Responsibilities:
- Manage a group of commodities to develop and sustain supplier relationships to achieve key organizational objectives
- Work with site procurement teams and align to corporate strategic initiatives
- Initiate and drive cost, lead-time and inventory reduction in the commodities assigned
- Identify and develop and maintain potential supplier relationships so as to achieve corporate goals and bring added value to the organization
- Analyse and prepare procurement data for management review
- Gather market intelligence and monitor market trends to proactively develop appropriate strategies
- Support site procurement teams in new product requirement(s) and negotiate with supplier(s) by leveraging on global network and volume
- Participate in supplier performance review, selection and qualification to ensure that suppliers are conforming to organizational expectations and requirements
- Support procurement projects in enhancing process and system
- Any ad-hoc duties as assigned
Requirements:
- Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Physics or Science
- Strong inter-personal and communication skills
- At least 5 years of working experience in procurement or manufacturing environment
- Candidates with SAP or other ERP background will have added advantage
