Business Procurement Specialist
The BMP serves as a Procurement ambassador between the Business Location and Procurement
By having a clear understanding of the Procurement strategy and initiatives, the BMP facilitates the development, implementation, execution and communication of the Procurement strategy and initiatives at the Location.
By having a clear understanding of the Location Strategy, Business and Processes, the BMP represents the Business’ interests and supports strategic, tactical and operational Procurement activities.
The BMP manages the relationships between Category Management and the Business Group (to align with the business) which can be seen as key account management for BG / Opco and vice versa for Procurement. He is responsible for effective stakeholder communication of Procurement related topics on the Location and serves as the first escalation point for Procurement/ Opco/BG/Country issues.
Chúng tôi cần
- Knowledge of Direct Materials (product-related) and Indirect Materials (non-product-related)
- Strong category and general procurement background; AND/OR strong technical/supply chain background combined with relevant procurement experience
- Strong change management and project management skills
- Knowledge of FrieslandCampina business;
- Knowledge of Financial Management;
- Knowledge of Human Resources Management.
Chúng tôi có
A dynamic, challenging, and innovative work environment.
We believe in nourishing growth and offer training and personal development.
Competitive remuneration package.
Mô tả vị trí tuyển dụng
Procurement Strategy Development
- Support Manager Category Procurement in development of Procurement Strategy (bottom up / top down), in line with procurement categories, business & product needs, supply market dynamics & technological changes in the marketplace, resulting in a Procurement strategy for the Opco / location in scope.
- Communicate location business, strategy & processes to category procurement in order to represent business’ interest towards category procurement teams to ensure an optimized procurement strategy. Based on this develop a procurement strategy for the opco / cluster.
Procurement Strategy Implementation
- To oversee procurement activities resulting in a consistent communication & execution of the Procurement Strategy while securing/assuring continuity of the local business, incl. driving contractor safety, supply contingency, services, value engineering…
- Ensure proper communication, handover and interaction with Category Management to implement Procurement strategy and initiatives for the location, ensuring functional excellence within the Opco, especially strategic sourcing, supplier management activities and user compliance.
- Initiate development of new procurement projects / savings initiatives
- Execute Procurement initiatives in the location, both initiated locally, as initiated by Category Management, ensuring delivery of procurement projects & savings for the opco.
Stakeholder Communication & Relationship management
- Coordinate effective communication of Procurement Strategy and procurement related topics on location.
- Participate as procurement lead in various premiums (MT, Ops meetings, leadership teams) for the location
- Develop and manage the relationships with the internal stakeholders and procurement colleagues resulting in efficient and effective relationships.
- Act as an ambassador and linking pin between Corporate Procurement and the Business Location.
Escalation and first contact point
- Serve as the leader and key point of contact on all Procurement matters related to the business location, resulting in the desired level of Procurement professionalism within the business, and execution of Procurement strategy.
- Be first point of contact and responsible for all operational matters for the locations in scope (e.g. payment term disputes, local contracts, new vendor approvals,…); being proactive in the debottlenecking / escalating / deescalating of Procurement/Opco/BG/Country issues.
Procurement implementation
- Play a leading role towards the location in creating awareness, getting commitment and acceptability of the key procurements objectives / policies & procedures by using change management principles.
- Serve as the key approval mechanism for supplier agreements and provide support in critical supplier negotiations and relationship building, in line with the Corporate Procurement Strategy, resulting in compliant supplier agreements
- Works closely with QA as procurement responsible in order to improve vendor management in relation to annual quality audits, supplier qualifications, material specifications, and complaints
- Drive implementation, optimization and execution of procurement processes and systems in the location (SAP, Coupa, vendor ratings, budgeting, reporting …), in line with central procurement
- Manage the procurement part of the implementation of e.g. SAP; and ensure full compliancy for the OpCo / locations in scope with procurement policies & procedures, CIA (and others) controls in the PtP domain
- Ensures sourcing for smaller projects or local projects
- Overall planning and coordination of all activities for own opco and alignment of required resources
- Support change management (QA) and project management of procurement projects