Christopher Georgiou Mcips Email & Phone Number

Johannesburg, Gp, Za

City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Lead Procurement Tower for Massmart in the Operations, Construction, Facilities and Equipment commodities. Lead the procurement tower team to drive category strategies, strategic sourcing initiatives, deliver against savings KPIs and team leadership goals.

Johannesburg, South Africa

Group Procurement Manager GNFR at Massmart and Makro responsible for Goods Not For Resale (GNFR) for Massmart and Makro Head Office. Leading procurement system implementation at head office and standardization of use across all chains. Managing GNFR supplier selection and negotiations as well as ensuring both financial benefits (savings delivered) and risk reduction benefits (financial control improvements) to Massmart. Working to bring all the Massmart chain's GNFR procurement teams together into a GNFR procurement forum and aligning the Massmart business practices to the USA based Walmart GNFR procurement expertise and processes.

South Africa

Engage and mange stakeholders on a GM/MD level as well as Manufacturing Directors, HR Directors, CFOs and Marketing Directors. Continue in my Sub Saharan Africa role responsibilities to build the region in Procurement abilities. Deliver cost reductions, working capital, set procurement policies and procedures and manage the procure-to-pay metrics for the business in the region. Source for commodities including Sales Services, Office Indirects (such as Travel and services), Supply Chain, Packaging & Recycled Fibre categories for Kimberly-Clark. Mange procurement administration outsourced partner’s processes, effectiveness and improvements.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Head of Procurement for Kimberly Clark Sub Sahara Africa (with LAN countries out of-scope ) and Procurement Leadership Team Member for EMEA region.Responsibilities/Projects include Leading, training and enabling the SS Africa Procurement Team of 9 people across the region for all Non-Exempt commodities (Raw Materials, Operations, Indirect, Marketing & Supply Chain included). Set procurement policies and procedures and manage the procure-to-pay metrics for the business in the region. Lead Preferential Procurement for BEE in South Africa and oversee strategic sourcing plans of the team. Direct experience on packaging & Recycled Fiber categories.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

With a geographic Scope of South East Africa (Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, Angola & other expansion markets) I assisted in building P&G selected distributor's supply chain capability. Focus was on ERP systems, logistics processes, sales systems as well as P&G specific data systems. Additional responsibilities include providing sales, supply chain and distributor data analysis to the P&G Sales Associate Directors for the region. Assist in demand/supply forecasting, planning & distributor assessments.

South Africa

A 2 year position as Chairman of the Board for the Procter and Gamble South Africa Provident Fund during my teanure as member elected trustee for the fund which ran from April 2010, and expired by law, in April 2013 (after 3 years).

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Purchasing Manager (Middle East and Africa Tactical Buying Leader) & Procurement Services Solutions (MEA Leadership Team Member) owner. With a geographic scope of all P&G serviced markets in the Middle East & Africa Region my responsibilities/Projects included Management of the MEA procurement systems (as part of the leadership team) for an estimated $300million spend, Direct Sourcing Estimated Spend of USD 30 Million, Tactical Buying/Purchasing Team Leader for the region & Procurement Solutions Leader for Sub Sahara.

South Africa

Member of the P&G South Africa BBBEE Committe leading all Prefferetial Procurement work for South Africa across all categories/commodities in the country.

South Africa

Sales, Research & Development & Administration Strategic Sourcing Buyer with a Geographic Scope of Sub-Sahara Africa (including South Africa, Kenya & Nigeria) and responsibilities/Projects for an Estimated Sourcing Spend of R60 Million for Commodities including Consulting services, Facilities Management, Telecoms, Merchandising Sales Support, Office supplies and Travel.

South Africa

Logistics Strategic Sourcing Buyer for South Africa looking after all commodities for Supply Chain Services for South Africa (National Est. Spend of $40 Million). Responsibilities/Projects covered an estimated Savings achieved of $892,000 and to source suppliers for Ocean Freight, Customs Clearing, Road Transportation, Warehousing and Logistics, Packaging & Customization. Key priorities were to deliver savings to budget, manage bids/tenders, Negotiate rates, SLAs and contracts, manage supplier relationships and reviews/Scorecards, forecast local diesel prices & resolve supplier disputes. Ensure financial internal control compliance and purchasing independence.

Mcips, Purchasing & Supply Chain Management

Management Certification achieved from the Charted Institute of Purchasing & Supply Chain (CIPS) Africa Division.

Post Graduate Honors Degree, Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management