Procurement Manager

**Location**: Auckland
**Function**:Procurement
**Sub-Function**: Procurement - Sourcing
**Type of Contract**: Permanent

When you join DB Breweries, you join the global HEINEKEN whanau, where everyone is encouraged to be themselves, contribute their ideas, learn and grow as part of one of the largest beer and cider brewing companies in the world spanning 70 countries.

We believe diverse views make great brews, and the vibe in our team is very much reflected in our four values**:PASSION **for consumers and customers, **CARE **for people and planet, **ENJOYMENT **of life, and **COURAGE **to dream and pioneer. We offer a great range of employee benefits and positive culture which includes:

- Free health, life and income protection insurances.
- 5% employer contribution to your Kiwisaver.
- Free monthly allowance of beer, RTDs, cider or zero alcohol beverages.
- 20% employee discount at Star Hospitality venues (Kapura and Joylab restaurants and bars).
- ‘Enjoyment of Life' leave (an extra day each year to do something you enjoy).
- A range of other benefits including generous parental leave provisions, free confidential counselling support, digital wills, feminine hygiene products, retail discounts and more.
- Free learning and wellbeing tools and leadership development programmes.
- As a member of Mind The Gap, we’re committed to addressing gender pay gaps and we’ve also supported the Pacific Pay Gap Inquiry.
- Flexible work arrangements for roles that can be performed remotely including work-from-home up to two days each week.
- Free parking.

The Procurement Manager plays a pivotal in leading and building capability within the procurement team as well as developing and executing effective sourcing strategies to achieve business continuity, cost mitigation, and ensure commercially beneficial outcomes.

**Category & Procurement Strategy**
- Lead the development and execution of the category and procurement strategy and set targets for procurement and category performance.
- Analyse category external markets, risks, and long-term forecasting to underpin the category strategy.

**Agile Sourcing: Meeting continuity supply, at the right time, quality, quantity, and competitive cost**
- Create and execute a negotiation plan including market dynamics, objectives, methods of persuasion, possible levers and potential concessions.
- Shapes the tender and negotiation agenda for a category and challenges for optimal results.

**People Leadership & Stakeholder Management**
- Leading and developing a team of 3, ensuring we’re building capability for now and into the future.
- Fostering positive, professional, and productive relationships with both internal and external stakeholders

**Business Continuity Excellence**
- Research market information and analyse demand pattern, develop and implement sourcing and supplier strategy, develop concept and idea generation.
- Develop networking, database, and new vendor.

**Supplier Alignment with company strategy**
- Conduct negotiation to drive continuous performance improvement of suppliers, monitor performance, capacity and capability of suppliers in order to continue to keep the speed, quality, cost leadership, security of supply, customer satisfaction and payment terms.

**Efficient procurement process**
- Develop and analyse demand pattern and simplify process through having more contracts or catalogue.
- Analyse risks and assess the risk mitigation costs versus the potential impact.

**Your background and experience**
- At least 5 years procurement or supply chain management experience preferably in the FMCG sector.
- Demonstrated success in building solid relationships, an excellent negotiator and strong communicator.
- Proven track record of successful implementation of procurement processes to improve efficiency and drive cost savings.
- Demonstrated ability to manage the end-to-end tender process.
- Demonstrated experience in leading and developing successful teams.
- Experience in leading successful change initiatives and continuous improvement.
- Knowledge of ERP and MS Office systems.
- Strong reporting and data analysis skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Preferably a relevant Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain management or procurement.

This is a great opportunity, you’ll join a business that enjoys innovating, a leader who will give you the space you need to achieve great outcomes, and a culture that will support your learning and development. You’ll also get exposure to DB’s senior leadership team and peers and leaders across the global HEINEKEN network.

We look forward to meeting you.