NPR Industrial Buyer - USA & Canada

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF ROLE

• To procure industrial goods and services, major capital expenditure equipment and other spend categories under the guidance of the Procurement Manager – SC NPR, North Cluster (Jamaica, USA and Canada) as well as autonomously, ensuring efficient, effective and continuous supply at competitive costs, quality and lead time through market research, strategic sourcing activities and superb business partnering.
• He/she is responsible for the procurement of the materials/services in respective procurement category assigned, in line with Gruppo Campari global/local procurement guidelines and the relevant category strategy.
• He/she reports to Procurement Manager – North Cluster
• Ensures efficient and effective procurement coverage of procurement activities intended for Local Market in assigned category.
• To execute the sourcing function in such a way as to derive maximum value for the company’s procurement spend and to ensure business continuity.
• Execute business solutions and best practices developed at Global/Regional level for maximizing the Jamaica & Global procurement results.

MISSION/OBJECTIVES

In line with the procurement mission, the objectives of this role are to ensure efficient, effective, and continuous supply of materials and services for Campari Jamaica and to support the design and the implementation of the most appropriate sourcing solution through negotiation and contracting process, constantly investigating opportunities to improve our cost-base in a sustainable way.

BUSINESS IMPACT

The Buyer shall deliver:

• CoGS reduction initiatives to achieve Cost Per Serve targets fueling margin growth and improved P&L performance on assigned projects in category
• Deliver Balance Sheet improvement by applying best suited sourcing methodologies as well as implementation and management service level agreements and payment terms rationalization in contracting of capital expenditure projects.
• Improved risk and governance enabled through the best practice execution of Contract Management, Category Strategy Execution, Risk Management, and other key procurement processes.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACTIVITIES

The Buyer responsibilities include but is not limited to:

Strategy implementation

• Support Procurement Team Leader and Procurement Director with market analysis including SWOT, Porter and other models to assist in negotiation process and supplier development
• Conduct research on market developments, price and cost developments by applying cost models
• Negotiate best total value for all categories include supplier selection, pricing model/formula, contract negotiation.
• Ensure the delivery of productivity via creativity, leveraging scale, new supplier introduction, threat of competition, and other procurement tools.
• Maintains a cost-savings list for implementation and influences decision making to provide resources and time.
• During the contractual phase contributes and supports procurement project teams in global in the definition of the legal protection, SLA’s and operative clauses.
• Coordinates the vendor qualification and vendor rating processes for the materials/services he/she is responsible for. In conjunction with the business stakeholders, carries out vendor audits, and supervises the supplier development process.
• Take ownership in implementing the global procurement strategy at local level for the relevant category

Budgeting

• Provides input for macro-economic analysis and material cost hypothesis and analysis.
• Calculate should cost models and estimate related to the materials/services under his/her area of responsibility to be included in the budget for the assigned category/ies.
• Contribute information and market guidance in budget preparation and highlighting business impacts, such as cost, productivity, etc.
• Preparing the needed documentation for the revised budget sessions.
• Provide value added ideas and projects to reduce cost and increase productivity.

Innovation

• Research solutions to fulfill needs required in the sourcing of for key business projects in engineering, maintenance and capital expenditure projects.
• Proactively provides insights on market trends, industry development and organizes supplier presentations and ensures follow-up on the agreed action plans.

Sourcing

• Pre-aligning with the budget stakeholders, he/she prepares the relevant documents for the tendering processes (e.g. RFI/RFQ/RFP, Supplier Code, NDA, Solvency check, Scorecards etc.)
• Define scope of spend and collect, identify, and validate requirements of stakeholder (volumes, specifications, and service levels)
• Perform detailed internal and external analysis of market and suppliers.
• Monitor market developments and internal supplier performance inserts contracts on a shared repository and monitors the appropriate contract implementation ensuring the compliance with terms agreed. Under the guidance of Procurement Team Leader and or Procurement Director defines supplier hierarchy and carries out activities necessary for supplier and material coding.
• Responsible for executing process to ensure supplier compliance with contract language and agreed KPIs (including negotiation of repayment, refund, or incremental supply in case of non-compliance).

