SABMiller is in the beer and soft drinks business, bringing refreshment and sociability to millions of people all over the world who enjoy our drinks. We do business in a way that improves livelihoods and helps build communities. We are passionate about brewing and have a long tradition of craftsmanship, making superb beer from high quality natural ingredients.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Local Category Manager
Location: Lagos
Type: Permanent
Job Description
- SABMiller Procurement sources an extensive range of materials and services. This includes brewing materials, packaging, capital equipment, marketing materials and business services
- The Local Category Manager provides support for the development of category practices for local categories, including support in relation to sourcing strategy definition, deployment, and stakeholder management.
- The Local Category Manager supports the implementation of Global strategies in the country, to maximise total cost of ownership savings and procurement value contribution.
- Under the guidance of Regional and Global Category Managers/Directors, he/she supports the implementation of Global Category strategies by supporting strategic sourcing initiatives and procurement optimisation projects.
Key Responsibilities Include (but not limited to)
- Execute the procurement strategy process and implementation / sourcing execution for a set of local categories in a Cross Functional Team setting
- Executes Local/Regional/Global categories in the country, leads contract implementation & drives contract compliance
- Manage supplier relationships for local categories
- Manage internal customer relationships for local categories
- Execute large Spot Buys
Requirements
Academic background:
- Appropriate University/bachelor degree qualification is essential.
- A recognised qualification in procurement would be considered an asset.
Experience:
- Extensive knowledge of sourcing, contract negotiation, tendering, spend under management, with substantial professional experience (2 – 4 years) in the same functional domain or other related positions.
Language skills:
- Proficiency in English is mandatory
Personal:
- Ambitious and self-driven with the ability to work proactively and autonomously in a complex and challenging environment. Both the role and SABMiller would suit someone looking for the potential to further develop a career in procurement.
Other Competencies:
- Drive for results, work within a team and challenging & influencing
Salary
Competitive, in country salary package
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should APPLY
