Group Manager (Indirect Purchasing)

Job Description Work Arrangement: This role is categorized as onsite. this means the successful candidate to report to the GM office full time. The Role: Head the Industrialization Purchasing function for indirect materials, machinery, and equipment, ensuring the team meets or exceeds GM Egypt and corporate objectives. Oversee Buyers in delivering timely sourcing projects, selecting technically capable suppliers, achieving optimal commercial terms, and minimizing total enterprise cost. Coordinate global and local sourcing activities while advancing supplier and in-house automation initiatives and providing expertise in strategy, benchmarking, cost analysis, negotiations, stakeholder alignment, supplier management, and escalations. Lead budgeting and reporting activities, deliver purchasing-process training, and support the performance and career development of the reporting team. What You'll Do: • Lead Industrialization Purchasing team (Indirect Material, Machine & Equipment Purchasing) to achieve and exceed department and company goals. • S upervise Buyers on Sourcing projects for GM Egypt for Sourcing on time with most technically qualified supplier at best negotiated price and best Total Enterprise Cost. • C o-ordinate with Global and Local purchasing team on Global sourcing packages. • L ead Supplier Automation strategy and support Inhouse Automation. • G uide / Support Buyers on Sourcing Strategies, Benchmarking, Cost Driver Analysis, Negotiations, Stakeholders(Including Finance & legal) and Supplier relations Management. • M anage Escalations and Management Special Requests. • Work with buyers to develop annual budget sourcing plan and other IO required reports for GM Egypt Industrialization to GMIO. • Provide purchasing process training to stakeholders when needed. • P eople Management and Career Development planning for the reporting teams. Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualification) Educational and Experience Background: • Bachelor in Engineering / Science/ Business Administration or Commerce. • 10+ Year experience in purchasing which includes leading similar functions. • Proficiency in handling global/regional sourcing packages • Good Functional knowledge of Business Process and Sourcing Procedures • Good knowledge of Business compliance • In-depth knowledge of Cost Drivers and Negotiation tools • Working knowledge of ERP (SAP) and MS Office • Understanding of Potential Business risks Skills: • Effective Communication skills and ability to interact effectively with local/overseas staff, internal stakeholders and external suppliers • Self-motivated people who take initiatives and deliver value to the company • Problem identification, Root Causing and Suggesting corrective and preventive actions, keeping future risk in mind • Elevated level of analytical ability to crunch data into meaningful reports to help in decision making • Obtain market based technical expertise - influence of consumers with respect to overall outcome that does not depend only on price, benchmarking, supplier negotiations • Maximize Business Opportunities • People Management and delegation About GM Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all. Why Join Us  We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team. Non-Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunities General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters