Marketing Procurement Buyer
Procurement
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Posted: 06 January 2021
Location: Stockley Park
Contract: Full time
Salary: Competitive
Overview & Job purpose
The role of a Marketing Procurement Buyer is to source marketing services for Suntory across Europe managing timing, quality, and costs in line with functional, business, regional & Suntory objectives.
The successful candidate will…
• Monitor & optimise procurement strategy for the Marketing subcategories with support from the Category Manager.
• Build and manage preferred suppliers.
• Develop market knowledge and expertise to drive best in class procurement operations
• Demonstrate agility and reactivity to meet Business needs, according to deadlines
• Ensure alignment & good relationships with operational Business stakeholders
• Optimize quality, cost and service performance of the suppliers
• Remove silos between Business Units and find synergies across Business Units
Key Responsabilities, scope for decision
- Value Improvement
- Construct & coordinate multiple tenders
- Plan and execute negotiations on all commercial terms with suppliers
- Deliver savings and value improvements for the portfolio, propose strong recommendation using data & insights
- Strategy Development
- Keep up to date with market changes relevant to the category
- Identify new risks & opportunities
- Contribute to the development and implementation of the marketing procurement strategy taking in to account the master procurement & business strategy
- Supplier Management
- Ensure compliance with procurement process
- Prepare and contribute to regular review / SRM meetings with most critical suppliers. Monitor SLA & KPI’s
- Implement action plans with strategic partners, and monitor progress against these
- Complete Risk Assessment for the category & suppliers, develop BCP's with critical suppliers, including looking for alternative sourcing options when relevant
- Put in place regional legal framework agreements for selected strategic suppliers & register them in the system
- Act as facilitator between suppliers and other internal functions
- Continuous Improvement
- Identify and propose a pipeline of Cost Out – Value In ideas
- Support innovation & sustainability initiatives
Let's talk specifics... What's the recipe for success?
- A university degree level, technical or economical, Procurement or CSR specialization, or additional Procurement qualification (e.g. CIPS) is a +
- Relevant industry experience (FMCG, food & beverage experience)
- A skilled negotiator with great communication skills, able to influence at different levels of the organisation
- Analytical with great time management skills
- Commercial acumen, leveraging market knowledge and expertise to drive best in class procurement
- Strategic thinker able to dig deeper, analyse the variables that will influence sustainable growth and meet business needs
- An agile & flexible team player with a cross-cultural spirit, who can thrive in a diverse environment
- Curious, can think out of the box and pride yourself in going the extra mile to get things done