Job Description
Summary: Global Procurement Manager to negotiate and source complex national retail contracts, deliver procurement synergies, and provide strategic category guidance.
Job Description:
- Negotiate and source large scale, complex national retail contracts for circa $100m+ in aggregate annual purchasing.
- Deliver procurement synergies by standardising efforts, finding opportunities of scale, consolidating vendor partners, and promoting business unit marketing refinements.
- Provide strategic and tactical category guidance based on national trends, internal and external best practice, and company performance objectives.
- Establish cross-functional teams to diagnose, quantify, and address regional and national level opportunities and alternative revenue sources.
- Establish and maintain an effective and efficient communication process with VPs, Heads of Department, and Directors.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Marketing, Economics, or Business, or MBA.
- Minimum 5 years negotiation and contract management experience in a related retail environment.
- Multi-unit leadership experience in convenience store merchandising, operations, or related retail with management experience.
- Comprehensive knowledge of key financial principles, macroeconomic drivers, and cost drivers.
- Advanced understanding of core marketing principles, including brand development, merchandising, pricing theory, and promotional strategies.
- Experience with market data analysis and interpretation using tools like Power BI.
Rewards: A comprehensive benefits package is available.