Country Lead – Procurement

Closing Date	2025/10/03
Reference Number	CCB250924-2
Job Title	Country Lead: Procurement
Job Category	Finance and Procurement
Company	Coca-Cola Beverages Africa
Job Type	Permanent
Location – Country	Malawi
Location – Province	Not Applicable
Location – Town / City	Lilongwe, Malawi

Job Description

The Country Lead: Procurement is a strategic leadership role responsible for the end-to-end management of the country’s procurement function. This involves aligning procurement strategy with overall business objectives, developing and implementing key sourcing initiatives, managing supplier relationships, driving performance efficiency, and ensuring compliance with legal and financial frameworks.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Strategic Business and Procurement alignment

• Develop and direct Procurement vision, targets, and “Ways of Working” for the country in line with HQ CCBA goals.
• Support business plans and targets.
• Participate in Group Office (GO) CCBA Procurement Leadership Team and implement decisions.
• Collaborate with GO CCBA Procurement Teams to develop category strategies aligned with Category Teams and
  Internal Stakeholders.

Develop and Implement Procurement Strategy

• Develop and improve the in-country Procurement Organisation.
• Lead team members in line with GO CCBA management principles.
• Manage direct reports, including target setting, performance reviews, and career development.
• Facilitate intra- and inter-country collaboration.
• Assess impacts of changing global, regional, and local Procurement policies.
• Manage the BBBEE Procurement agenda in alignment with PAC Function.
• Escalate country-specific procurement requirements to relevant stakeholders.
• Support roll-out of GO CCBA Procurement initiatives.
• Optimize procurement infrastructure and promote sustainable development.
• Execute and monitor the Procurement country action plan and savings plan.

Support Key Sourcing Initiatives and Manage Key Suppliers

• Lead strategic sourcing for Supply Chain MRO, Marketing & Sales, and Professional Services commodities.
• Forge partnerships with key suppliers to drive value creation.
• Maintain an updated contract repository per HQ CCBA Procurement Policy.

Manage Supplier Relationships on Country Level

• Classify, evaluate suppliers, track performance, and lead activities to enhance performance and reduce costs.
• Conduct supplier performance reviews, define improvement plans, and identify contract improvement opportunities.
• Align all activities with GO CCBA Procurement strategy and policies.

Manage Internal Customer Relationships and Satisfaction

• Communicate cost reduction plans, ensure BU needs are represented, and manage Service Level Agreements.
• Build and enhance key customer relationships, manage feedback, and promote Procurement best practices.
• Represent Procurement at governance forums and identify TCO reduction opportunities with internal customers.

Drive Procurement Performance Efficiency and Capacity Optimisation

• Track and communicate KPIs to stakeholders.
• Develop and monitor the Procurement budget, ensuring cost-effectiveness.
• Improve efficiency in operational procurement transactions.

Procurement Finance Management and Administration

• Develop budget guidelines using GO Procurement input and the 3 year cost forecast per commodity.

Drive High Performance Capability and Lead Procurement Function Development

• Define functional capabilities and deploy capability-building programs aligned with business priorities.
• Lead the cross-functional procurement team, communicate performance expectations, and address performance issues proactively.

Skills, Experience & Education

Skills:

• Business Acumen: Knows how businesses work; knowledgeable in current and possible future policies, practices, trends, and information affecting CCBA; understands competitive landscape, market-place tactics and strategies.
• Procurement Knowledge: Has specialist, technical knowledge of the end-to-end Procurement function and its associated processes; can easily apply this knowledge to analyse costs, negotiate contracts and offer strategies and solutions to better manage vendor services and supplies.
• Legal Contracting: Has in-depth, technical knowledge of procurement regulations, contract agreements, and legal terminology; understands the legal framework within which the function can operate.
• Technical Skills: Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills to do the job at a high level of accomplishment.
• Dealing with ambiguity : Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; can comfortably handle ambiguity, risk and uncertainty.
• Negotiating : Can negotiate skillfully in tough situations with both internal and external groups; can settle differences with minimum noise; can win concessions without damaging relationships; can be both direct and forceful as well as diplomatic; gains trust quickly of other parties to the negotiations; has a good sense of timing.

Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Supply Chain or Engineering.
• Added advantage: A recognised procurement qualification, or Masters in Business Management, Finance, Supply Chain.

Experience:

• Given CCBA’s significant spend on raw materials and operations (Manufacturing, Logistics and Commercial), in-depth knowledge of and experience in these areas.
• Procurement Operating Centre management and Category Manager experience.
  8+ years of leadership experience.

At Coca-Cola Beverages Africa we are proud to celebrate diversity and we strive to achieve an equal opportunity workplace by being cognisant of affirmative action requirements. It is our policy to be mindful and compliant with all our regional requirements and national laws for those regions. Employment at Coca-Cola Beverages Africa is based solely on an individual’s merit and qualifications directly related to their field of competence. We do not discriminate against an employee or potential employees because race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability and gender identity.
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