Mobilises resources (cross supply centre & cross-functional) to support effective management of designated category and grains stakeholder commitment & endorsement cross-functionally and cross-geographies