Purpose of the Job:
- Contribute to competitive advantage through meeting business needs and driving functional excellence.
- Manage site operations indirect category spend procurement with compliance to procurement process, procedures and policies.
- Lead or Support procurement activities for a diverse category portfolio that includes Capex procurement, Packaging, MRO and Facilities Management Spend, to deliver value and manage risk aligned with the Group Procurement objectives.
Main Accountabilities:
- Deliver best value purchasing through cost savings, quality, flexibility, governance, and supplier relationships
- Be the single point of contact for the site teams for all their indirect (non-raw material / logistics) requirements and supplier queries (e.g. invoice queries)
- Lead the sourcing and contract management for site related capex projects.
- Undertake the transactional (operations) procurement activities (requisition, PO creation, invoice query resolution, master data in conjunction with the systems and process team) and follow-up on the purchases with the site team and suppliers.
- Oversee strategic sourcing for selected indirect categories (Packaging, MRO and consumables), aligned with the Group Procurement objectives.
- For other Indirect categories, support the team in development and implementation of sourcing strategies.
- Facilitate the deployment and adoption for the e-Sourcing (SAP Ariba) and Buying (Catalogue) applications.
- Liaise cross-functionally (site operations, engineering, project teams, admin, finance, commercial and legal) and key account managers in supplier organizations to manage relationships and ensure effective collaboration.
- Support, and act as Indirect procurement rep, for internal (site) and external (supplier/customer) audits.
- Collaborate with regional stakeholder on global Indirect contract initiation, implementation, execution & management.
- Drive the implementation and execution of Post Award Contract Management (PACM) for selected Indirect categories, including KPI Scorecards, contract management plans, and supplier performance reviews.
- Adopt and promote the preferred suppliers for Indirect categories tracking contract compliance, utilization and savings.
- Be an integral part of the the Indirect Procurement Asia team working with stakeholders across to promote the function and develop standard processes and governance
Why Synthomer?
We are ambitious!
We have grown significantly – both organically and inorganically. We are a FTSE 250 listed company, 22% of our revenue comes from newly commercialized products, and we’re recognized in the top-quartile for chemicals manufacturing safety.
We believe in high challenge, high support!
We are keen to let you contribute in real roles from day 1. We expect a lot, but offer a lot, too. This includes onboarding, induction and learning events, networking opportunities, mentoring and personal development planning. So, be up for an inspiring long-term career adventure.
We personalize our approach to development!
At Synthomer, you won't find generic career tracks or development programs but rather a one-size-fits-one approach to employee development. We'll partner with you to ensure you have the right experiences that build your capabilities and accelerate your career growth.