Global Procurement Strategic Procurement Manager

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Leads the analysis of a specific commodity data and industry trends or leads an individual supply chain sub- category, reports results to managers.
• Participates as a senior member on a cross-functional team (may lead specific projects).
• Meets with Stakeholder managers to understand business priorities and translate them into procurement plans; comprehends the industry and the Marketplace.
• Utilizes supply chain and financial modelling tools.
• Participates in Supplier Selection Activities.
• May lead activities for less complex domains.
• Assesses the supply base of category.
• Negotiates and contracts with suppliers.
• Engages with low-complexity suppliers.
• Monitors supplier performance.
• Executes risk mitigation, business continuity, cost management, and operation strategies.
• Identifies common contract risk areas.
• Negotiates acceptable contracting outcomes using pre- packed solutions.
• Advises program level business representatives on fundamental contract risk areas.

Education and Experience Required:

• First level university degree or equivalent experience; may have advanced university degree.
• Ideally 4-6 years of experience in any field or procurement or supply chain function.
• Those from any field but is willing to move into a procurement role is encouraged to apply.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Basic understanding of procurement processes, industry, and suppliers.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong business application skills (e.g., Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint) and supply chain modelling skills.
• Basic knowledge and use of procurement tools and applications.
• Strong communication skills, including presentation and negotiation abilities.
• Basic ability to develop suppliers and strategic long-term relationships.
• Strong teamwork and basic leadership skills; basic influencing skills.
• Local language proficiency in Japanese/ Korean/ Mandarin with English proficiency is needed.
• Ability to communicate in written or spoken for local language with business units and vendors.
• Ability to create a contract using standard company contract templates with supervision.
• Applies cause and effect thinking to identify common contract risk areas.
• Capable of applying pre- packaged contract solutions to obtain acceptable outcomes.
• Solid understanding of fundamental contracting principles.
• Good understanding of the company's business units and the company's business strategy.

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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