OVERVIEW

To lead the Procurement function for Veetee by sourcing, negotiating and contracting for ingredients, packaging and services. Delivering competitive sourcing advantage via cost, service, quality and/or innovation and act as a key stakeholder in NPD process, ensuring Veetee are front of innovation opportunities.

Segment Materials, Packaging, Indirect requirements into sourcing strategies, focusing on delivering competitive advantage:

• Cost
• Service
• Quality
• Technology/1st to marke

• Strategic Sourcing / Vendor Management:

Segment Materials, Packaging, Indirect requirements into sourcing strategies, focusing on delivering competitive advantage:

• Cost
• Service
• Quality
• Technology/1st to market

Generation/Implementation and maintenance of Supplier Scorecards.

• Regular evaluation (scorecards) and if required onboard new suppliers to ensure competitive advantage is maintained

• Ensuring Supplier Base is aligned with business requirements:

• Dual/Single Source.

• Don’t over dilute Vendors losing buying power.

• VMI/Call off.

• Generate supplier risk assessment.

• Supplier relationship management:

• Lead negotiations with supplier’s supply contracts.

• Contract Management:

• Reviewing, interpreting and recommending changes to our contract terms with vendors and where necessary, reviewing, amending (where necessary) and or agreeing vendor contract terms.

• Generation of Stock policies for purchased products.

• Ownership/generation of monthly spend/sourcing presentation to CEO/Heads of departments – Offering guidance/insight into Headwinds/Tailwinds/risks and opportunities on all elements of sourcing.

• Prepare reports/updates/presentations that may be required by the business.

• Budget Generation / Cost management.

• Generate/Implement and evolve KPIs that accurately portray departments performance.

• Stakeholder Collaboration &

• Regular attendance to various packaging / food expos – to ensure we are aware of new technologies/opportunities.

• Develop ERP to automate reporting/track activity.
• ,Active collaboration with cross functional teams – including but not limited to NPD, Marketing, Sales, Finance, Technical, Operations in order to achieve common corporate objectives.
• Working closely with technical teams in agreeing specification for raw materials and to maintain specification library for raw materials.