Procurement Manager
About Us:
Celebration Brands Limited (CBL), is a leading sales and distribution company operating in Jamaica since April 2013. We are a joint venture between Red Stripe and Pepsi Cola Jamaica Limited with responsibility for their sales and distribution. As a result, we have the pleasure of bringing to market some of the world’s leading beverage brands inclusive of Ocean Spray, Ting, Pepsi, Tropicana Heineken, Red Stripe, Baileys and Guinness.
We live by our five core values of integrity, teamwork, passion, ownership and excellence. We are looking for talent who can fit into our high performing culture with the ultimate aim of helping us to achieve our vision of becoming the number one sales and distribution company in Jamaica.
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About the Role
Do you have a Passion for Procurement, possess the ability to Add Value through Negotiations, and is excellent at Supplier Relations?
The Position will require the Candidate to:
- Drive the execution of the CBL Procurement policy
- Implement and deliver all contract management activities
- Innovate and develop sourcing strategies for all spend categories including a 3-year procurement strategy for all major services
- Conduct research on market developments, price, and cost developments by applying cost models
- Perform internal and external analysis and generate opportunity proposals
- Provide input cost estimations to support budget planning process
- Manage the process of negotiations and supplier selections
- Regularly report financial performance and supplier performance (quality, delivery, service)
- Establish and maintain excellent supplier relationships
- Review and evaluate the performance of the suppliers
- Develop and implement supplier performance improvements
- Comply with the CBL’s procurement procedures and regulations
- Lead the Procurement function in a way that enables an engaged and high performance team
- Provide continuous improvement recommendations for the CBL Procurement processes
Required Qualifications and Skills
- University degree in business, finance, commercial, economic or technical discipline. Procurement qualification CPSM/CPM
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in procurement preferably within a FMCG company with at least 2 years in a senior procurement role
- Project management experience
- High integrity professional who is self-driven with great communication skills
- Proactive in identifying and solving problems/issues
- Comfortable working in a dynamic, fast paced environment and possess a can-do attitude
- Excellent interpersonal skills and stakeholder management capabilities
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word)
- Knowledge of SAP would be an asset
Location
This is a fantastic opportunity if you are looking for a challenging and rewarding role. If you are interested and possess these requirements we would love to hear from you.
Please email your Resume by September 15, 2016