Procurement Service Manger

**Scope of the Job**

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.

**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.

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Hiring Manager

Hoedemaker, Maarten

Job Requirements

**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.