KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Day to Day Procurement Activities: Every dollar spent, is a dollar spent professionally – together with leadership, manage day to day procurement activities including,
• Market engagement: Act as the primary market engagement procurement lead for sourcing cost effective, compliant, quality procurement solutions by researching and identifying prospective suppliers and partners
• Go-to-market execution and analysis – prepare, launch and facilitate competitive market tests in the form of RFI, RFQ & RFPs
• Negotiate contracts and pricing with suppliers post market tests as well as annually being able to analyse and compare supplier products to determine the best deal
• Vendor Management: help resolve vendor or contractor grievances and claims against suppliers.
• All the above for the following categories: (1) Third party warehousing & cold storage, (2) Industrial real estate for self-managed sites, (3) OPEX and CAPEX items required to operationalise self-managed sites incl. material handling equipment, racking & mezzanines, third party labour, security services, facility management services, consumables, etc., (4) Middle and final mile distribution services, (5) Container depots & related services, (5) First Mile Land Side Transport ( Road ,Rail + Barge  ) , (6) Depot & Facilities Management , (7) Customs House Brokerage.
• Procurement Category Strategy: Execute the category strategies for the 7 listed category, guided by the overall Product strategy and informed by market intelligence, spend & supplier analysis and cost saving opportunities.
• Sourcing Strategy: Developing and executing Maersk procurement strategies based on organizational objectives and supply chain management principles.
• Customer Tenders: Support Product and Sales with the required input to submit customer tenders timeously.
• Global Processes & Teams: Performing your responsibilities utilizing global procurement processes and tools, global category management teams, and contract management frameworks to ensure cost leadership, compliance and best in class supplier performance.
• Implementation Partner: support your line manager to implement and drive continuous improvement activities through execution of change management process and best practices.
• Travel: Within the EAA area self-managed site(s) and supplier locations as per business requirements

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

• Someone with:
• Bachelor or post graduate degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Engineering, Business Administration, or related areas
• Minimum 2 years procurement experience
• Understanding of best-in-class procurement practices in Logistics is highly preferred
• Outstanding professional performance
• Ability to work independently and with speed.
• Experience in team & project management to driving end-to-end sourcing projects and cost reduction initiatives.
• Experience in formulating and presenting sourcing strategies and process recommendation to all levels of leadership.
• Experience in Routine Category & Tail spend management.
• Strong communication, planning and prioritizing skills to manage work activities efficiently in order to meet deadlines and high-level goals in a complex, fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
• Solving problems in a structured and analytical manner
• General understanding of finance and accounting principles, and the ability to interpret financial data and apply to decision making.