The Chief Procurement Officer is responsible for establishing strategic leadership by managing the full Procurement function within the organisation.

The Chief Procurement Officer’s role is ensuring that all sourcing strategies are successfully executed and fully implemented – including best practices across the sourcing lifecycle, key stakeholder alignment and customer satisfaction, as well as ensuring purchasing transactions are efficiently executed.

One of the Key responsibilities is to drive Sustainability, Localization, Procurement Digitalization and Master Data Management as key pillars of a modern Procurement Function. Moreover, further responsible to implement the operating framework incl. the ways of working between subsidiaries and Head Office.

The ideal candidate will have a bachelor’s degree in related field with a post graduate degree in Supply Chain /Finance /Engineering, or an MBA in Business Management/Engineering/Supply Chain/Finance.

The right candidate will have a minimum of 12 years of leadership experience in both strategic, operational and international corporate environments in a variety of Procurement roles within a FMCG environment in Africa

Candidates meeting all the above criteria are invited to email their CV to dee.applications@kingrec.co.za with “Chief Procurement Manager” in the subject line (applications without the correct subject line will not be reviewed).

Please note, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you have not received contact from us within two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.