Regional Category Manager Serco UAE

Serco is presently looking for a Regional Category Manager that provides category and market expertise & support to effectively manage Serco’s spend and supply base for multiple spend categories in the Middle East region, where they will be engaging and managing selected key regional suppliers in collaboration with key stakeholders across business units, delivering sourcing and continuous improvement projects, optimizing value delivery, performance improvement and risk mitigation from the supply base. The role also provides leadership and line management to the regional Sourcing teams (Buyers and Senior Buyers) working on the delivery of sourcing projects across all spend categories. This role is part of the finance team and will be based in corporate office in Dubai.

Responsibilities of Regional Category Manager

• Accountable for category management of the Middle East spend categories within the region from strategy creation through to the delivery of business outcomes and performance targets including in year and annualized savings targets as agreed through the planning process.
• Work with the group heads of categories to agree where regional spend should be managed under a global category strategy and where category strategy will be defined regionally.
• Create & continually review comprehensive and forward looking regional category strategies and plans to deliver results and year on year continuous improvement in cost, service, innovation and risk for the categories, applying strategic thinking whilst ensuring that local business and supply market requirements are understood and supported.
• Educate and influence key stakeholders to support category strategy development, endorse recommended category strategies, support implementation and agree how benefits will be captured.
• Leverage one’s own category and market expertise and that of Serco colleagues, Procurement Business Partners and key stakeholders to support Serco in optimising value, managing demand and mitigating risk from the third party supply base for the Middle East send categories.
• Contribute to global categories community of practice. Encourage and support other regional team members to participate in other category communities of practice.
• Translate category strategies into a clear and prioritised pipeline of sourcing projects for execution by the regional Sourcing & Category Management team.
• Lead delivery of complex and higher value sourcing and continuous improvement projects with the support of Buyers or working on one’s own.
• Oversee and manage the creation of the regional Procurement pipeline with input from Business Partners, Senior Buyers, Buyers and stakeholders.
• Driving sustainable value from key supplier relationship and ensure that benefit are recognis by key stakeholders to allow benefit delivery.

Qualification Requirements for Regional Category Manager

• Graduate calibre with a Bachelor’s degree.
• Post-graduate qualification (e.g. MSc/MBA) or a professional qualification such as MCIPS is desirable but not essential.
• At least 3 years experience in a category management role.
• Will have worked in a complex changing environment with demanding business objectives in a competitive market sector.

Skills & Knowledge Desired

• Demonstrates a consistent track record of delivery within large & complex Procurement organisations.
• Will have a track record of category and supplier management. Effecting change and continuous improvement through creation and implementation of innovative category strategies and building of effective supplier relationships.
• Has strong relevant category, market and supplier knowledge in the region.
• Has a strategic mindset while being flexible to local differences and creative to encourage and seek innovative approaches.
• Demonstrates track record of developing and maintaining strong senior stakeholder relationships.

Procedure to Apply

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