Manager, Supply Management Logistics & Indirect Procurement MEA

BIC; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

BIC is seeking a Manager for Supply Management Logistics & Indirect Procurement in Johannesburg. This role focuses on developing and implementing procurement strategies for logistics in the MEA region, while collaborating with key stakeholders to drive cost efficiency and service quality. The successful candidate will enhance supplier relationships and support BIC’s sustainability initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience in logistics procurement and supply chain management is essential.
• Proven ability to develop procurement strategies.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of logistics procurement strategies aligned with global guidelines.
• Coordinate supplier selection and negotiate contracts.
• Ensure significant year-on-year cost improvements and maintain service quality.

Skills

Negotiation

Stakeholder Management

Strategic Thinking

Analytical Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or related field

Job description

Job title : Manager, Supply Management Logistics & Indirect Procurement MEA

Job Location : Gauteng, Johannesburg Deadline : August 11, 2025 Quick Recommended Links

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The Manager Supply Management & Logistics & Indirect Procurement Middle East & Africa (MEA) will lead and support the development of the procurement strategy definition, and actively participate to the strategic sourcing activities, with the goal of achieving significant year-on-year cost and productivity improvements while maintaining or improving service levels and delivering innovation and value to its stakeholders. His / her primary responsibility will be Logistics procurement for the MEA zone, and it is also expected the successful candidate will also act as the Single Point of contact for all other Indirect Procurement activities in the region and seek direction and support from the global category team or Sourcing Excellence team to increase overall spend coverage in MEA. He / She will work closely with key stakeholders (both internal and external) in member organizations and in corporate functions to develop effective procurement strategies and implementation plans. In this position, the Manager Supply Management will report directly to the Senior Manager Supply Management in charge of procurement categories described below.

GLOBAL CATEGORIES UNDER SCOPE

• Logistics – Ground Transport, Warehousing, Co-packing, as a main responsibility (60 to 70% of worktime)
• Other indirect Categories as needed

MAIN MISSION

• Build and implement the MEA Logistics procurement strategies aligned with global guidelines, and lead their implementation with local stakeholders
• Clarify opportunities of improvements and implement
• Identify and Leverage value-add proposals and innovation from Partners / Suppliers
• Ensure close work with stakeholders located in MEA
• Be a close partner with stakeholders and their go-to for procurement planning / strategizing
• In close collaboration with the regional Business Partner, act as the 'ears on the ground' to keep the Indirect category team informed of local business needs and realities.
• Support, at times, the RFP process for other indirect categories in the region

MAIN GOALS

• Strategy for all logistics procurement in the region- build a short and long-term roadmap to develop / reinforce partnerships. Align to global logistics procurement strategy and templates
• Implement SRM methods and structure to optimize the value added provided by suppliers (using global template, approach)
• Conduct Strategic RFP in collaboration with Stakeholders and other procurement teams
• Provide significant year-on-year cost improvements (hard savings, soft savings, innovation etc)
• Ensure budget visibility and stability in the long term, Implement productivity and innovative improvements
• Secure supply
• Challenge quality and service level : maintain and improve
• Support BIC’s roadmap with regards to ESG and sustainability
• Ensure needs of stakeholders are delivered using internal support from colleagues : Business Partnering, Sustainable Procurement, Center of Excellence and Operational Procurement teams.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES :

The Manager Supply Management & Business Partner will have the following specific responsibilities :

• Ability to build a Procurement category strategy for all logistics suppliers in MEA region
• Coordinate the Category Strategy Planning :
• Collect category insights (with Analytics) & create category profiles,
• Identify opportunities & prioritize projects (with Business Partner)
• Supplier mapping and road mapping of sourcing events, contracts
• Implement
• Support / Coordinate the development and deployment of procurement strategies related to the assigned categories.
• Follows alignment to priorities and performance goals, executes the strategy and implements strategic procurement efforts and innovation in specific categories as necessary and appropriate.
• Deploy sourcing best practices globally and ensure they are widely adopted
• Follow strategy implementation.
• Track forecasted performance vs. actual savings for the categories.
• Assist in finding solutions to mitigate any supply risk
• Represent sourcing categories with Group stakeholders.
• Communicate sourcing market trends / results for categories to key stakeholders.
• Work with finance stakeholders to ensure savings are built and measurable into budgets and the annual operating plan.
• Support the sourcing team to be actively engaged in core business processes.
• Provide regional / local budget input on market effect, standards and productivity initiatives impacting costs
• Participate in the process to select and monitor suppliers.
• Coordinate the supplier selection and negotiation process for key sourcing teams and overall management of the strategic suppliers to the group.
• Lead regional / local sourcing strategies in alignment with the global category strategy and oversee sourcing events
• Maintain expertise in the categories of spend. Remain current with market trends through relationships with Supply Managers, suppliers and market experts, and ensure that we have a process to gain access / familiarity with emerging supplier capabilities
• Execute the Group Sustainability Targets and the sourcing strategies include Sustainable Development
• Uphold internal and external policies, regulations, contracts management and laws, as well as monitoring suppliers’ quality, risk and compliance
• Provide needs insight with regards to other Indirect Categories and support deployment plans as needed