Country Procurement Manager

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• Manage and develop the local Procurement Organization and drive continuous improvement of operations • Lead team members in accordance with the Company principles to support the organization’s overall leadership focus on performance and talent management, values, price & performance management and self-management practices • Manage direct reports including target setting, performance review, and career and training development • Facilitate intra-category and inter-country collaboration with Local Category Managers and Procurement Specialists • Assess impact within the Country of changing global and Zone Procurement policies • Assess impact of locally changing requirements, including legislation and policies • Position/escalate Country specific Procurement requirements on a Zone level including changes of local legislations and policies • Actively support roll-out of Global and Zone Procurement development initiatives within the Country • Support strong and robust Procurement infrastructure aimed at optimizing transactional purchasing activities, aligned with BU, Zone and Global infrastructure • Promoting sustainability initiatives throughout Procurement in Agri, water and the energy space • Develop and monitor the Procurement budget in the Country in alignment with the BU Procurement Director; overseeing financial well-being thereof by analyzing cost effectiveness and directing cost control activities; preparing, submitting and justifying budget enhancement requests and profit forecast; lead work on mitigation plans when/if purchase price variances against budget occur • Support the local business customer in setting up their plans, budgets and strategies • Ensure execution of the Zone yearly action plan to improve the Procurement Function at Country level, and monitor and control savings plan for the BU • Coordinate resource allocation to support Global / Zone initiatives on a Country level • Lead and support strategic sourcing activities within the country