1 - To secure multi-year uninterrupted supply of selected materials in the OpCo at competitive cost and quality, compliance through the implementation and management of Heineken Global Procurement Synergies as well as the development and execution of OpCo managed sourcing strategies.
2 - To implement and monitor of contracts with suppliers at OpCo level, and monitoring of supplier performance by establishing, following, measuring and observing KPIs and service levels so that contract compliance is guaranteed and operational problems are solved.
3 - To reduce costs and improve the value of the supplier the Contract Manager initiates and manages a portfolio of cost saving projects with internal customers, suppliers, customers and/or consumers.

- Develop and implement category and sourcing strategy for both OpCo managed spend and global by providing data, and sharing OpCo developments with the Global procurement teams ; ?
- Conduct research on market developments, price and cost developments by applying cost models ; ? - Perform internal and external analysis, generate OpCo opportunity proposals and provide input into global opportunity assessment for cost saving projects ?
- Perform internal and external analysis and generate opportunity proposals ; ?
- Provide input cost estimation according to budget planning process ; ?
- For OpCo spend (all points below): ?
1- Define scope of spend and collect, identify and validate requirements of stakeholder (volumes, specifications and service levels) ; ?
2- Monitor market developments and internal supplier performance ; ?
3- Provides OpCo market intelligence for global sourcing strategies as required by the Global buyer - - Tender and negotiate contracts for OpCo managed spend ; ?
- Execute negotiation strategy (including tender and RFx) ; ?
- Contract suppliers for OpCo managed spend within relevant authority levels (as defined by OpCo) on volumes, price, quality, delivery and other conditions, liabilities, responsibilities and service levels. Consult legal where necessary ;
- Implement contract in OpCo system and CLM database ; ?
- Enable PtP (Purchase to Pay) process (on item level) ; ?
- Handover of contract to contract management team - Implement and deliver all contract management activities for spend categories ; ?
- Execute supplier development strategy ; ? Report under / over allocations, in supporting HGP's effort to optimize volume allocations ; ?
- Manage all variances ;
- Optimize cost / value engineering ; ?
- Measure and evaluate supplier performance ; ?
- Settle OpCo operational / logistical issues, and administrative claims and report them to HGP ; ?
- Minimize impacts of contract termination by thorough preparation and proper execution ;
- Generate materials required for updating contracts - Report the performance of suppliers, produce regular vendor rating reports ?
- Ensure up-to-date and correct purchasing data and related information for own focus area in the information systems ?
- Manage the operational supplier relationships on a daily basis ; ?
- Develop and maintain relationships with key OpCo and HGP stakeholders ; ?
- Proactively approach, convince and advise both internal stakeholders and suppliers, gain agreement with OpCo procurement team and HGP ;
- Contribute to OpCo improvement projects in line with category strategy and support Global improvement projects ; ?
- Creation and ownership of own Personal Development Plan, and on this basis working on the development targets formulated in this plan throughout the year ; ?
- Maintain responsibility for creating, maintaining and modifying data specific to the systems / data for the domain / category / OpCo in accordance with global data standards and policies (Data Producer) ;
- Perform data governance role for all OpCo data (Domain Expert)

EDUCATION (Required)
1 - University degree in Business, Finance, Commerce, Economics or technical discipline
2- Four to six years of experience in Purchasing / Procurement / Logistics / Import-Export

ABILITIES & COMPETENCIES
1 - Application knowledge of Microsoft Excel &
PowerPoint (Required)
2 - Tendering / Contracts (Required)
3 - English (Required)
4 - Multi-cultural experience through international work placements (Preferable)
5 - Resource Management (Required)
6 - Business Process knowledge (Required)

ATTITUDE & BEHAVIOUR (Required)
1 - Proactivity in identifying and solving problems/issues
2 - A drive for continuous professional development in self and others
3 - Ability to quickly form working relationships, gain credibility and influence solutions at a senior level

Please attach a Cover Letter and a Resume.