Category Lead (Projects)

Job Purpose

You will support the Category Manager and Procurement Director in driving performance and excellence
within the department.

Responsibilities

• Optimize the performance and operations of the procurement team through data analysis and building databases and dashboards to monitor key aspects of procurement.
• Establish additional metrics and reporting systems as required to provide data support for procurement decisions, reporting, and strategies.
• Identify process inefficiencies and risk areas; proactively optimize through collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain standardized work instructions and training modules for relevant procurement systems.
• Provide first-line functional support, guidance, and training for users on procurement systems.
• Consolidate procurement system issues and collaborate with the IT team to resolve or improve.
• Support IT on evaluating, testing, and adopting new systems.
• Work with IT to develop, test and deploy RPA solutions to automate procurement workflows; provide support on post deployment issues.
• Work with fellow buyers to set up e-catalogues to reduce sourcing workload.
• Work with e-commerce vendors to develop and integrate A.I. sourcing solutions.

Qualifications & Work Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Computing or Procurement related fields.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a procurement or category management role.

Skills

Technical skills include:

• Experience working with Ariba and SAP (MM functionality).
• Experience working with Power BI and Power Automate.
• Any experience with UiPath would be an advantage.
• Advance spread sheet experience and analytical capabilities.

Generic skills include:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Proven ability to conduct training and develop effective presentations.
• Good interpersonal skills with proven ability to work with various stakeholders across different departments and vendors.