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Job Title Senior Manager Purchasing

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Senior Manager Purchasing MENA

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Responsible for leading the MENA Product Supply (PS) department to convert demand to supply delivering on time availability and driving inventory performance targets (COTA, COTIF, IDL) for the business. To streamline Purchase Order Management as a process ensuring best practices are followed for the buy process resulting in meeting customer demand in a manner that will optimize financial return to brand and minimize overall Supply Chain costs.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead and develop the MENA Product Supply team including setting direction, performance expectation and development activities for the MENA Purchasing teams

Design and deliver a PS Interface drumbeat to create transparency of Availability (including key product launches) and Inventory performance to the different levels of the organization from Senior Leadership to operational

Drive decision making and action to mitigate risks and maximize opportunities with business partners - channels, finance and brand teams

Manages and develop purchasers; determines the needs of each; sets individual goals and targets to expand their understanding/knowledge; ensures succession plans are in place

Translate commercial needs related to availability and inventory into Supply Chain requirements/solutions

Collaborate with EM Product Supply team to manage buying volume in line with the input demand plan from the market

Drive market review of parameters and planning tactics to support optimized availability

Secure targeted availability for campaigns and established critical articles

Sponsor and sign off cross-department/function Processes and Policies to deliver business quality and control

Lead implementation of key SCM/Product Supply initiatives

Partner with SCM and the business to visualize and drive impact enabling initiatives like SPEED in MENA

Manage the best utilization of PROMO budget for getting the right product in the right time across MENA

Accountable to manage the forecasting process for MENA reducing variances between the monthly forecast visibility shared with cross functional stakeholders

Key Performance Indicators

Forecasting - Minimal variance SP1 to SP5

COTA / COTIF

Promo Budget

Key Launch Management

Key Relationships:

Clusters/EM Purchasing Teams

Cluster Order Fulfillment Teams

Demand Planning

Channel teams

Global Supply Planning

Global Order management Team

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

Excellent knowledge of overall supply chain mechanics

Excellent understanding of the flow of goods from sourcing to customer

Deep analytical skills to synthesize complex data and develop innovative solutions

Result oriented with the ability to accept and meet critical deadlines with good planning and organization skills

Ability to effectively communicate (both written and verbal) at all levels of the organization and to lead discussion in small and larger groups including strong presentation skills

Ability to influence others to build consensus with internal and external partners

Strong leadership capabilities to motivate, coach, guide, manage and develop teams

Ability to challenge the way in which things are done

Advanced project management skills

Good IT-/EDP-skills including Excel, Access and Word. Comfortable with learning internal systems such as SCM, RMS/PDM, IB/GPS, ILS/FLS and SIM.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

Degree Level Qualification in logistics (or similar)

Supply chain education / background

3-5 years in a Supply Chain Management position

Competent user in Microsoft Office applications

Fluent in English (oral and in writing)

Strong communication skills

Excellent presentation skills

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