Assistant Manager - Procurement

Lead team members per the HQ CCBA Procurement management principles and processes to support the organisations overall leadership focus on Key Performance Measures and talent management, values, management and self-management practices

Manage and coach direct reports

Undertakes capacity planning for Local Plant Buyers to ensure that workloads are manageable, reallocating work as required.

Escalation points for issues arising between Local Plant Buyers and internal stakeholders as well as issues between the Local Plant Buyers and the Central Buying Team (Local Plant Buyer Team Lead works with the Spot Buyer Team Lead to resolve)

Stakeholder management Local Plant Buyer Team Lead interacts with and influences key business stakeholders to drive user adoption and compliance to Procurement policy, procedure and Ways of Working

Build ability of Local Plant Buyers such that they can influence stakeholders and improve credibility in the business to drive user adoption and compliance

Manage the cost centre of the decentralised Local Plant Buyer Team in alignment with the Procurement Operations Manager.

Support the CCBSA Procurement Operations Manager to optimize and improve the processes and activities of the Local Plant Buyers

Support execution of the Procurement country action plan to improve the Procurement Function at country level, and monitor and control savings plan in the plant

Act as the single point of contact for the Procurement function at a site

Ensure that procurement policies and procedur