Procurement Category Manager Demand and Indirects, WestLAC - Diageo - Miami, FL

• Our ambition is to be the best performing; most trusted and respected CPG Company in the world. A large part of this ambition will be achieved through building amazing distributor relationships, developing a culture of ‘simpler, faster, better’ and working cross functionally and with distributors to provide an unparalleled brand and retail proposition at the point of purchase in market


• WestLAC is one of the 4 markets within the LAC Region and is comprised of 40 countries. The region is a multicultural, multi-customer, multi-channel and multi-currency environment with different taxations and regulations.


• It is comprised by 4 business units: Argentina, Chile-Peru-Bolivia & Ecuador, Free Trade Zones & Border and Caribbean and Central America.

Purpose:

• Accountable for all procurement activities and deliverables of the Demand Category in WestLAC, including the search and achievement of productivities through procurement activities and perfect compliance to the protocols of Procurement


• The scope of the role embraces:

o Management of the Demand-Procurement activities across all 5 Business Units of the Market with a high number of contracts

o Proactive engagement and leadership with stakeholders internal to WestLAC, globally in Diageo and externally to Diageo to continuous search of opportunities

• This is a highly impactful position, requiring a major hands-on approach to drive the performance whilst having the capacity to embark longer term and higher level conversations and projects in order to set and drive strategy stetting. Becoming a much more productive business is one of the top priorities of Diageo globally in the next years and WestLAC is one of the high-focus markets in this area. Demand is one of the highest category of spend with a huge focus and this role is expected to drive both effectiveness and efficiency in this category.

Key Outputs/Deliverables:

• Accountable to implement and follow the Diageo Way of Category Management, Global Procurement Principles and Policies


• Accountable to deliver the productivities and savings targets across the Demand sub-categories of spend in WestLAC


• Accountable to achieve all the Compliance & Ethics Procurement-related goals and targets of the Demand Category in WestLAC.


• Accountable to ensure that the suppliers deliver the service-performance as per contracts and SLA’s


• Responsible to design, implement and lead the Supplier Relationships Management processes, including scorecards and QBR’s and Annual Strategic Reviews as per ABC segmentation of suppliers


• Accountable to show and deliver the business cases and the ROI of any project in which he/she is involved


• Responsible to represent WestLAC in global demand procurement forums


• Responsible to develop WestLAC Sourcing strategies and to guarantee that WestLAC’s needs are addressed in all Global strategies through the Global teams.

Qualifications and Experience Required:

• Bachelor degree, ideally business-related. MBA and Legal/Contractual expertise are a plus.


• Fluency in English and Spanish required.


• 5+ years of demonstrated experience in either


• Procurement in Demand Categories in a CPG company


• Media/Marketing Agency, acting as a key account or similar


• Proven influencing and negotiation skills at all level of the organization and strong leadership skills.


• Proven people manager skills with capability to manage remote teams/direct reports.


• Proven experience working with external organizations, negotiation either as a buyer or as a seller.


• Previous demonstrated experience in driving performance, through boldness in execution and attention to detail whilst being extremely performance-focus