Purchasing Manager

Do you have a passion for analytics and strategic and critical thinking? Do you see yourself engaging in commercial and relationship activities with P&G Suppliers? You "can smell and close a great deal"? You want to face different challenges every single day? Then Procurement is your place to be.
We spend more than $40 billion/year in goods and services to produce some of the best consumer products in the world. Strategic Purchases is a critical discipline within the Product Supply organization, which controls the spend on items ranging from raw & packaging materials and equipment to marketing services, software and outsourced manufacturing services, guaranteeing a challenging learning environment across industries and sectors.
As a Purchasing Manager at P&G you will: Responsible to source materials/services by building expertise in external industries, sourcing skills, and internal categories/markets.Responsible for the coordination and execution of sourcing activities, managing internal and external relationships, and ensuring the business needs are met efficiently.Responsibilities include defining and executing sourcing recommendations with basic proficiency in all sourcing skills; accountability for delivery of fundamentals such as supply assurance, value creation, and compliance to policies; determining insights from analytics and recommending strategic interventions; ownership for defining and executing of sourcing tactics, including stakeholder alignment and external communication; leading projects on defined intervention areas (savings, technical, cost structure, relationship, stewardship).Participate as a critical member of a cross-functional team in one of our Organizational Units (like Business or Market) to deliver a new service or technology to market.Partnering with multi-functional organizations to improve efficiencies and effectiveness at reaching P&G consumers with super communication.Encourage innovation from external business partners by building a relationship with P&G and describing what P&G service requirements.Working with internal customers and with the management of supplier companies to resolve financial or supply or quality issues that affect business plans.Owns definition and execution of sourcing tactics, including stakeholder alignment and external communicationLeads projects on defined intervention areas (savings, technical, cost structure, relationship, stewardshipAnalyzing market trends and supplier landscapeProviding insights and recommendations to senior management and suppliersSpotting and exploiting emerging trends and technologiesUncovering business-building ideas and cost-saving opportunitiesDesigning sourcing strategies that improves the value, availability and technology of the serviceStriking deals through negotiation or leading competitive biddingBuilding effective working relationships with suppliersCreating and capitalizing on new approaches such as e-marketplacesJob Qualifications Bachelor's/Master's Degree and 0-5 years of work experienceInterest in sourcing skills, particularly negotiation, bidding, commercial agreements, and relationship management to optimally lead top level partnershipsCritical Thinking & Leadership - Ability to recognize strategic opportunities and be able to enroll others in disruptive thinking to get resultsAnalytical Skills - Validated ability to visualize, articulate, and seek problems and concepts, and make decisions that make sense based on available informationAbility to influence across functional boundaries (R&D, Finance, Legal etc.) to develop and deliver strategy and action plans to achieve desired business resultsAbout us We produce globally recognized brands and we grow the best business leaders in the industry. With a portfolio of trusted brands as diverse as ours, it is paramount our leaders are able to lead with courage the vast array of brands, categories and functions. We serve consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always, Ariel, Gillette, Head & Shoulders, Herbal Essences, Pampers, Pantene and more. Our community includes operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide.
Visit http://www.pg.com to know more.
Our consumers are diverse and our talents - internally - mirror this diversity to best serve it. That is why we're committed to building a winning culture based on inclusion and our ideal candidate is passionate about the same principle: you will join our daily effort of being "in touch" so we craft brands and products to improve the lives of the world's consumers now and in the future. We want you to inspire us with your unrivaled ideas.
We are committed to providing equal opportunities in employment. We do not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, disability, or any other legally protected factor.

