Responsibilities:

• TCO/Supplier Management
• Responsible for company-wide commodity TCO
• Proposes/facilitates TCO reduction initiatives
• Leads negotiations with suppliers
• Structures agreements
• Identifies strategic impact of key industry/technological trends on commodity
• Monitors supplier performance
• Monitors team performance
• Develops suppliers 
• Drives continuous improvement initiatives 
• Understands impact of applicable commodity related legislation 
• Understands Supplier Industry
• Review industry literature and new supplier products
• Build and update supplier cost models
• Understands User Needs
• Understand production and usage forecasts by SKU 
• Identify potential / best brand names and specifications 
• Respecify product inputs 
• Inventory Management
• Participates in long-term strategic planning process that will impact commodities 
• Participates in commodity management forecasting process 
• Proposes inventory reduction targets 
• Provides input on issues regarding commodity logistics 
• Identifies improvement opportunities regarding the commodity 
• Order Placement
• Provides oversight over order fulfillment process 
• IT & Systems Support 
• Volume and Price forecasting processes and systems 
• Contract management 
• Supplier evaluation and selection, pricing research and history
• Oversight of order management and supplier payment 
• People Development
• Takes responsibility for self development 
• Evaluates, coaches and develops core commodity team members 
• Gives input into evaluation of non-commodity management members

Qualifications:

• B. degree with further study
• BSc, BCom etc. 
• MBA preferred

Experience:

• Several years of service in a global sourcing management position 
• Demonstrated involvement at a strategic level in an organisation 
• Will have managed a cross-functional team with a proven track record of achieving targets and developing people

Competencies:

• Ability to build relationships with EXCO and line executives and key managers and to promote teamwork between their function and other areas
• Develop stakeholder management strategies for key external stakeholders 
• Demonstrate the ability to source best practice from the external market and apply appropriate solutions to create shift in the business
• Provide clear direction to staff and MDTs 
• Manage a budget and control costs within agreed parameters 
• Understand value chains and be able to generate integrated solutions with colleagues from other disciplines
• Must be able to reengineer processes improve efficiencies, reduce risk, reduce costs and improve service delivery
• Implement and integrate solutions across multiple disciplines as required
• Ability to develop and maintain networks across industries