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Responsibilities and Scope:
The Procurement buyer is responsible for field material spend and PR-to-PO sourcing decision for a region within APAC. Responsibilities include RFQ distribution, PR-TO-PO sourcing operation, supplier management, price / rate negotiation and working capital management. The Procurement buyer will execute a material category strategy developed with category manager that supports the company’s profitable growth plans. They will be the primary owner of cost savings and working capital improvements.
Key Responsibilities:
- Handle project material RFQ, manage the sourcing decision converting PR-to-PO
- Drive year-over-year improvement in field material spend through standardization and supplier optimization.
- Promote material cost management / estimation methodology.
- Drive year-over-year improvement in working capital through supplier DPO management.
- Supplier account management for selection of suppliers
- Manage supplier performance and organize regular business reviews with suppliers of responsibility.
- Negotiation and maintenance of contracts and supply conditions
- Insights to supply base market intelligence & dynamics, scouting new suppliers to support the business growth
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Supply Chain Management or related Business Degree, or Japanese.
- 0-2 years sourcing/procurement experience, preferred in building integrated system, electric industry or engineering construction.
- Full experience engineering projects and material category management, control material experience is a plus.
- Excellent negotiation skills, being able to build a compelling case and convince others, familiar with contracting.
- Experience in market investigation, purchasing strategy establishment and implementation; familiar with cost reduction methods and tools.
- Good interpersonal skills to enable and manage strategic relationship
- Adaptable towards a rapidly changing environment
- Experience in working in multi-cultural teams
- Experience in working in multifunctional development teams
- Preferably experience in an innovative but also cost-driven environment
- Experience in international trade
- Honest and Integrity
- Fluent in Mandarin, Japanese or English is a plus
- Willing to travel