Category Strategy: Identifying and driving category opportunities in conjunction with stakeholder departments and the Procurement Manager through supplier assessment and benchmarking processes and conducting detailed analytical work for planning purposes
Spend Analysis: Tracking, analyzing and forecasting of spend for key suppliers in the category, with a view to finding opportunities to optimize and improve expenditure, simplify related processes, and ensure consistency with local/remote offices
Supplier Relationship Management: Developing strong supplier relationships and ensuring the suppliers deliver as per their contractual obligations with a focus on long-term supplier relationship management
Stakeholder Management: effectively develop and maintain strong working-level relationships with BU stakeholders to promote category strategies and ensure overall alignment between the business and the procurement objectives
Sourcing: Leading end-to-end sourcing projects, from market research, prepare & manage RFX process using ARIBA e-sourcing platform, financial analysis, contract & commercial negotiation and team evaluation to contracting
Others:

·         Provide advice to cross-functional teams to implement category strategies and ensure that existing strategies are consistently improved and implemented

·         Using SAP system for spends monitoring, ensuring best practice cost control mechanisms are in place

·         Assisting and supporting the Category Manager in carrying out any other relevant duties which may be required

·         Maintain up-to-date commercial and contractual knowledge of the market place and methods to ensure that best practices are continually developed and utilized within the group

·         Organize regular vendor meetings, develop appropriate service level agreements and to lead the discussion in resolving vendor/internal issues when required

·         Manage ongoing vendor relationships, including conformity to contract performance, resolution of payment disputes, and activity on critical dates (extensions, renewals, price adjustments, etc.)