Manager Global Procurement

Key Responsibilities

Compliance \& Process

• Always keep high integrity level and be leading by role model
• Ensure purchasing policies and processes strictly followed in each purchasing activity

Category Management

• Lead and fulfil China for China strategy implementation of procurement category related strategies in alignment with relevant business partners, sourcing category scope include: tranportation etc. est. 40-50mil euro.
• Lead creation and implementation of sourcing and supplier strategies and ensure compliance with procurement policies, standards, and guidelines.
• Lead and shape supplier selection processes in alignment with business partners at different levels, negotiate service scope, cost and contract term of routine category sourcing projects.
• Support tactical buying with knowledge transferring and project monitoring for GCA scope
• Implement category supplier relationship management, supplier performance review supplier database maintenance.
• Always catch up the supply market trend on innovation, should-cost study, collaboration model etc.
• Identify sustainability opportunity and drive for results

Financial

• Carry out systematic review on cost effectiveness and quality of non-trade purchasing
• Ensure transparency and openness in vendor bidding process, selection and evaluation
• Assess financial stability and risk of potential vendors
• Support precise budgeting for relevant expenses

People Management

• Open and collaboration to support KPI delivery

Training

• Serve as topic specialists for internal training needs on price negotiation
• Continuous learning about latest market practice and trend

Key Relationships

• Global Procurement
• Global SCM, GCA SCM
• Market Finance
• Other key business functions like Legal, Internal control. Compliance control and GBS
• External suppliers

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Minimum 5-8 years experiences in indirect purchasing management positions, ideally in consumer goods or apparel industry with management experience, ideally in transporation and SCM related category
• Impeccable integrity

Requisite Education And Experience / Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or above
• Category knowledge
• Strong communication and negotiation skills
• Business acumen
• Proactive and independent
• Able to work under pressure
• Innovative and result driven
• Fluent English and Mandarin required

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