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Procurement Category Manager - Retail Negotiations
Supply Chain & Procurement | Ireland | Permanent | € 65000 - € 74000
Global Procurement Category Manager – Retail
Dublin and hybrid
A great opportunity to join a dynamic, dedicated team managing a retail procurement spend of $11 Billion dollars across North America and Europe
Your role will involve -
- Negotiating & sourcing for, large scale, complex national retail contracts for circa. $100 m+ in aggregate annual purchasing.
- Delivering procurement synergies for the company network, by standardising efforts, finding opportunities of scale, consolidating vendor partners & distribution points, challenging current business models, & promoting business unit marketing refinements.
- Providing strategic & tactical category guidance on key categories, based on national trends, internal & external best practice, & company performance objectives.
- Establishing cross functional teams to diagnose, quantify & address regional & national level opportunities & alternative revenue sources.
- Uniting autonomous business units around common value enhancing principles, new programs & offerings, & relevant macro level opportunities.
- Establishing & maintaining an effective, efficient, communication process to & with VPs, Heads of Department & Directors.
- Leading the effort to scale successful regional programs to multi region or national status.
- Supporting the establishment of national benchmarks, performance markers & objectives.
- Being willing to work hard in a fast-paced, multi-tasking, team-oriented environment.
- Prioritising quickly & efficiently to rapidly changing needs & situations.
- Demonstrating great organisational skills.
Your Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Marketing, Economics, business, MBA but combinations of related experience & education will also be considered.
- Min 5 years negotiation & contract management in related marketing &/or merchandising - within a (B2C) retail environment.
- Multi-unit leadership experience in convenience store merchandising, operations, related retail with management experience ideally.
- Comprehensive knowledge of key financial principles (internal) & macroeconomic (external) & cost drivers (ex: commodities indices).
- Advanced understanding of core marketing principles, including brand development/management, merchandising, pricing theory, & promotional strategies.
- Experience with market data analysis, interpretation, & research using tools like Power BI. Advanced Ariba, MS Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, & Word preferred.
- Exceptional oral & written communication skills, with the ability to tailor the message & deliver to a wide range of internal stakeholders.
Rewards: a comprehensive benefits package is available
- To hear more - please Contact: Nicola Reid at Sanderson