Country Procurement Officer - Indirects at International Breweries Plc - Anheuser-Busch InBev

International Breweries Plc - Our Dream is to bring people together for a better world. Beer, the original social network, has been bringing people together for thousands of years. We are committed to building great brands that stand the test of time and to brewing the best beers using the finest natural ingredients.

Our diverse portfolio of well over 400 beer brands includes global brands Budweiser, Corona and Stella Artois; multi-country brands Beck’s, Castle, Castle Lite, Hoegaarden, and Leffe; and local champions such as Aguila, Bud Light, Jupiler, Klinskoye, Modelo Especial, Quilmes, Skol, and Victoria.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Country Procurement Officer - Indirects

Job ID: 30039772
Location: Nigeria International Breweries H/O
Employment Type: Full-time

Key Outputs and Responsibilities

• Support Indirect Procurement Sourcing Strategy Development
• Understand, deep dive and keep very strong control on the 5 Packs ZBB Spend portfolio ensuring actual spend is consistently in alignment with budget
• Develop, lead and drive negotiation strategies for the category
• Identify and track benefits (monetary and non-monetary), mitigate the risks and ensure compliance governance is in place
• Collate all necessary zone analytics related to the category
• Analyse spend and user specific requirements
• Conduct market research to assess zone dynamics related to the category
• Support Sourcing Strategy Execution
• Ensure readiness across both zone and country for strategy execution
• Escalate where necessary supplier performance issues
• Support Collaborative Optimization activities where applicable
• Handle second level escalations with suppliers/internal stakeholders to resolve performance issues
• Collaborate with supplier and internal stakeholders to ensure smooth implementation of Category managers sourcing outputs / agreements
• Ensure suppliers are correctly enabled through Regional Procurement Shared Services (RPSS)
• Ensure contractual terms & conditions are effectively “operationalised” within business
• Manage the relationship and drive collaboration with all stakeholders at functional, regional and global level.

Requirements
Qualifications & Experience:

• Relevant Tertiary Qualification
• 5 years+ procurement experience managing categories (Indirect Spend preferable)
• Regional or Global category management experience
• Sound knowledge and understanding of procurement strategic sourcing methodology

Roles, Skills and Attributes Required:

• Ensures that processes follow established compliance requirements
• Collaborate with supplier and internal stakeholders to ensure smooth implementation of sourcing strategy outputs / agreements
• Good knowledge, understanding and use of Microsoft Office tools
• Good analytics skills
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Sound knowledge of procurement systems like Ariba and use of eRFX and eAuction
• Knowledge of SAP an advantage
• Good presentation skills and experience of facilitating workshops/brainstorm sessions
• Being highly adaptable to frequent and rapid changes in workflow and project execution and willing to take on new challenges
• Capacity to work flexibly, proactively and unsupervised both individually and within a global team
• Ability to comfortably liaise across functions and at a senior level
• Willingness to learn and develop both the role and personally
• Proven leadership qualities and ability to inspire action and deliver high quality results

Application Closing Date
22nd March 2023.