01Responsibilities
- Review and suggest cost savings and optimization initiatives.
- Key decision maker on large value purchases; will consolidate group order for better negotiation and pricing.
- Gathering of market intelligence and information required by the supply management team.
- Prepare presentations to update all relevant departments on strategy and agency.
- Oversee all RFI's, RFQ's and RFP's within the company and ensure all details required are in within the guideline of the company's compliance framework.
- Provide recommendation on streamlining and improvement of procurement process.
- Manage the supplier's performance by reviewing their performance on a quarterly basis.
- Working closely with Ops division to identify new suppliers to work with and to gather feedback of supplier's performance.
- Tracking and managing of compliance to local, regional and global contracts.
- Develop supply chain effectiveness metrics and report regularly on supply chain performance, utilizing the metrics.
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02Requirements
- Possess a minimum 15 years of business experience including 5 years in a similar role within a manufacturing company.
- Bachelors Degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering or Business; Masters Degree is preferred.
- Experienced in spearheading projects or supplier transition with large matrix collaboration across the organization.
- Experienced in the implementation of end to end procurement strategy and processes.
- Possess traits the likes of being meticulous, analytical, seamless collaborator, convincing negotiator, high emotional quotient in managing various stakeholder's expectation.
- Ability to work in a matrix organisation and influence people for appropriate direction.
- Strong in communication and stakeholder management.
- Experience in a Food FMCG or similar industry.
- A sense of urgency, high energy, and self-motivated.
- SAP and Ariba experience.
- Experience working across multiple geographies.
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