Procter & Gamble
Our goal is to use every opportunity we have —no matter how small— to set change in motion. To be a force for good and a force for growth. For you, for the world, and for every generation to come.
Job Schedule
Full time Job Location
Rivonia-JohannesburgJob Description Do you have a passion for analytics and strategic and critical thinking? Do you see yourself engaging in commercial and relationship activities with P&G Suppliers? You "can smell and close a great deal"? You want to face different challenges every single day? Then Procurement is your place to be.
We spend more than $40 billion/year in goods and services to produce some of the best consumer products in the world. Strategic Purchases is a critical discipline within the Product Supply organization, which controls the spend on items ranging from raw & packaging materials and equipment to marketing services, software and outsourced manufacturing services, guaranteeing a challenging learning environment across industries and sectors.
As a Purchasing Manager at P&G you will: Responsible to source materials/services by building expertise in external industries, sourcing skills, and internal categories/markets.Responsible for the coordination and execution of sourcing activities, managing internal and external relationships, and ensuring the business needs are met efficiently.Responsibilities include defining and executing sourcing recommendations with basic proficiency in all sourcing skills; accountability for delivery of fundamentals such as supply assurance, value creation, and compliance to policies; determining insights from analytics and recommending strategic interventions; ownership for defining and executing of sourcing tactics, including stakeholder alignment and external communication; leading projects on defined intervention areas (savings, technical, cost structure, relationship, stewardship).Participate as a critical member of a cross-functional team in one of our Organizational Units (like Business or Market) to deliver a new service or technology to market.Partnering with multi-functional organizations to improve efficiencies and effectiveness at reaching P&G consumers with super communication.Encourage innovation from external business partners by building a relationship with P&G and describing what P&G service requirements.Working with internal customers and with the management of supplier companies to resolve financial or supply or quality issues that affect business plans.Owns definition and execution of sourcing tactics, including stakeholder alignment and external communicationLeads projects on defined intervention areas (savings, technical, cost structure, relationship, stewardshipAnalyzing market trends and supplier landscapeProviding insights and recommendations to senior management and suppliersSpotting and exploiting emerging trends and technologiesUncovering business-building ideas and cost-saving opportunitiesDesigning sourcing strategies that improves the value, availability and technology of the serviceStriking deals through negotiation or leading competitive biddingBuilding effective working relationships with suppliersCreating and capitalizing on new approaches such as e-marketplaces Job Qualifications Bachelor's/Master's Degree and 0-5 years of work experience Interest in sourcing skills, particularly negotiation, bidding, commercial agreements, and relationship management to optimally lead top level partnershipsCritical Thinking & Leadership - Ability to recognize strategic opportunities and be able to enroll others in disruptive thinking to get resultsAnalytical Skills - Validated ability to visualize, articulate, and seek problems and concepts, and make decisions that make sense based on available informationAbility to influence across functional boundaries (R&D, Finance, Legal etc.) to develop and deliver strategy and action plans to achieve desired business resultsAbout us We produce globally recognized brands and we grow the best business leaders in the industry. With a portfolio of trusted brands as diverse as ours, it is paramount our leaders are able to lead with courage the vast array of brands, categories and functions. We serve consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always, Ariel, Gillette, Head & Shoulders, Herbal Essences, Pampers, Pantene and more. Our community includes operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide.
Visit http://www.pg.com to know more.
Our consumers are diverse and our talents - internally - mirror this diversity to best serve it. That is why we're committed to building a winning culture based on inclusion and our ideal candidate is passionate about the same principle: you will join our daily effort of being "in touch" so we craft brands and products to improve the lives of the world's consumers now and in the future. We want you to inspire us with your unrivaled ideas.
We are committed to providing equal opportunities in employment. We do not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, disability, or any other legally protected factor.

Procter & Gamble
Our goal is to use every opportunity we have —no matter how small— to set change in motion. To be a force for good and a force for growth. For you, for the world, and for every generation to come.
Job Schedule
Full timeJob Number
R000102810Job Segmentation
Recent Grads/Entry Level (Job Segmentation)
P&G was founded over 180 years ago as a simple soap and candle company. Today, we're the world's largest consumer goods company and home to iconic, trusted brands that make life a little bit easier in small but meaningful ways. We've spanned three centuries thanks to three simple ideas: leadership, innovation and citizenship.
The insight, innovation and passion of talented teams has helped us grow into a global company that is governed responsibly and ethically, that is open and transparent, and that supports good causes and protects the environment. This is a place where you can be proud to work and do something that matters.
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