Position based: Bukit Raja, Klang or Melaka
Job Purpose & Scope
To drive strategic sourcing, supplier relationships and delivering cost savings within the category to improve business competitiveness and efficiency without compromise SHE and quality.
Key Result Areas
- Ensure all procurement activities are transparent and comply to Group policy and Statutory requirements
- Quality, health & safety, service, continuous improvement, equality & diversity, and policies
- Establish and execute category strategy, and monitor stakeholder adherence towards the set plan
- Contracts and vendor’s management to maximize and preserve.
- Effective relationship management with all key stakeholders (include customers internal/external)
Key Responsibilities & Job Content
- Develop and execute category strategy for CAPEX aligned with company objectives and in collaboration with internal stakeholders
- Proactively develop and manage a competitive supplier pool to reduce costs, to drive continuous improvement and mitigate risks
- Build and maintain strong relationships with most senior supplier representatives (owners, CEOs), becoming a trusted business partner
- Working closely with key stakeholders to understand their requirements within the responsible categories
- Strategize, review and recommend actions with clear supportive analysis on implications evaluation and decision process.
- Contract and risk management to secure supply and minimize business exposure
- Ensuring minimal (ZERO) supply disruption for CAPEX project in relation to responsible categories
Professional Skills & Personal Competencies
- Bachelor degree or higher (Materials or Engineering)
- Strong English and Mandarin proficiency
- > 5 years’ experience in procurement role managing Capex categories
- Contract and Bidding Management
- Supplier Management
- Strategic negotiation
Competency - Essential
- Profession with good overview and results orientated
- Strong in planning, organizing and execution
- Strategic negotiator to optimize interests / benefits
- Strong in analytical skills with sharp focus on priority and key actions
- Accountable risk taker and challenge status quo constructively
- Good & clarity presentation and communication skills to all levels
- Alert and sensitive to environments including but not limited to commodities, politics, economics, markets and other influential factors
- Good understanding in technical need and design requirements
- Able to work independently
- Good professional and transparent industrial relationship
- Professional with high value in work ethic
Competency - Desirable
- Commercial and international trade
- International sourcing experience