Category Manager | Tiger Brands Vacancies

Tiger Brands Vacancies – Category Manager: Fruit & Veg/Lead Agriculture Vacancies

The Agriculture Lead will oversee the development and execution of a Category sourcing strategy, ensuring the procurement of best value and mitigation of supply risks.

This role involves establishing a strong understanding of category characteristics, Tiger Brands’ business needs, and market dynamics, as well as managing a team of commodity managers and sourcing specialists to achieve strategic objectives.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provides Operational Framework:

• Establishes an operating framework for the category team.
• Leads a specialized team of Procurement professionals, fostering engagement, skills, capabilities, and judgment in line with best procurement practices.

Category Strategy Development:

• Develops and evolves commodity sourcing strategies based on fundamentals, macro-economic factors, supply market developments, and business priorities.
• Ensures sourcing strategies maintain security of supply through contingencies and supply alternatives.

Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Management:

• Oversees major strategic sourcing projects to deliver total cost of ownership savings.
• Manages supply market intelligence, value chain analysis, and should-cost models.
• Builds constructive relationships with suppliers and stakeholders.

Category Management and Strategy Implementation:

• Collaborates with relevant industry and regulatory bodies to optimize Tiger’s position.
• Develops a long-term Category strategy focusing on value delivery, supplier development, risk mitigation, and business continuity management.
• Drives procurement process improvements and efficiency enhancements to achieve world-class standards.

Team Management and Talent Development:

• Manages the category team, ensuring performance goals and talent development objectives are achieved.
• Develops, retains, and grows team talent.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Key Professional Competencies:

• Core knowledge in Agriculture commodities, Strategic sourcing, Procurement systems, Supplier relationship management, Cost management, Supply Chain collaboration, and Zero-Based Budgeting.
• Foundational competencies in Agricultural acumen, financial acumen, Commercial acumen, Project Management, Problem-solving, Decision making, Leadership, Personal Effectiveness.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in agriculture/supply chain management or related field.
• Minimum 8 to 10 years’ experience in procurement.
• Proven experience in Agricultural commodities within the FMCG industry.
• Extensive travel requirements.
• Proficiency in English; Afrikaans proficiency is advantageous.