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The PS Manager shapes the procurement strategies of the Company, in alignment with HGP and OpCo priorities. He/she:

• connects with the relevant stakeholders to support the needs of the business, also via tracking and anticipating external and internal trends;
• stimulates strategic thinking and development of alternative scenarios to achieve the best result for HEINEKEN;
• ensures compliance with HEINEKEN rules and procedures;
• cascades and develops the Procurement Functional Competences within his/her organization.

Job Responsibilities

Functional Responsibilities:

• Develops the vision and strategic direction for the Procurement Department, in alignment with HEINEKEN Global Procurement and OpCo priorities, drives its implementation and communicates to the relevant stakeholders.
• Incorporates HEINEKEN policies, rules and priorities into the Category strategy.
• Ensures the HEINEKEN Global Procurement tools are fully utilized, to effectively analyze complex data, identify key trends and make the best decisions.
• Operates within and ensures compliance with HEINEKEN Rules, Standards and Procedures.
• Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to ensure an optimal strategic decision making process.
• Translates HEINEKEN Global Procurement and OpCo priorities into category plans and objectives to drive costs down, improve service levels and value capture.
• Identifies, assesses, manages and mitigates the relevant risks in order to achieve the best trade-off between risk and return for the OpCo and HEINEKEN.
• Drives the sourcing strategy of the OpCo and aligns it with HEINEKEN Global Procurement’s priorities; ensures tenders and negotiations are prepared, led and executed to secure the supply of goods and services against the optimal terms and conditions.
• Ensures contracts are systematically and efficiently managed, in order to maximize the operational and financial performance while minimizing risks for the OpCo and HEINEKEN.
• Builds, manages and develops collaborative relations with the suppliers, in order to optimize the overall financial and business results for all parties involved; makes use of Key Performance Indicators and Service Level Agreements to drive implementation.
• Relentlessly looks for additional opportunities to maximize the OpCo and HEINEKEN financial benefits; effectively uses TPM to eradicate losses in the processes and guarantee the sustainability of results.

Leadership Responsibilities:

• Complies with HEINEKEN Green Print to Win Behaviors, and Leadership Expectations.
• Complies with ABC values.

Qualifications:

Education, Certifications and Licenses:

• Master degree in Business, Financial, Commercial, Economy or Engineering discipline
• Specific qualification in Procurement is a “plus” (e.g., Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply).

Knowledge and Experience:

• More than 8 years’ management experience; significant experience in Procurement, Planning or Supply Chain roles in multinational Companies, preferably in FMCG’s.
• Advanced knowledge of ERP systems (i.e., SAP).
• Previous international exposure is a “plus”.

Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent analytical skills.
• Strong communication, negotiation and presentation skills.
• Very well organized, structured approach to tackle and solve problems.
• Proactive and self-starter.
• Team worker.
• As a minimum, excellent knowledge of Arabic and English, both spoken and written.
• Excellent computer skills.
• Challenging when needed.

Personal Qualities:

• Talented in motivating and developing his/her team.
• Able to integrate different perspectives and mobilize the stakeholders to achieve common goals.
• Excellent in connecting with people.
• Detail-oriented.
• Always looking for ways to over-deliver against the agreed targets, and to improve current processes and services.