• Accountable for developing a corporate procurement and material management process for the procurement of indirect goods and services.
• Embed excellence in category management across the category, region or market including sourcing, cost management, contract management, SC&I, supplier relationship and development management, and commodity price risk management (CPRM).
• Deliver the annual financial and non financial targets for the portfolio in the market, including cost savings.
• Accountable for security of supply and brand protection and risk and governance within their portfolio.
• Own the full results of all the portfolio contract negotiations, achieving the given KPIs, quality and TCO targets, and proactively identify opportunities, add value and improve the TCO.
• Ensure that the underpinning process improvement and procurement activities deliver the expected business value in accordance with the strategic plans.
• Develop and communicate a procurement portfolio strategy; establish, communicate and implement long-term goals for the portfolio in order to promote effectiveness and efficiency.
• Ensures that Category Strategies are highly aligned to current and future Business need and that the supply base is capable of supporting these strategies
• Deliver benefits within sourcing, cost management, supplier relationship management, supplier development and innovation.
• Manage governance within the portfolio ensuring commercial decisions are aligned with the overall business strategy and up/downstream stakeholders
• Maintain a forward looking portfolio activity plan which clearly defines the sourcing, cost management, SRM / SD projects going forward that will drive results YoY.
• Instil the highest  standards of compliance and ethics consistently across AZ

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