This role requires an agile, strategic leader with sharp commercial acumen and deep market insight, capable of accelerating brand and portfolio growth, maximizing gross margins, and driving fast-to-market operational innovation in a highly competitive landscape.
Key Responsibilities:
- Formulate and implement strategic department goals that align with organizational objectives, financial benchmarks, and evolving industry standards.
- Lead all strategic sourcing activities, encompassing demand planning, market sourcing, supplier negotiation, and commercial contract management.
- Analyze market data, insights, and the competitive landscape to identify growth opportunities and proactively mitigate risks.
- Manage and continuously nurture key external partnerships to ensure quality, cost efficiency, and operational continuity.
- Partner effectively with cross-functional internal stakeholders to align and achieve business objectives.
- Champion continuous improvement, operational innovation, and sustainable practices.
- Monitor, analyze, report on core performance and sales metrics.
- Mentor, guide, and develop junior specialists.
- Stay continually updated on industry and regulatory developments, and emerging technologies that impact the external environment ecosystem.
Requirements:
- Minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, or portfolio management.
- Proven track record of successfully delivering strategic business initiatives and driving measurable commercial results.
- Excellent analytical capabilities with the proven ability to interpret complex data sets and translate them into actionable business strategies.
- Advanced negotiation and robust contract management skills.
- Exceptional stakeholder management abilities across all levels of an organization.
- Demonstrated experience working seamlessly with cross-functional teams.
