Strategic Buyer, East Africa at Beiersdorf

Role Purpose

• Responsible for deployment of “global” and “regional leverage” category strategies and its definition for “shared best practice” and “local sourcing” categories within area and unit of responsibility based on related business strategies, Supply Chain Roadmap, strategic Procurement frameworks (e.g., ways of working in matrix) and continuous alignment with business stakeholders.
• Consulting strategic category work in the regions. Responsible for compliance with Proc standards, methods, and processes within area of responsibility. Reliable expert to share Procurement and category know-how within and beyond own area.

Main Accountabilities

Strategy & Governance

• Conducting regular market research & analysis for own categories.
• Support global/regional category manager to define strategies based on relevant market research and analysis.
• Responsible for strategy implementation according to defined activities by global/regional category strategy.
• Consulting global strategy development in similar categories within area as well as in the regions.
• Development and implementation of local strategies.

Procurement Business Partnering

• Full authority in supplier selection, negotiation and contracting of local frame conditions with suppliers (prices, TCO, payment terms, quality levels, etc.) for own categories towards objectives agreed with the demand owner or set by global/regional initiatives along the defined category roadmap.
• Contract management (coordination with legal depart., identifying need for templates, drafting templates together with legal department etc.).
• Continuously monitoring the related activities for opportunities to maximize Procurement value contribution.

Performance Management

• Responsible for performance of total spend in own category.
• Timely documentation of relevant procurement KPI data (e.g., savings) as well as regular aggregation of data to manage the performance within own area.

Procurement Processes & Systems

• Responsible for compliance with legal requirements, BDF Proc and non-Proc procedures within own negotiations and contracts.
• Maintenance and quality assurance of relevant master data for supported negotiation/contracting processes (e.g., category spends, contractual terms, supplier data).
• Actively drive process development with regards to standardization, efficiency, and automation (incl. application of new technologies, implementation of purchase-related processes, methods, and systems) and monitor process adherence.
• Content management of eCatalogues, and other automated order channels in order to increase automation.

Supplier Management

• Ensuring proper supplier selection (e.g., financial health, process knowhow, etc.) to minimize supply risks for the affiliates of BDF.
• Actively managing supplier relationships to ensure suppliers are able and willing to fulfill BDF supply requirements.
• Actively working with suppliers to achieve innovative solutions.
• Complaint management for Suppliers under his/her responsibility.