Total 3 lead buyer job vacancies in Purchasing / Procurement / Inventory category in D18 Tampines, Pasir Ris

The essential responsibilities of the incumbent includes:

• Support retail stores to ensure maximum sales and profitability of related merchandises and services for the Company
• Ensure a comprehensive range of latest products is available for sale and that terminated/discontinued stock levels achieve targets.
• Negotiate with suppliers on terms of trading, margins and advertising support and manages the supplier base – relationships.
• Work with suppliers to promote sales and product knowledge training in stores.
• Manage the merchandising forecasting and execute supply chain management practices. Work with Logistics, Warehouse, and Stores to ensure optimum stock availability and maintain healthy stock turnover.
• Manage stock replenishment.
• Allocate and tailor store ranges to meet store requirements.
• Manage the store range to monitor sales performance and inventory levels against plan so that timely remedial action can be taken when necessary to ensure profitability.
• Maintain awareness of competitors’ movements and ensure competitiveness via field visits.
• Develop up-to-date market knowledge of products and sources to enable quick speed to market of new product releases.
• Coordinate with various departments and assist where needed with supplier issues.
• Support the development of marketing campaigns that develops the product category.
• Set up, maintain and amend product details in the system.
• Raise purchase orders, create new product codes and generate reports.
• Any other duties as assigned.

Key Attributes:

• Positive attitude and Team Player
• Commercial sense
• Good communication skills
• Good negotiator who goes for win-win
• Focused and able to prioritize
• High level of initiative and integrity
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast pace working environment

Requirements:

• Minimum Diploma and above
• Well Versed in Home Appliances, IT, Furnishings Product Knowledge
• Up-to-date knowledge of Market Trends
• Prior background in Retail Merchandising is advantageous
• Must be willing to work on weekends / Public Holidays

Responsibilities:

• The Category Buyer (CB) supports one or several procurement categories.
• The CB works in close relation with the relevant Global Category Managers (GCM), the Categories Team leader (CTL), the Category Manager (CM) and the Tactical Buyer (TB).
• All actions have to be in line with the strategy defined by the Global Category Manager and the CM. The CB's prime role is the management of the RFI or/and RFP's until PVet 4 stage (up to PVet 5 based on some Regions) in order to provide the competitiveness to the business.

Operational Support:
• Ensure the BA's receive all required information to raise the Procurement Orders.

Procurement Competitiveness Capture:
• Monitor the markets for defined categories including key players, newcomers, economic evolutions, market or regulation constraints, innovations and technology in order to support the development of the most up to date category strategies to the businesses.
• Based on the above provide insights as to how products / projects could be more competitive via the adoption of different suppliers / methodologies / technology etc.

Governance, Leadership and Performance Management:
• Ensure appropriate governance is applied using KPI's and root cause corrective actions

Supplier / Acquisition Management:
• Performance management of the supply base in line with the standards set out by the Global Category Manager .
• Ensure that supplier competitions follow the governance process and are balanced and fair in order to improve business and customer performance.
• Ensure that global contracts / framework agreements are adopted and utilised.
• Ensure that Thales e-Acquisition and all THALES procurement tools are fully used.
• Based on the performance management of the supply base identify the suppliers who require focused development actions and ensure that the Supplier Development Team have the required support / leverage in order for these actions to be successful.

Requirements:

• Ability to implement operational supply chain strategy
• Contractual knowledge especially of framework agreements, Liability & insurance.
• Ability to lead negotiation including import / export considerations
• Understanding of the market for the categories under his/her control but also ability to understand the customer’s needs and program issues
• Good knowledge of a best practice acquisition Process.
• Capability to work within cross functional and international multi organisational teams (teamwork)
• Open minded (listen, share ideas etc.) and able to bring added value and new ideas
• Ability to take initiatives with a good capacity of analysis and of synthesis
• Ability to prioritise tasks
• Ability to represent Thales and to demonstrate Thales values
• Good written and verbal communication skills

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

The Global Purchase to Pay (P2P) organization provides P2P capabilities through a shared delivery model that supports Nike’s growth, by delivering standard, optimized and scalable processes that leverage Nike’s Managed Service Provider (MSP). The Global P2P organization is diverse, inclusive and focused on service delivery excellence through a foundation of continuous improvement.

This role will report directly to the Senior Manager Global Business Support and be responsible for the oversight of process execution performed by Nike’s MSP for the APAC (Asia Pacific) region, providing business support for the Global P2P Organization and key regional stakeholders.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

This role will act as a regional focal point for our P2P organization providing strong partner engagement, regional insights and MSP performance management. The ideal candidate will need to bring an ability to maintain and manage cross functional relationships within a complex environment, driving alignment and acting as a change enabler within the assigned region. With a complex stakeholder environment, the ability to communicate effectively at all levels, building consensus and bringing collaborative energy will be required to grow and maintain trust with stakeholders.

The candidate will be able to story tell though data. Driving analysis and recommendations for process improvement opportunities, leveraging their end-to-end business acumen. They will have the ability to be an effective problem solver, with a drive for understanding the root causes of issues and developing solutions that provide long-term results. Demonstrating a track record of continuous process improvement in an operational role with an end-to-end process mindset. This experience will support Nike to identify and manage financial risk and compliance requirements while defining process optimization opportunities.

The successful candidate will need to be team oriented, curious, lead with integrity, and bring a positive mindset. The ability to manage through others, providing direction and mentorship to deliver results will be key.

• A minimum of 6 years of experience in finance or accounting, with a focus on P2P process delivery, escalation support, regional compliance.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, accounting, supply chain or related field.
• Proven cultural acuity and ability to work across large, diverse teams
• Experience with Procurement/Payables processes, operations, and features of the software systems we use at Nike including Coupa and SAP.
• Strong interpersonal/communication skills to deal effectively with varied internal customers, stakeholders and external suppliers.
• Self-directed and comfortable working in ambiguous environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

You’ll be working alongside your colleagues in Purchasing and Invoice to Pay operations to provide regional oversight and business support for our service delivery within the APAC region. Partnering with our MSP, regional and global stakeholders to drive alignment and effective change management as the global organisation continues to standardize and optimize processes and systems ensuring that regional variations and regulatory considerations are understood and considered.

• You will provide enhanced business support for Global P2P operations and our cross functional partners. Acting as the conduit between P2P, Procurement, Controlling, Treasury and local business units for complex problem-solving representing P2P within the region.
• Collaborate with the MSP’s Global and Geo Leads on multiple service delivery activities that require regional insight. Partnering to ensure effective problem resolution, leveraging analytical insights to drive performance.
• Provide operational oversight, training and education to develop the MSP team acumen and build towards a global standard P2P support model.
• Participate in localized business support projects, by staying at the forefront of changes to standards and regulations within the Geo, providing localization recommendations for P2P.
• You will own and drive escalated incidents and issues to resolution, including advanced troubleshooting ensuring effective root causing and recommendations for process improvements where appropriate.
• Evaluate process improvement opportunities and partner with GPO (Global Process Owner) to build global standards. Act as a local champion for Global P2P Policies and Procedures.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with GEO business leaders, Territory Controllers, Nike Suppliers and business partners, educating them on P2P processes when necessary and identifying opportunities for training in their respective organization.support process control oversight and internal and external audit investigations.