Procurement Manager - Equipments

Job Purpose: Own category strategy, sourcing and procurement execution for kitchen and other food preparation equipment, stainless-steel fabrication, bought-out items, spare parts, maintenance services and oil-filtration solutions across multiple regional markets. Deliver competitive total cost of ownership, supply continuity, supplier performance and measurable savings while maintaining approved technical, food-safety and operating requirements. Retain equipment OEM and commercial ownership while partnering with the relevant Logistics function on direct-buying fulfilment. Key Responsibilities: 1. Category Strategy and Demand Alignment • Develop annual category strategies, sourcing plans and a prioritized savings pipeline using spend, demand, market intelligence and supplier-capability analysis. • Align new openings, remodels, replacements and maintenance needs with Operations, Maintenance, Development and the centralized planning portfolio. • Define supply-base strategies, standardization and localization opportunities, and business-continuity options for critical equipment and spares. 2. Strategic Sourcing and Commercial Negotiation • Lead supplier/OEM identification, qualification, tenders, bid normalization and award recommendations for the full equipment and services portfolio. • Coordinate technical evaluations with authorized stakeholders and challenge cost, scope gaps, exclusions and lifecycle implications without assuming ownership of design or technical acceptance. • Negotiate pricing, warranties, lead times, service coverage, spare-parts availability, Incoterms and payment terms and establish approved commercial agreements with Legal and Finance support. 3. Equipment Fabrication and Procurement Execution • Manage procurement delivery against approved equipment schedules, fabrication drawings, BOQs and specifications, ensuring suppliers understand scope and deadlines. • Coordinate supplier acknowledgement, fabrication progress, inspection readiness, installation and commissioning interfaces and resolve commercial or supplier-performance issues. • Provide sourcing outcomes to authorized PR/PO teams and coordinate supplier fulfilment for local/distributor purchases; hand direct-buying fulfilment to Logistics under a documented responsibility split. 4. Maintenance Services, Spares and Oil Filtration • Source and negotiate maintenance-service agreements, preventive-maintenance coverage, repair rate cards, spares and oil-filtration solutions with clear commercial terms and service levels. • Work with Maintenance and Operations to define response times, uptime requirements, critical-spares availability and objective service-performance measures. • Monitor provider commercial performance and recurring warranty/service issues, enforce contractual remedies and drive cost and reliability improvements; Maintenance retains technical service acceptance. 5. Supplier, OEM and Contract Performance • Own OEM and category supplier relationships, business reviews, performance scorecards and corrective-action plans for quality, cost, service and continuity. • Resolve contractual issues, warranty disputes, spare-parts obsolescence and supplier underperformance in coordination with technical stakeholders and Logistics. • Maintain commercial agreements, renewal calendars, supplier capacity intelligence and risk mitigations across the regional portfolio. 6. Savings, Innovation and Lifecycle Value • Lead value engineering, specification alternatives, localization and equipment innovation opportunities with technical and brand stakeholders. • Assess acquisition, energy, consumables, maintenance, service and replacement costs to support total-cost-of-ownership decisions. • Track and validate implemented savings with Finance, distinguish savings from cost avoidance and report delivery against approved baselines. 7. Team Governance and Logistics Interface • Manage designated procurement team member(s) and agree shared priorities with relevant Logistics stakeholders for any dotted-line support. • Retain equipment strategy, OEM selection, sourcing agreements and commercial issue ownership; Logistics owns direct-buying planning and fulfilment under those agreements. • Report category performance, sourcing progress, savings, supplier risks and unresolved decisions to relevant senior stakeholders. Leadership • Set the category workplan, savings priorities and supplier-performance expectations and remain accountable for delivery across markets. • Lead negotiations and cross-functional decisions using transparent analysis, commercial judgment and documented recommendations. • Manage designated procurement team member(s) through clear objectives, workload allocation, coaching and performance reviews. • Uphold procurement ethics, confidentiality, segregation of duties and evidence-based decision making. Policies and Procedures • Contribute to category-specific sourcing procedures, evaluation criteria, supplier governance and practical controls; implement approved Procurement Policy and delegation of authority requirements. • Maintain auditable sourcing records and monitor team compliance without taking over PR/PO ownership or operational approvals assigned to other functions. Job Context & Major Challenges • Balancing multi-brand equipment requirements, food factory needs and differing market operating conditions with standardization and cost competitiveness. • Preventing equipment or critical-spares shortages while managing long lead times, replacement cycles and OEM constraints. • Maintaining clear equipment commercial ownership while direct-buying fulfilment is managed by Logistics. • Reducing lifecycle cost without compromising reliability, food safety, maintainability or brand requirements. • Managing shared team capacity and concurrent sourcing, service and project priorities. Frameworks, Boundaries and Decision making authority • Lead category sourcing, negotiations and supplier-performance decisions within approved Procurement Policy and delegation of authority; submit awards and contractual exceptions for authorized approval. • PR creation, PO issuance and associated transaction approvals remain with authorized teams under segregation of duties. This role supplies sourcing outcomes and planning inputs and coordinates follow-up; it does not create PRs or issue POs. • Technical requirements, designs, acceptance and maintenance execution remain with authorized technical/operating stakeholders. • Manage assigned team member(s) and agree dotted-line tasks and capacity with Logistics, escalating conflicting priorities to relevant senior stakeholders. Qualification • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Business Administration or a related discipline. • CIPS or equivalent procurement certification is preferred; relevant equipment or project-management training is adva