Purchasing Manager

Main Responsibilities

• Provide sourcing support toNA (North Asia)and SAPMENA(South Asia Pacific Middle East North Africa)Zone IT/Digital/Datateam and deliver meaningful value to business and customer
• Effectively manage sourcing activities in line withGlobal andZone category strategy for Tech and Digital, including hardware, software,services,telecom and new technologies
• Closely engage withassignedIT, Digital and Datateam to build network, anticipate demand, shape requirement,align objectives and approach, and ultimately deliver meaningful value to business and to customer
• Develop and conduct marketassessments, supplier scouting, competitivebiddingand deal structure landing together with stakeholders and cross-function partners (Finance, Legal, Ethics, etc.) to obtain the leading competencies and best total valueownership
• Evaluate andidentifyrisk among thebiddingprocess as well as the daily operation, discover and deploy propermechanismsorsolutionsto mitigate the risk, especially in data privacy and cyber security
• Promote and enforce business ethics and integrity versus group standard and local regulations, progressively improve the coverage and compliance level in Tech and Digital category
• Drive Tech and Digital categorymaturityand supplier portfolio optimization
• Actively look into the technology trend, supplier market and key ecosystem players, and keep interaction with partners and industry network to establish an up-to-date knowledge base and information source
• Build and maintain a solid foundation of Tech and Digital category including supplier profile, stakeholder matrix, business cycle planning and tracking,biddingdatabase, performance database, etc.
• Conduct regular spend analysis, performance review and feedback collection to identify opportunity of streamlining and rationalizing the Tech and Digital category
• Develop supplier portfolio withPreferred Supplier List,supplier pipelineandsupplier lifecycle management to enhance supplier pool governance, performance management and capability development
• Co-work with stakeholders to identify and partner with dominant ecosystem players or innovative start-ups to bring outside-in ideas and practices and promote innovation and entrepreneurship culture