Manager, Categories Management (Contract)
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Job Purpose
1. Provide an advisory role to the business unit on procuring goods and services for activities of high risk and complexity.
1. Oversee and leading the sourcing process within an organization and ensure the timely and cost-effective acquisition of goods and services of high risk and complexity needed.
2. Responsible for providing end-to-end advisory role on procuring goods and service of high risk and complexity and procurement systems to ensure that they are aligned with MDEC approved policies and procedures.
Duties & Responsibilities
2. Assume leading sourcing roles within procurement.
1. Assesses, develops, and implements long and short-range plans that support the business unit in procuring goods and services.
2. Works with the business unit to ensure early procurement involvement in developing purchasing strategic plans.
3. Responsible for establishing, executing, and tracking procurement project plans.
4. Recommends and implements improvements in procurement processes.
5. Responsible for supporting the business unit in their procurement activities within the assigned location or geography.
6. May participate in procuring activities in support of multiple business units.
7. Communicates and negotiates with the business unit, suppliers, and management team.
8. Prepares presentations for procurement-related activities.
9. Accountable to ensure that MDEC policies, processes, and guidelines are understood and followed.
10. Assumes additional responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications
1. Bachelor’s degree in business administration, supply chain management, or a related field (Master's degree preferred).
2. Minimum of 5–10 years of progressive experience in procurement, with a focus on strategic procurement and vendor management.
3. Relevant procurement professional certifications, if any.
Competency Required
1. Business Understanding: Applies external trends and considers potential risks.
1. Provide an advisory role to the business unit on procuring goods and services for activities of high risk and complexity.
1. Oversee and leading the sourcing process within an organization and ensure the timely and cost-effective acquisition of goods and services of high risk and complexity needed.
2. Responsible for providing end-to-end advisory role on procuring goods and service of high risk and complexity and procurement systems to ensure that they are aligned with MDEC approved policies and procedures.
Duties & Responsibilities
2. Assume leading sourcing roles within procurement.
1. Assesses, develops, and implements long and short-range plans that support the business unit in procuring goods and services.
2. Works with the business unit to ensure early procurement involvement in developing purchasing strategic plans.
3. Responsible for establishing, executing, and tracking procurement project plans.
4. Recommends and implements improvements in procurement processes.
5. Responsible for supporting the business unit in their procurement activities within the assigned location or geography.
6. May participate in procuring activities in support of multiple business units.
7. Communicates and negotiates with the business unit, suppliers, and management team.
8. Prepares presentations for procurement-related activities.
9. Accountable to ensure that MDEC policies, processes, and guidelines are understood and followed.
10. Assumes additional responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications
1. Bachelor’s degree in business administration, supply chain management, or a related field (Master's degree preferred).
2. Minimum of 5–10 years of progressive experience in procurement, with a focus on strategic procurement and vendor management.
3. Relevant procurement professional certifications, if any.
Competency Required
1. Business Understanding: Applies external trends and considers potential risks.
- Shows a good understanding of the business imperatives/implications in the mid-term.
- Keeps up to date on current industrial trends and recognizes how they may impact projects/deliverables.
- Draws ongoing inspiration from external trends / best practices to drive own team successes.
- Understands and builds professional relationships with key stakeholders, to better target direct communication.
- Uses established credibility, past experiences and expertise to convince stakeholders, and to create buy-in.
- Probes and takes the initiative to understand stakeholders’ current needs/issues; able to recommend win-win solutions.
- Proactively looks to recommend improvements to current ways of working.
- Draws inspiration from best practices to resolve issues.
- Helps others to view situations from alternative perspectives to encourage creativity and innovation.
- Seeks inputs, listens openly and builds on the views of others, always ensuring there is mutual respect for all.
- Encourages open 2-way conversations. Genuinely values the ideas and perspectives of others.
- Able to effectively coordinate efforts from multiple parts of the organization, leading teams towards higher productivity.
- Demonstrated ability to promote the organization’s goals, vision, mission and strategies.
- Helps implement behavioral standards by suggesting operational strategies and coaching team members.
- A knowledgeable advocate of and reference point for MDEC’s Policies and Procedures
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