Holcim · 4 weeks ago
Procurement Manager (Production Services)
Holcim is transforming to become the leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions. The Procurement Manager will lead the development and implementation of category sourcing strategies, manage procurement operations, and drive savings and efficiency in line with company goals.
Building MaterialGreen BuildingManufacturingReal EstateSmart Building
Responsibilities
Adhere to and enforce relevant legislation and policies and ensure that highest degree of safety and safe working practices are maintained
Manage the operational and tactical Procurement of the category in accordance with Holcim category strategy, as well as applicable policies, procedures and specifications to deliver savings to the company and reduce total cost
Improve the cash position of the company by extending suppliers’ payment terms, and seek new business models to improve cash
Manage his/her day to day P2P operation in a state of the art mode, to ensure compliance and the highest level of controls
Act as the point of contact between Category Management and operations
Drive the realization of savings, supply efficiency, quality, and process improvements in country, in line with regional and global strategies
Identify saving opportunities and initiate individual projects and initiatives at all operational levels
Manage and develop Procurement professionals
Adhere to and enforce relevant legislation and policies and ensure that highest degree of safety and safe working practices are –maintained
Manage a team of 5 procurement professionals and either directly or indirectly tactical buyers
Ensure global & local policies and procedures are conveyed to end users
Develop new suppliers for maintenance and permeant contract scopes
Manage all permeant scopes through long term contracts and strategics partnerships
Initiate and support the RFx process locally as defined by category strategy
Align internal decision makers through focused communication
Approve local and foreign purchase orders for supplies, equipment, production services and capex within authorized signature limits
Assure compliance with applicable laws, ethical standards, policies and codes of business conduct
Ensure that own country /cluster executes category strategy as required and agreed. Where compliance is an issue, find and eliminate root causes
Measure KPI’s according to existing templates
Ensure the generated savings are reported as required, and according to category guidelines
Track achieved results in terms of TCO
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
10-12 years in industry (category management, sourcing, operations, maintenance, operation) with exposure to supply chain management, strategic sourcing and optimal procurement processes and standards
Experience in Category Management
Technical Background in the industry
Advanced Experience of linking and leveraging skills
Advanced Experience of industry and suppliers' analysis (can be developed if outside of cement business)
Advanced skills of CRM and SRM
Good Experience of commercial agreement writing and management
Good Experience of SAP
Very Good Command of Spoken & written English
Excellent Communication and Negotiation Skills
Demonstrated performance in working within cross-functional teams, a matrix organization, with required drive and energy to ensure that a challenging benefits and capability building agenda is successfully delivered
Ability to review and create the company policies and procedures related to the P2P
Excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to communicate effectively/convincingly at all levels (including top management, technical, and operational) and with all functions
Highly effective time management, planning and organization skills; ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities and drive tasks to completion in a fixed time-frame and in a pressured environment
Ability to work with cross-functional teams and build relationships across multiple functions, countries, regions and cultures
Demonstrates broad understanding of the content, processes and delivery channels in the field of the assigned categories
Ability to deal with ambiguities, conflicts and adversarial relationships
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 problems quickly makes sound judgments, establish and implement solutions
Preferred
MBA is a plus
Company
Holcim
Holcim is a building materials and aggregates company. It is a sub-organization of Readymix Muscat & Premix.
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Funding
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Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.37MKey Investors
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
2024-11-04Grant
2024-07-16Grant· $1.37M
2015-07-10Acquired
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