Overall Responsibility:
The EA APAC Procurement Business Lead is seen as a trusted advisor, problem solver and coach to EA Accounts and procurement community (including procurement champions) in respect to procurement matters.
Key Responsibilities include:
· Member of the EA APAC procurement leadership team
· Input to and execution of the EA APAC procurement goals and targets
· Support with recruitment of account and platform recruitment, maintaining an internal and external talent pipeline to meet the needs of the business across APAC.
· Coach and develop account based procurement resources to support career growth and supporting the availability of ready now and ready next internal procurement talent.
· Develop and maintain strong relationships with AD’s to understand their goals, value drivers and future requirements
· Support the AD’s with getting and / or retaining strong Kingsley results wherein it relates to our Supply Chain
· Escalation point geographically for the AD’s and account based procurement resources in relation to procurement matters including systems and process escalations
· Collaborate with account teams to drive standardization, leverage best practices, tools, technology, data, programs, and resources to deliver operational & customer service excellence
· Build strategies with the procurement community (including procurement champions) on how to reduce competitor spend while ensuring we have the best services in place to meet client needs
· Promote strong suppliers and innovative solutions; challenge sub optimal supplier performance and coach teams how to address.
· Ownership of creating internal communication in Teams to increase knowledge and adoption of procurement solutions
· Participate in the EA APAC AD forums
· Present at clients QBR’s upon request
· Promote procurement initiatives and solutions internally
· Collaborate with the EA APAC Head of Procurement on external marketing of CBRE procurement
· Upskill our procurement community (including procurement champions) via weekly coaching sessions to incrementally keep driving us on our journey to World Class
· Collaborate with analytics and technical to continuously improve on our reporting, monitoring and compliance framework to measure procurement success
· Identify opportunities for Business to Business (B2B) engagement, self-delivery of services and minimisation of spend with competitors wherever possible
· Lead and / or participate in working groups as we continue to transform on our journey to world class
Experience:
Our ideal candidate would have:
· Experience in managing client and supplier relationships
· Demonstrated experience in providing subject matter consultation on projects to achieve favourable, long-term value creation
· Deep understanding of Supply Chain in APAC
· Lead / Managed / Developed a team to achieve shared outcomes
Required Knowledge & Skills:
· Strong commercial acumen
· Highly accountable
· Ability to analyse and solve complex challenges / problems
· Action oriented and results driven whilst maintaining positive and constructive professional relationships
· Advanced communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to consult, negotiate, influence, and liaise effectively with people at all levels of the organisation
· Highly collaborative and able to drive cross functional outcomes
· Instils trust, both with direct teams, across the organisation, and with customers and suppliers
· Resilience, proactivity, and an ability to work at pace in an evolving and demanding environment
· Coaching and mentoring skills; ability to develop people.
Qualifications:
· Bachelor’s Degree in business related discipline. Equivalent relevant experience will be considered in lieu of a degree
DISCLAIMER
This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.
