Assistant Procurement Manager-Indirect & CAPEX

Overview

He/she will demonstrate a high-level of collaboration and strategic support to business growth by develops sourcing strategies, cost reduction opportunities and value creation for indirect and CAPEX projects(including end-to-end procurement for production equipment and local engineering construction/renovation projects, while ensuring compliance with local regulations)

We are looking for individuals that are entrepreneurial in spirit that can collaborate across our internal stakeholders and across our Indirect procurement team to achieve company objectives and do so with a sense of urgency. This individual would be responsible for the full range of procurement activities from start to finish, including a mix of strategic and tactical support for our Capital Expenditure (Capex) projects by working closely with Global CAPEX team.

• Brings and enhances supplier / industry market intelligence and insight as a source of innovation and value creation.
• Develops sourcing strategies and cost reduction opportunities while ensuring supply and quality.
• Manage end-to-end process including, but not limited to PO Creation, RFI/RFQ/RFP process, Invoice Resolution, full supplier and stakeholder relationship management
• Close collaboration with Operation, Engineering, QA and sales to ensure successful development and execution of new capital investments
• Manage functional KPIs, including reporting savings in alignment with procurement finance.
• Negotiates and awards larger (multi-year) contracts
• Expertise in contract structures, contract negotiation, understanding/communicating contract risk to the business
• Provides highest level of service to internal and external customers.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Supply Chain/Operations Management, Economics/Finance, or similar.
• 10 years of experience in purchasing, Engineering or other related fields
• 7 years of experience Purchasing Capital Expenditure (Capex)

• Deep knowledge of procurement systems and sourcing of indirect services, MRO and Capex projects. With experience in international equipment procurement (import & export).
• Excellent communication and negotiations skills
• Strong management skills with the ability to drive initiatives to completion
• Ability to quickly analyze and solve complex problems
• Self-starter, self-motivator and driven to succeed
• Project management, proactive stakeholder requirement management, early-stage project risk identification with mitigation solutions, and cross-functional team leadership to ensure on-time project completion and meet the local regularions.
• CAPEX lifecycle TCO analysis.
• Organizationally savvy & entrepreneurial mindset
• Ability to be a team player, to work independently and cross-functionally while being a change agent
• Ability to succeed in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and high degree of uncertainty
• Excellent written and spoken English (Bilingual is a plus)
• Domestic & Overseas Travelling is required