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We are a progressive company offering a range of world class light and power solutions to leading mining, industrial, agriculture, government, commercial and civil construction entities. Our continuing success is attributed to the quality of our products and our talented and dedicated team.
The opportunity
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Procurement Manager to lead our procurement team and drive strategic initiatives that contribute to the success of our company.
Reporting to the General Manager Support Services, your responsibilities will include:
Key Responsibilities:
1. Manage purchase order life cycle to achieve best business outcomes in terms of safety, quality, delivery and price, in line with delegation of authority
2. Manage onboarding of key strategic vendors to Supply Portal to enable B2B data integration
3. Ensure purchase order dates are managed and accurate to provide view of inventory positions and enable the finance team to plan
4. Ensure appropriate reporting tools are in place to identify exceptions to required business outcomes
5. Ensure appropriate mitigation measures are in place to manage exceptions, with stakeholders consulted and engaged
6. Ensure all purchasing activities are documented in controlled procedures and undergo to timely review
7. Manage contract negotiation and tender processes, ensuring timely extension or termination of Allight contracts and/or confidentiality agreements, working with contract owners and suppliers as required
8. Manage contract reviews, approvals of any updates and changes in line with DOA
9. Ensure changes to price terms and the like are reflected accurately in the contract details
10. Ensure there is a robust data retention system for contract documentation and management
11. Manage cost benchmarking programs to ensure optimal results terms of safety, quality, delivery and price
12. Manage single sourcing risk, ensuring there is appropriate alternate and secondary sourcing to protect the business from supply chain interruption
13. Ensure that new or changed items are subjected to the Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) and facilitate approval via the appropriate stakeholders
14. Initiate alternate sourcing where supply constraints are identified to improve deliveries to customers (production, service, or aftermarket)
15. Ensure items are packaged to meets company requirements, enabling safe handling and minimising movements
16. Ensure that key master data relating to purchasing and procurement is accurate and up to date, and that process are in place to monitor and action the same
17. Ensure procurement activities relating to item creation are carried out in a timely fashion, including changes to items, and exceptions are feed back to initiators to enable corrective action
18. Ensure that master data settings relating to purchasing and procurement align with practical business outcomes, enabling efficient transactions throughout the business whilst achieving inventory goals
What you must have:
1. Bachelor's degree in business administration, supply chain management, or a related field.
2. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel and Word) and S&OP, ERP (M3 preferred).
3. Solid experience in a procurement-based senior leadership role.
4. Demonstrated expertise in procurement and purchasing principles, tools, and practices.
5. Strong problem-solving skills with a proven ability to develop and implement effective solutions.
6. Excellent communication skills to collaborate with various stakeholders, both internal and external and the ability to build and nurture strong relationships.
7. Ability to develop performance metrics/reporting frameworks and contract performance systems.
What we can offer you
1. The opportunity to work for progressive company that attributes our continuing success to the quality of our products and our talented and dedicated team
2. A fantastic team environment – we support each other, and we are committed to the business succeeding
3. A competitive base salary
If you are ready to take on a challenging and rewarding role in procurement leadership, please submit your application, by clicking on the APPLY NOW button.
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