Contracting

• Use legal agreement template established by legal department to contract suppliers for managed spend within relevant authority levels (as defined by Global and/or Local Procurement Policy) on volumes, price, quality, delivery and other conditions, liabilities, responsibilities, and service levels. Legal shall be consulted in the development of all legal agreements.
• Ensure signed contracts are in place for managed spend categories at correct authority level & following all contract template guidelines.
• Build strong relationships with legal and ensure relevant legal support is obtained at the beginning of sourcing activities.

Contract Management

• Implement contract in CAMPARI contract management system.
• Execute P2P process (on item level)
• Handover of contract to legal department and communicate contract parameters and key clauses to user department.
• Deliver all contract management activities for spend categories within span of control, including:-
  • Execute supplier development strategy
  • Report under / over allocations, in supporting effort to optimize volume allocations
  • Manage all variances and contract changes orders
  • Optimize cost / value engineering
  • Measure and evaluate supplier performance
  • Settle operational / logistical issues, and administrative claims for managed categories and report claims for Globally Managed Categories
  • Minimize impacts of contract termination by thorough preparation and proper execution
  • Support the New Product Development/Innovation process, where applicable in close coordination with the respective project team and external stakeholders
  • Generate materials required for updating contracts

Supplier Relationship Management

• Develop and implement category contracting activities. 100% compliance in internal and external audit and other procurement governance KPIs
• Responsible for implementing and executing process to ensure supplier relationships derive the best value
• Effective and timely management of supplier contracts and realization of benefits
• Implement and manage effective well-documented Supplier Relationship Agreement reducing the possibility of confusion or disputes
• Effective evaluation and management of potential risks in the supplier based (financial, reputational, technical and value add capabilities

Personal Development

• Contribute and own Personal Development Plan, and on this basis working on the development targets formulated in this plan throughout the year

Functional leadership

• Contributes to the continuous development and improvement of procurement processes, procedures and tools

Compliance

• Ensure that items purchased meet Food Safety and Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) requirements and specifications.
• Represent the Procurement Department on the Food Safety and EMS teams, at the request of the Procurement Team Leader.
• Ensure that all suppliers of critical materials and services are on the Approved Suppliers’ List.
• Source & assist in the evaluation of new suppliers for the Approved Suppliers’ List.
• Recommend new procedures or adjustments to existing procedures to improve the efficiency of the Procurement Department.
• Manage and execute assigned cost savings projects materials (to include all Sievo projects)

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience - in procurement

• Procurement experience in sourcing capital expediture projects, engineering, facilities maintenance, mechanical, electrical and civil repairs and operations services, spares and equipment
• Strong application knowledge in negotiating green field projects and leading the sourcing process for major capital and operational expenditure projects such as manufacturing/operational equipment, civil construction works and EPCM services
• Experienced application knowledge in contracting, contract administration, scope of work and request for proposal preparation
• Consumer products experience required with beverage industry experience as a plus
• Proficient in utilizing Enterprise-class systems such as SAP

EDUCATION / PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• University degree in business, finance, commercial, economics or technical discipline Professional qualifications: Project Management certification and CPSM/CPM is an asset

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

• Ability to work seamlessly in cross functional teams to drive value creation, and innovation
• Strong data analysis and communication capabilities / ability to influence internally and externally
• Ability to execute category strategies, contract negotiation and conduct market and commodity SWOT
• Negotiation and analytical skills, supplier and market analysis, supplier screening and selection.
• Strong MS Office skills, especially Excel, and familiarity with SAP.
• Self-driven, team player, accountable and capable of excelling in an ambiguous environment.
• Multitasking ability with prioritization capabilities despite conflicting priorities, high capacity.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Ability to read data and to manipulate the use of a personal computer.
• Working knowledge of SAP software applications relating to Procurement.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft applications i.e. Word Processing, MS Excel and Power Point.

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

At Campari Group we believe in building more value together, thus we see diversity in all forms as a source of enrichment. Our employment policies and practices ensure that we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities in all aspects of employment without regard to any individual’s race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or characteristics or expression, political affiliation or activity, age, veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Note to applicants:

Your application will be assessed based on your abilities, expertise, general knowledge and experience, not because of any confidential, proprietary or trade secret information you may possess. You must not disclose to Campari Group any such information. In the event that you are asked a question that cannot be answered without disclosure of any confidential, proprietary or trade secret information (including from a current or prior employer or their vendors or customers), you must decline to answer the question.

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