BMU Sourcing Manager, Directs

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The BMU Sourcing Manager, Directs serves as the primary link between the Global Supply Chain structure and the local business unit, supporting and managing procurement activities across BU Africa and all applicable Yum! brands. The role enables cross-brand collaboration, consolidates and digitises data, drives cost engineering, and executes procurement strategies to ensure ingredients and services are sourced effectively and delivered on time.

Responsibilities:

• Align cross-brand procurement: Facilitate collaboration among Yum! brands to align procurement strategies and business objectives.
• Leverage scale through data: Consolidate spend and procurement data across BU Africa to identify commercial advantage and cost-saving opportunities.
• Digitize procurement: Drive the digitization and automation of key procurement processes and systems.
• Advance spend analysis: Use advanced analytics to identify and implement savings through strategic sourcing, supplier negotiations and process improvements.
• Execute procurement strategies: Support regional and BU strategies to source ingredients and services on time and cost effectively.
• Implement category strategies: Execute category strategies in alignment with Global, Regional and BU requirements.
• Optimize total cost to serve: Partner with Supply Chain Operations to improve end-to-end commercial outcomes.
• Support supplier performance: Collate relevant data and partner with Supply Chain Operations to manage supplier performance.
• Enable business routines: Support critical routines, including SOBO, and maintain effective communication among Supply Chain, BU teams and franchise partners.
• Capture commercial opportunities: Identify and execute BU commercial opportunities and ad hoc requirements.

Qualifications:
EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Business, Logistics, Supply Chain Management or a related discipline.
• An associate’s degree in Procurement Management may be considered where supported by relevant experience.

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum three to five years’ experience in supply chain, procurement and logistics management.
• Experience supporting strategic sourcing, supplier negotiations, category strategy execution and supplier performance management.
• Experience working across brands, functions, franchise partners and suppliers in a complex business environment.

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

• Analytics and decision-making: Advanced analytics, spend analysis and data-driven decision-making capability.
• Commercial acumen: Strong commercial judgement and the ability to identify and execute cost-saving opportunities.
• Negotiation: Advanced negotiation skills for supplier and stakeholder engagements.
• Digital fluency: Advanced Excel proficiency and capability in process and data automation and digitisation.
• Master data management: Ability to improve data consolidation, quality and master-data practices.
• Supplier performance: Strong supplier performance-management capability.
• Innovation: Highly innovative, with the ability to enhance procurement processes and systems.
• Resilience and collaboration: Ability to manage complexity and pressure, resolve conflict, and collaborate effectively across brands and functions.