Manager, Procurement

3 days ago

Melbourne, Australia Asahi Beverages Full time

**Your Impact**

Reporting to the Regional Procurement Head - Procurement Excellence, this role involves managing and minimising spending, identifying cost-saving opportunities and improving processes related to indirect spend and create a sustainable, cost-conscious culture to help deliver bottom line impact to our business.

**Key responsibilities**

You will achieve success in this role by identifying opportunities for cost reduction and process optimisation, improve mechanisms for managing, tracking and reporting, increase education and understanding of correct spend practices within business and build and support processes.

**Specifically, you will;**
- Collaborate with key package owners (Procurement, Finance and others) to define and set spend smart guardrails
- Drive the implementation of a granular indirect budget process
- Manage Purchase Request tracking for compliance
- Partner with business unit leaders to drive spend smart decisions
- Business partner with the Group Chiefs to provide insight and recommendations on spend smart program decisions
- Support with transformation projects owned by Procurement
- Collaborate with the Global Procurement Office to implement strategy locally
- Lead and manage team as required
- Be a cultural champion for our Transformation program

**About You**

With a background of achievement of cost reduction and change management, you are a leader who is adaptable and capable of mentoring a small team of analysts, while managing relationships with other stakeholders in a way that builds trust and connections at all levels and delivers optimal service outcomes.

Ideally you will have a background in finance, procurement, spend optimisation or broader supply chain roles in a fast-paced environment.

Also, you will offer:

- Superior communication, influencing and change management skills
- Outstanding stakeholder management, leadership and influencing skills across all levels of the business
- Exceptional analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving skills
- Experience managing or developing budgets with cross functional input
- Experience with continuous improvement programs
- Commercial / financial literacy
- Expertise in SAP and data visualisation tools (preferred)

**Why Asahi Beverages?**

Asahi Beverages is a leading multi-beverage organisation with a rich and varied history. Our regional head office is based in Melbourne, with sales, manufacturing and distribution centres located across Australia and New Zealand. We produce and market some of Australia’s most iconic beverage brands, including Schweppes, Pepsi Max, Gatorade, Cool Ridge, Great Northern, Carlton Draught, Vodka Cruiser, Asahi Super Dry and Allpress coffee. We have a great track record of success, we work at pace, our teams are high-performing, and there’s always a lot going on. There are so many opportunities in our company for those ready to take them on

We’re proud of who we are, and humble in how we work - we believe in creating a culture of excellence, innovation, and diversity. We offer a range of benefits such as product discounts, flexible work arrangements, health and wellness programs, and learning & development opportunities. We are passionate about our commitment to the communities we serve and are clear on our role in enhancing environmental sustainability and social responsibility.

We are a Circle Back Initiative employer and commit to responding to all applicants.

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