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• To develop and implement a category management approach and strategy in line with the Bank’s Procurement Strategy.
• To drive strategic category sourcing, procurement and internal stakeholder management activities in a bid to deliver total cost of ownership savings for procurement categories.
• To ensure efficient implementation of the Bank’s expenditure budget (CAPEX and OPEX) for category related procurement.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop and implement category management strategies utilizing an end-to-end value chain approach to increase market competitiveness and sustain ongoing category improvements
• Maintain deep category expertise through understanding and application of industry developments, marketplace trends, emerging technology, new techniques, leading practices, and shared experiences
• Plan category related procurement activities for the financial year and periodically review category spend to identify and pursue strategic sourcing and demand management opportunities
• Ensure compliance to the Bank’s Procurement Policy for procurement categories and activities
• Develop and maintain a Category Sourcing Plan to coordinate sourcing and contract management activities
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to implement and monitor category sourcing and supply plan for the various categories to ensure appropriate alignment and customer satisfaction
• Lead cross-functional sourcing teams during sourcing events and negotiations for applicable categories to ensure best value with regard to pricing and quality
• Oversee execution of procurement purchases utilizing an end-to-end value chain approach
• Drive development of sustainable partnerships with strategic suppliers for procurement related categories
• Active involvement in the contractor/vendor pre-qualification process for approved category related projects
• Manage influence-able spend via demand management and flagging of maverick spend to ensure costs are managed properly under procurement related categories
• Ensure adherence to defined parameters for quality assurance of goods/services received as well as the escalation route for complaints/rejection
• Prepare and review periodic reports of trend analysis for category spend
• Identify and drive implementation of procurement process improvements related to the category
• Develop impact assessments and analyses based on internal market forecasts and internal requirements, external benchmarking studies and/or market trends including, but not limited to, future spend opportunities, category risks, and supplier sustainability
• Conduct periodic appraisal of supplier performance to validate ability of suppliers to meet defined standards and rate suppliers accordingly

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