Senior Procurement Executive - Kaap Agri

The ideal incumbent is a passionate and dynamic leader who is committed to accelerating performance, passionate about adding value to the customer experience and who embraces the company’s “mens-mense” culture. The successful applicant will be responsible for leading the group’s Agri Channel Category in terms of sourcing, contracts, procurement and purchasing services. Furthermore, the incumbent will be responsible for the management of a team of highly specialised procurement managers in giving effect to the group procurement strategy.

Requirements
Relevant tertiary qualification (Commercial or Agricultural)
A minimum of 10 years’ related agricultural procurement experience, of which 5 years should be at a senior management level
Ability to integrate data analytics, scenario planning and execution
Ability to handle complexity of a procurement book valued at R4b+
Ability to progress and add continuous incremental value
Sound pragmatic judgement
Big picture mindset, particularly the ability to deal with ambiguity and uncertainty
Information integration resulting in appropriate decision making
Connected – implement industry leading strategy
Confident with strong sense of self and self-belief
Eager to learn
Ability to adapt to changing circumstances
Achievement orientation
Resilience and foresight
Key Performance Indicators
Growth

Awareness of the context and implications of all things procurement and acting as a change advocate to implement the category strategy objectives, both internally and externally
Engaging and maintaining productive and value adding relationships with customers as well as internal and external stakeholders whilst influencing best fit procurement solutions

Optimisation

Agri central stock planning and allocations
Agri central buying, demand forecasting, bulk ordering, spot buying, expediting & claims
Agri central selling price management on selected ranges and bulk supply agreements
Good governance in all aspects of the Agri Channel Category management environment

Leveraging Culture & Diversity

Leading AGRI high impact teams
Vendor & contract management – nationally
Maintaining costs and ensure, safe, reliable, efficient functional resources linked to people

Digital Transformation

Market information mining by scanning the macro environment – trend analyses
Business to Business – Agri input trading portal
Business to Supplier – product data and governance