Regional Procurement Category Manager Job at Puma Energy (Johannesburg)

Job Description

The position is responsible for developing and managing the procurement category strategy for the Region, ensuring effective sourcing, supplier management, and contract optimization. The role will drive value creation through cost efficiency, quality improvement, and risk mitigation while ensuring compliance with procurement standards and supporting operational needs across multiple countries.

Job Responsibility

Ensure the business has timely supply of goods and materials it requires
Demonstrate value for money for the company in the cluster when money is being spent with suppliers
Apply Puma Energy’s Procurement processes ensuring all necessary controls, approvals and reporting is carried out in the cluster
Functional leadership of the procurement coordinators in the cluster, focusing on procurement operations
Planning, Operations and Monitoring
Initiate, lead and coordinate all procurement activities (engaging with stakeholders, gathering business requirements, tenders, negotiation, creating purchase orders, supply market intelligence, benchmarking, driving suppliers to perform) related to his/her cluster
Monitor, consolidate and report Procurement KPIs for his / her cluster (e.g. savings, number of purchase orders, after the fact orders)
Responsible for monitoring suppliers delivery and payment terms, including follow up manufacturing process
Support initiatives pursuing optimization of the Total Cost of Ownership
Perform market benchmark to ensure that Puma Energy costs are consistent within the market
Sourcing and Negotiation
Consolidates cluster expenditure to aggregate and maximise buyer power to ensure the best costs/benefits for the company for his/her cluster
Lead multi discipline teams in charge of negotiations and implementation in his / her cluster
Creatively explore different alternative approaches in negotiation to achieve greatest cost reduction for Puma Energy
Identify, propose and lead savings initiatives related to: Technical requirement (e.g. standardization, value engineering)
Volumes / demand management (e.g. consolidation / rationalization)
Vendors market (e.g. new vendors sourcing)
Commercial terms (e.g. payment terms, warranty, lump-sum, life cycle)
Co-responsible with Regional Procurement implementing and assuring the use of regional and global agreements in the cluster, and evaluate the impact of company’s procurement policies
Build / maintain a network of contacts and develop strong Procurement relationship with suppliers
Represents Puma Energy to suppliers, ensuring suppliers know what is expected of them and markets the opportunity for suppliers to supply Puma Energy
Selecting suppliers and contracting
Pilot and organize sourcing events (RFI, RFP, RFQ)
Negotiate commercial terms of contracts
Ensures that the outcomes of negotiation are translated into contracts (Frame Agreements)
Cooperation with the Legal department for all contracts
Manage contracts / issues (e.g. vendors dispute, invoices, warranty) in close cooperation with stakeholders
Organize contract reviews during execution of contract / return on experience at the end of contract
General Management
Be the primary point of contact to all non-oil procurement activities in the cluster, a support the local management and operational teams
Assure implementation of Procurement policies, programs and procedures, and provide guide and advice to the business and country management in his/her cluster
Follow-up, evaluate and provide procurement functional support to his/her cluster (e.g. improve of KPIs and performance, system and processes)
Have clear understanding of functional areas challenges and opportunities regarding Procurement matters to provide guide and advice in decision making processes
Manage and continues asses the skill levels of functional reports, and provides growth and development opportunities
Understanding the main difference business activities and processes at Puma Energy (e.g. Retail, Maintenance, Operations, Aviation, etc.

Requirements

Degree in supply or procurement with a further qualification programmes with CIPS
Extensive procurement experience
Strong leadership and management skills
Quality management – ability to set standards, processes, services and systems
Relationship building skills
The ability to act autonomously and deliver in different circumstances, clients, industries is critical
Propensity to learn new commodities and industries is critical
Attention to detail and analytical ability is required
Sound commercial knowledge
Business acumen
Good communication and negotiation skills
Advanced skills in Microsoft Word, Power Point and Excel
Confident and proactive self-starter – go getter!
Customer-focused and service-oriented
Champions HSE as a personal value

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