Head: Regional Category, Indirect

Yum! Brands
Johannesburg
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceExperience: 10+ yearsSkills: ["Strategic leadership","Change leadership","Communication","Partnership building","Stakeholder management"]

Develop and execute the Africa indirect procurement strategy aligned to Yum’s long-term priorities. Lead regional indirect category management, partnering with regional leadership teams and the global category management leadership team to define procurement direction. Build a high-performing procurement organization, drive supplier-led innovation, oversee strategic negotiations, and harmonize specifications across brands. Enable digital procurement capabilities using analytics, automation, and AI-enabled sourcing to deliver sustainable commercial advantage.

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Head: Regional Category, Indirect

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Job Summary

Develop and execute the Africa indirect procurement strategy aligned to Yum’s long-term priorities. Lead regional indirect category management, partnering with regional leadership teams and the global category management leadership team to define procurement direction. Build a high-performing procurement organization, drive supplier-led innovation, oversee strategic negotiations, and harmonize specifications across brands. Enable digital procurement capabilities using analytics, automation, and AI-enabled sourcing to deliver sustainable commercial advantage.
Location: Johannesburg
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop and execute the Africa indirect procurement strategy aligned to Yum’s long-term business priorities.
  • •Lead the regional indirect category management team and partner with regional leadership teams on strategic and business requirements.
  • •Define and contribute to the global procurement strategy and direction as part of the Global Category Management leadership team.
  • •Drive supplier-led innovation to improve restaurant economics, operational performance, and speed to market.
  • •Oversee supplier negotiations, harmonize and optimize specifications with regional brand teams, and build digital procurement capability using analytics, automation, and AI-enabled sourcing.

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years’ experience in senior supply chain roles, ideally in the food industry or related field, with at least 10 years in supply chain, procurement, and logistics management.
  • •Demonstrated ability to lead long-term strategic projects and drive business model optimization at a global scale using strong commercial acumen.
  • •Proven leadership skills, including the ability to manage teams on a multi-country scale and attract, engage, and retain talent.
  • •Deep understanding of optimization drivers, including total cost of ownership (TCO) leverage.
  • •Strong communication, partnership, and stakeholder influence skills to gain buy-in at all levels across a global organization.
Experience:10+ yearsFood industryProcurementSupply chainLogisticsGlobal procurement
Skills:Strategic leadershipChange leadershipCommunicationPartnership buildingStakeholder management
Tech Stack:AnalyticsAutomationAI-enabled sourcing

Company Brief

Yum! Brands
Yum! Brands is a global quick-service restaurant company that develops, franchises and operates KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and Habit Burger & Grill, serving tens of thousands of restaurants across more than 150 countries with digital and franchise-led growth strategies.
Industry: Restaurants & Food Service
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Louisville, United States
Founded: 1997
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