Job title: Head Commerce - Indirect Procurement

Function: Procurement

The Role Reports to: Head Procurement

Key responsibilities:

This role is responsible for lead Indirect related spends as well as devising an efficient category strategy to maintain optimum service levels while balancing the cost aspect.

The role also requires developing a strong and compliant supplier base to meet availability requirement within defined safety protocols. The objective of this role is also to ensure stakeholder satisfaction across all functions. The role is expected to support the IT, HR, Admin, Professional Services, CSR, Facilities and Corporate Real estate, Marketing requirements from a procurement standpoint - Source to contract.

Qualification: MBA / B.Com (With relevant experience)

Experience: Demand procurement experience of around 12+ years in Alcobev, FMCG or related industry

Responsibility (scope): Defines the strategic vision and execution of the sourcing strategies for all Commerce & Business Services at a Global level in line with all business & sustainability requirements.

Responsibility (nature of work): Lead, manage & develop the global resources to cover all strategic category management, operational & financial performance (cost & cash) as well as all supplier and stakeholder relationships for all goods & services sourced within this category.

Responsibility (strategic category management): Support the delivery of the overall global procurement strategy, through the development, transformation and implementation of the long term global category strategy for Commerce & Business Services.

Role (people development): Support the functional people agenda and ensure that there is a continued talent pipeline and clear succession planning to facilitate the long term success of the category.

Role (stakeholder management): Develop and maintain relationships with key internal stakeholders in the OpCo, Regional and Global functions, to facilitate a strong working relationship which underpins the smooth delivery of any change management projects required.

Role (functional leadership): Provide leadership beyond the procurement discipline in order to set an example within the Procurement community.

Knowledge & Skills:

- Excellent MS Excel and PowerPoint skills

- Excellent data management skills

- Excellent presentation and communication skills

- Excellent stakeholder management and ability to build a strong relationship with people

- Good understanding of the evolving Travel industry and relevant drivers for the category

- Updated with new trends in the industry in Alcobev, FMCG and related industry

Good to have:

- Likes to work with data and is extremely analytical

- Has a strong commercial focus

- Brings an external focus to work by being constantly updated on developments and innovations in the external world

- Able to build good working relationships with internal stakeholders as well as partners/ suppliers

- Hard nosed when it comes to commercial negotiations with parties

- Constantly seeking to improve things and create new standards at work variable costs, etc