Assistant Manager - Central Procurement

Responsibilities:

-  Oversee all aspects of procurement of related categories and ensure all purchasing requests are managed in a timely and efficient manner
-  Work closely with senior business users on negotiating innovative and aggressive commercial terms
-  Actively support the roll-out of standard group systems, processes, best practices and reporting across the organization
-  The role will have to work across a variety of categories so will need to demonstrate a broad range of category knowledge and responsible to develop and fine-tune a sourcing strategy for each category
-  Build and maintain good relationships with senior key stakeholders as well as act as the point of contact for third party procurement, negotiations and strategies of related categories
-  Develop and manage supplier relationships with the aim of constantly improving of service quality and total cost ownership
-  Ensure the Company’s policies and procedures are followed
-  Identify and implement process improvement opportunities
-  Identify potential supply related risks with mitigation plan and contribute to procurement control framework
-  Ad-hoc purchases or initiatives as assigned

Requirements:
-  Degree holder in a related field as minimum, MBA/Post graduate degree as a plus (or relevant experience)
-  Certified Procurement professional such as CPSM or CIPS is a plus
-  Minimum 6-8 years’ procurement experience in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
-  Experience in managing large complex sourcing projects and change initiatives is an advantage
-  Proven experience in providing leadership to overcome challenges and lead without direct authority
-  Solid knowledge and proven experience in working with cross-functional teams to develop and execute complex, time and commercial sensitive strategies
-  People manager experience and proven ability to drive results and prioritize work activities
-  Experience with various eProcurement tools will be advantageous
-  Good command of spoken and written English and Chinese
-  Occasionally travel is required
-  Candidate with less experience will be considered as Assistant Manager
-  Embracing our values of integrity, sustainability, excellence and openness.

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