Company: HEINEKEN ETHIOPIA
Position Title: Category Manager – Commerce
Locations: Head Office
Application Closing Date: August 28, 2026
Job Purpose
Ensure effective and efficient sourcing of Commercial materials/CAPEX & Business Services of the right quality, quantity, service at optimal cost required for
- Short- and mid-term uninterrupted production, storage & delivery of our products
- Sustaining the OpCo’s long term growth ambition through strategic partnerships
Requirements & Qualifications
Key Responsibilities
Manage the Procurement C&BS category team
- Define and update the Directs Category Strategy and drive its delivery
- Build, manage and develop your team of buyers in the execution of the category strategy and continuous professionalization of the procurement function
- Monitor & drive category performance through Supplier and Performance management
- Business Partner with heads of functions and -1 and participate as active member of the Global Category community
Sourcing & Contracting
- Setup and execute a sourcing plan to secure and develop supply at competitive cost
- Decide on supplier allocation to warrant security of supply and collaborate with Marketing, Sales, People, Corp. Affairs, Finance as primary stakeholders
- Select suppliers compliant to HEINEKEN’s Supplier Code and assesses the supplier risk profile
- Ensure compliant execution of Source to Contract through procurement tooling (Zycus) in line with the HEINEKEN Standards & Local Policies to warrant transparency in all business deals
- Drive savings through tenders, structured negotiations and optimizing material specifications
- Ensure the creation of Legal contracts compliant to the HEINEKEN Standards in cooperation with Legal Affairs
- Ensure administration, archiving and timely renewal of Legal contracts (Zycus)
- Collaborate with Proc Dev. & Ops to enable compliant ordering against agreements
- Support in carrying out audits of its suppliers in line with the HEINEKEN Policy
- Collaborate with Finance to create and manage the budget and ensure payment schemes are in line with our cash policy
Supplier Management & Performance Management
- Collaborate with Contract Management to shape and execute a Supplier Relationship Plan based on a segmentation using business and procurement priorities
- Capture performance requirements in Legal agreements in order to monitor, evaluate and report supplier performance
- Anticipate and detect supply risks that may interrupt delivery and proactively mitigate these through supply alternatives and advising solutions
- Support stakeholders in case of escalations or claims involving suppliers
- Identify and initiate supplier (local) development opportunities (Vizibl)
Purchase to Pay
- Manage and continuously improve a compliant Purchase to Pay process
- Collaborate e-t-e with Finance to allocate FX and local funds in line with business priorities
Job Requirements
Experience
- 5 – 8 years’ experience in the supply side of Procurement with a preference of the manufacturing industry
Education
- Industrial Engineering/ Business Administration/ Economics Degree or equivalent.
Required Skills
Procurement, ERP / SAP / Oracle procurement modules, ERP / Procurement Systems
How to Apply
Interested applicants can apply through: https://theheinekencompany-rmk.jobs.hr.cloud.sap/job-invite/163885/
