Global Category Manager - Dubai, UAE Our client is a manufacturer of high-end tools and components for a variety of markets and applications, their key product focuses on Industrial Tools like hydraulic pumps, cylinders, valves and bolting. Reporting to VP Global Procurement they are now looking to hire a Global Category Manager in their Dubai offices in the UAE. The ideal candidate should lead and drive category teams to ensure the successful development and execution of category strategies. Be accountable for the category performance and responsible for the overall pro-active stakeholder and commercial management of assigned areas of spend within the General Services Category. Contribute to the development and execution of global and regional sourcing strategies which are innovative and drive competitive advantage for the Group, resulting in significant EBITDA contribution. Align and drive performance for all subject managers, ensuring that Procurement strategy, ambitions, savings, and objectives are achieved. What the role entails:
Responsibility and accountability for a procurement spend totalling approximately: $60-80m
Full accountability and high autonomy in execution of role and significant influence across the regions
Proactively engage and manage key senior stakeholders within the business in the General Services area
Drive the review of the relevant expense that align to the main areas of indirect spend:
Legal, HR, IT, Finance, Consultancies, Marketing and Sales, Travel and Entertainment
Understand the nature of such expenditure with the objective of optimization and cost reduction by way of supply, demand, governance or compliance actions, expense and demand management
Identify saving opportunities and initiate individual projects/initiatives at country/regional/global level
Obtain endorsement and support for the category strategy with stakeholders to execute on key strategic procurement or other supply chain initiatives that will support efficiency cost reduction or risk mitigation
Collaborate and support countries in their execution of initiatives aligned to the global category strategy
Manage supplier risk to establish a stable supply chain that allows the Group to provide uninterrupted services
Own and drive the overall global cost reduction and supply risk management for the Category
Act as the cost challenger for the Group for the categories managed
Commercially responsible and accountable for the category, leading cross-functional teams
Drive and manage target setting and monitor results for the category, and ensure that all ambitions and objectives are effectively cascaded and achieved at the regional and local levels
Ensure that the category contributes to the HSSE ambition
Ensure that the objectives of sustainable procurement are achieved in own category
Ensure application of strategic procurement processes (including e-Procurement tools) across the category by deploying innovative procurement strategies, leveraging the innovation potential of stakeholders and suppliers
Drive the implementation and realization of supply efficiency, quality, and process improvements within the Group
Ensure that the category team has a formal charter that governs, establishes measurement criteria, and creates clear roles and responsibilities, and ensure the team has formal project strategies that are integrated and in alignment with stakeholders.
Engage and work with the stakeholders to produce a needs assessment that is aligned to their business plans, resulting on a pipeline of procurement activities
Align stakeholders through focused change management programs
Ensure the implementation and tracking of performance indicators and achieved results
Provide regular reports and updates to stakeholders as required
Consolidation and coordination of needs/data for global tenders
Implements regular category workflow reviews to ensure all stakeholder requests are being owned. Any gaps to be escalated to line managers
In return you will bring:
Graduate in Marketing/Supply Chain/Procurement or equivalent with 5-8 years of purchasing experience
Indirect spend experience a must
Experience in different geographies and working with different cultures
Certification as a CPM, CPIM or CSCP a plus
Proven performance in managing and developing an international team in a global or regional procurement function (or equivalent), with requisite drive and energy to ensure challenging benefits and capability of building an agenda is successfully delivered
Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Multi-lingual skills (English included) would be preferred
Proficiency with MS Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) is required
Technical credibility to challenge/influence internal stakeholders and strong understanding of the spend categories and cost drivers to challenge stakeholders and suppliers
Strong interpersonal skills to interact in a cross functional environment with various departments, employee levels in the organization and with suppliers
Resilient, determined and able to work under pressure and with ambiguities, conflicts and adversarial relationships
Able to multitask and work independently in a fast-paced environment
Proven ability to assess potential and risks associated with supplier and market changes, and integrate with category and sourcing strategies
Proven ability in analysis and interpretation of data
Proven ability to identify opportunities quickly, make sound judgments, establish, and implement solutions
Must be able to work effectively in a team environment; understand and actively support the value of teamwork
Consistently demonstrate attention to detail and strives to achieve high quality results
Demonstrates ability to work against deadlines in supporting company goals
Expert negotiation skills
Experience in Supply Chain and Business Application Systems (Oracle ERP systems is a plus)
Result oriented and able to influence change
Strong communication skills and ability to influence effectively at all levels
Ability to build and contribute to influential networks
High degree of ethics and personal conduct
Ability to contribute to all facets of project life cycles with the initial focus on HR and Financial Services, Travel and Entertainment, Marketing, IT
Regional/Global business travel may be required in this role (up to 50%)
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