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Form of workThis is an exciting role for a Senior Category Manager who is looking for the challenge of taking on a pretty mining blank canvas in this well-established mining business.
You will be responsible for developing, executing, and managing the sourcing strategy and tactical plans for centrally led categories.
Duties:
- Apply best-in-class procurement processes, and continuous improvement initiatives, ensuring long term profitability, competitive advantage, and cost reduction.
- Create sourcing strategy, supplier selection and evaluation, quality management and performance measures.
- Facilitate the bidding process including bid evaluation, recommendation of award, contracts negotiations, contract finalisation and issuance.
- Monitor and analyse contract performance against agreed benchmarks and through agreed reporting mechanisms.
- Develop contract management tools, guidelines and manuals for standardisation and knowledge sharing purposes.
- Undertake market surveys to ensure the availability of up-to-date information for categories.
- Communicate, drive and foster trust with internal stakeholders to ensure business penetration of initiatives.
- Development of forecasts for product demand to ensure the sustainability of inventory.
Skills:
- Experience with mining related products and services.
- Knowledge of procurement, tendering and contracting processes and requirements.
- Excellent and proven experience in dealing with HME parts and service suppliers in both OEM and aftermarket areas
- Experience of system enabled P2P processes
- Project management experience
- Ability to successfully address large, challenging supplier relationships.
The client is in the position to offer the role either on a contract or a full-time permanent salaried basis, depending on your preference. The permanent salary will be in the region of $175k - $195k + super.
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