Global Technical Manager – Refrigeration Equipment

Description

Trinity Procurement GmbH (“Trinity”) was formed to manage the global procurement activities of SABMiller plc, one of the world’s largest brewers with brewing interests and sales and distribution agreements spanning six continents. 

Located in Steinhausen in the Canton of Zug, Switzerland, Trinity creates value for its customers and investors through excellence in procurement across an extensive range of commodities and components, including brewing materials, packaging materials, capital equipment, marketing materials and other assets and business consumables and services.

Whilst the operation is centred in Zug and Trinity will provide the strategic leadership of the business, the organisation also comprises three regional teams dispersed across the international customer and supplier network. Forming part of the overall international matrix structure, these teams are located in Johannesburg (South Africa), Bogotá (Colombia) and Baar (Switzerland).  When fully established, the business is expected to employ in excess of 120 staff, representing a highly complex, multi-cultural workforce comprised, in many instances, of international leaders in their procurement field. Trinity will be characterised by its intellectual and analytical rigour, strategic focus backed up by executional excellence and relentless drive for value creation for its customers.

The creation of the required structures to support this global procurement organisation and to develop the optimal sourcing strategies is now well underway.  A critical component of this focuses on securing, retaining and developing the required talent referred to above and developing and embedding an appropriate employment infrastructure and culture to underpin the fulfilment of the company’s highly demanding goals.

1. Key Purpose Statement

• Develop and execute global technical specification on Refrigeration Equipment
• Technical development and quality accreditation of suppliers in cooperation with Global Category Manager
• Lead the approval process of new Refrigeration Equipment
• Support Global Category Team in strategies and negotiations by providing technical and innovative solutions, should cost analysis and lean manufacturing projects – cost reduction, total spend influence and value benefits
• Technical cooperation with suppliers, trade marketing and service partners to provide the best products for managed markets
• This position will lead the Global Technical Team – Refrigeration located in all regions (Europe, South Africa, Latin America)

 2. Organisational Context

The Global Technical Manager Refrigeration Equipment will report to Holger Apfel. Key to the success of the role will be the ability to manage category technical development and work with the wider procurement organisation and suppliers/customers to provide service to the SABMiller businesses.

3.  Key Dimensions

 The Global Technical Manager will be responsible for providing:

• Global Specification on Refrigeration Equipment – rationalisation and streamlining of specifications
• Technical approval on Refrigeration Equipment delivered to all markets
• New product realization – Product innovation in cooperation with trade marketing organization
• TCO, should cost analysis
• Technical Supplier Management – development and quality, technical accreditation
• Sustainability project – ecological innovation on refrigeration equipment
• Service Management – development and improvement of service provided in all markets to SABMiller, it’s business units and regions for Trade Fridges. Their portfolio is anticipated to grow over 3 years to include variants, related commodities and possibly include backward integration of suppliers.

4.Outputs and Accountabilities

4.1 The Role

The role is to provide in cooperation with Global Category Manager deep category technical expertise, develop and qualify suppliers and support the development and implementation of strategies and operations ensuring global procurement leverages scale, efficiencies and manages quality performance appropriately within the category group.

4.2 Key Responsibilities

4.2.1 Strategy

• Under the guidance of Global Category Director technically qualify and develop suppliers of Refrigeration Equipment and Refrigeration components for SABMiller
• Develop and run Global Technical Platform on Refrigeration Equipment
• Maintain Global Service Level agreements with Regions and Countries
• Drive quality audits and technical improvements of suppliers
• Develop new products in terms of performance and sustainability in cooperation with Global Category Manager

4.2.2 Operation

• Implement the process to select and manage suppliers’ quality and performance from technical perspective
• Technical Supplier Management  compliance and quality/service issues
• Drive best practices
• Uphold internal and external policies, regulations and laws especially for technical performance and development of products

4.2.3 Team

• Develop a Technical team within Trinity and across the regions to collaborate on technical development of Refrigeration Equipment
• Manage the team members
• Attract, develop, and retain talent base

Reporting lines

Direct: Global Category Director Marketing Materials

5. Competence Requirements

     5.1 Knowledge and Experience Required

• An appropriate Technical degree and related qualification is essential
• Extensive experience in BTL, and/or equipment/CAPEX, and ideally refrigeration equipment
• Experience of working as a technical partner/leader with suppliers/service partners/customers
• Experience of stakeholder management in a complex decentralised global environment
• Experience of the full range of Quality tools, techniques and accountabilities ranging from process/product quality auditing, accreditation, lean manufacturing projects
• Some knowledge of supplier, production and category management trends, regulations and regimes. 
• Experience of successfully managing small but disperse teams

     5.2 Skills and Attributes Required

• Influencing and coaching skills
• Good communicator across all levels within and external to the organisation with the personal gravitas and credibility required to influence Senior Managers across the globe
• Customer focussed mindset and approach
• Technical Supplier Management
• Demonstrable technical/quality problem solving skills with an ability to manage complexity and ambiguity
• Excellent self management practices
• Proactive, energetic and committed
• Flexible, adaptable and pragmatic

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