Amei Category Manager

**How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?**: The Category Manager (CM) is responsible for the sourcing strategy of equipment/materials/services in the specified category. Jointly with the Operations, the CM has the responsibility to prepare the Annual Sourcing Strategy/Plan, based on business objectives and the need to improve safety, quality, reliability, on-time Delivery, competitiveness or reduce risks related to product supply. CM is in charge of overseeing local category management and ensures central-local collaboration in Coordinated/Enforced categories. The CM focuses on identifying and partnering « Best Class » suppliers, offering innovative technology solutions at a competitive price. CM is accountable for the supplier market analysis, besides their responsibilities to deploy the sourcing strategy on key categories, thus improving safety, quality, reliability, on-time delivery, competitiveness or reducing risks related to product supply. CM is expected to negotiate frame contracts for Hub suppliers and manage strategic relationships He/She collaborates with the critical vendors to enhance transparency and integration, better (Quality) control of sub-vendors as well as competitiveness opportunities. Enhanced interaction will enable to decrease significantly our procurement costs through a Design-To-Cost approach, an adjustment of the scope of supply (with the vendors focusing on their core competencies) and a development of a new supply approach on sub-components such as motors etc. (e.g.: Technical, Price agreement). **1.Category Strategy** - Define 3 years category strategy (including the supplier strategy) based on internal present and future requirements utilizing supplier and competitor market analysis together with category specialist, local HOP and key business stakeholders - Ensure deployment and maintenance of category strategy in all entities - The sourcing plan shall primarily focus on supplier qualification (new or extension), frame agreement, co-development, alliances, early partnering on key projects. - In close cooperation with Stakeholders, establish yearly ambition and its updates (within the target and rolling forecast processes) - Implement and manage the category strategy at appropriate geographical level - Liaise with other HUB / Cluster counterparts to ensure alignment on sourcing initiatives and priorities, as well as assessing practices for consideration in own efforts - Analyze current procurement portfolio, spend, supply base, contracts for Africa, Middle East and India - Analyze industry market profile and key suppliers, TCO drivers - Identify Risks & Opportunities - Perform internal and external benchmarks in relationship with the Procurement Performance Manager - Mitigate foreign exchange and commodities price risks in accordance with Finance policy and evaluate the cost impact and recommend plans (e.g.hedging, currency per country, ) - Identify short term opportunities (volumes consolidation, bundling) and long term opportunities (standardization, etc) and consolidate needs (OPEX and CAPEX), establish RFx planning - Take into account projects requirements through Procurement Project Managers and propose appropriate sourcing strategies **2. Sourcing execution & Contract Management** - Analyse requirements and challenge specifications with requesters - Identify potential suppliers and propose the list to requesters - Launch RFx to pre-selected suppliers and deploy the process of suppliers selection (technical and commercial) with requesters - Analyze offers using TCO and "Should Cost" approaches, make scenarios and propose short list of suppliers based on fact-based and agreed criteria to requesters - Select suppliers and negotiate contracts in alignment with AMEI Chief Procurement Officer - Communicate and explain contracts to Buyers / Requisitioners and finance team for deployment and appropriate execution in the system. - Communicate contracts to internal customers (Supply chain) - Establish measures and controls to ensure and track successful implementation of the contract in collaboration with Procurement Performance Manager - Define and periodically review buying channels - Manage incidents and claims **3. Suppliers relationship management** - Lead SRM activities for key suppliers of his/her category (supplier strategy, evaluations, review and audit, innovation initiatives, internal promotion of supplier, supplier days) - Understand (and in some cases is involved in) the strategy of his/her most important suppliers - Animate the supplier qualification and audit process in collaboration with Inspection teams, HSEQ and Technical experts - Support in Corporate Social Program (CSP) nomination process (validation) - Contribute to supplier risk identification and mitigation to ensure compliance with risk mapping regulation - Facilitate introduction of suppliers to company level stakeholders - Manage contracts and supplier relationship in the long term - Resolve issues rela