ZBB Lead- Procurement Indirects

 

ZBB Lead- Procurement Indirects

Location: Nigeria International Breweries H/O

Full time

End Date: April 8, 2025 

Job requisition ID: 30080338

Dreaming big is in our DNA. It’s who we are as a company. It’s our culture. It’s our heritage. And more than ever, it’s our future. A future where we’re always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life’s moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential. The power we create together – when we combine your strengths with ours – is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

The Key Purpose of this role to support the development and execution of the Indirect Procurement Sourcing Strategy by ensuring effective spend control, driving negotiation strategies, ensuring compliance, and optimizing supplier performance. This includes deep-diving into the ZBB Spend portfolio, analyzing market dynamics, tracking benefits, mitigating risks, and fostering collaboration with internal stakeholders and suppliers to implement sourcing strategies and ensure operational excellence.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Support Indirect Procurement Sourcing Strategy Development

Understand, deep dive and keep very strong control on the 5 Packs ZBB Spend portfolio ensuring actual spend is consistently in alignment with budget

Develop, lead and drive negotiation strategies for the category

Identify and track benefits (monetary and non-monetary), mitigate the risks and ensure compliance governance is in place

Collate all necessary zone analytics related to the category

Analyze spend and user specific requirements 

Conduct market research to assess zone dynamics related to the category

Support Sourcing Strategy Execution 

Ensure readiness across both zone and country for strategy execution 

Escalate where necessary supplier performance issues 

Support Collaborative Optimization activities where applicable 

Handle second level escalations with suppliers/internal stakeholders to resolve performance issues 

Collaborate with supplier and internal stakeholders to ensure smooth implementation of Category managers sourcing outputs / agreements 

Ensure suppliers are correctly enabled through Regional Procurement Shared Services (RPSS)

Ensure contractual terms & conditions are effectively “operationalized” within business

Manage the relationship and drive collaboration with all stakeholders at functional, regional and global level.

Key Attributes and Competencies:

Ensures that processes follow established compliance requirements

Collaborate with supplier and internal stakeholders to ensure smooth implementation of sourcing strategy outputs / agreements

Good knowledge, understanding and use of Microsoft Office tools 

Good analytics skills 

Good communication and presentation skills 

Sound knowledge of procurement systems like Ariba and use of eRFX and eAuction 

Knowledge of SAP an advantage 

Good presentation skills and experience of facilitating workshops/brainstorm sessions

Being highly adaptable to frequent and rapid changes in workflow and project execution and willing to take on new challenges

Capacity to work flexibly, proactively and unsupervised both individually and within a global team

Ability to comfortably liaise across functions and at a senior level

Willingness to learn and develop both the role and personally

Proven leadership qualities and ability to inspire action and deliver high quality results

Minimum Requirements:

Min. of B.Sc./HND in any related discipline.

Relevant Tertiary Qualification

5 years+ procurement experience managing categories (Indirect Spend preferable)

Regional or Global category management experience 

Sound knowledge and understanding of procurement strategic sourcing methodology 

Additional Information:

Band: VII

AB InBev is an equal opportunity employer, and all appointments will be made in-line with AB InBev employment equity plan and talent requirements. We are a company that promotes gender equality. Internal applicants require Line manager approval. Please note that only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

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