Fully accountable in organizing and participating strategic sourcing activities include spend analysis, strategic planning, tendering process, awarding process and contract management. The incumbent shall build long-term and stable partnership with suppliers according to company’s procurement strategies, keep consistent supply to ensure uninterrupted plant operation, reduce the cost of procurement and obtain competitive advantage in procurement area.

Business / Operations

• Developing Purchasing Department's systems and procedures

• Conducting spend analysis, and developing annual strategic sourcing purchasing plan and budgets

• Monitoring and forecasting stock requirement to meet production needs

• Conducting periodic costing analysis, as and when required

• Leading and managing business performance review with vendors (timeliness, quality, compliance)

• Drafting purchasing contracts and agreements

• Influencing and negotiating with key stakeholders

• Handling and resolving complaints from related stakeholders

• Strategic sourcing, and negotiating price and terms

• Preparing and issuing tender documents (RFP, RFQ, RFI) to qualified vendors

• Evaluating tender submissions against set criteria

• Leading and participating in tender negotiation process

• To work on annual, spend analysis and establish the strategic planning.

• Market intelligent and utilized the data for forward looking purchase activities.

• Coordinate with other functions to complete the annual strategic sourcing plan and ensure that department budgets, systems and procedures are developed and maintained for project and departmental operations.

• Executed and drive the management of the strategic sourcing plan within line with company strategy

• Lead all negotiations to achieve competitive rates for products and services and actively support the expediting activities in meeting production demands. If there is a tender committee setup, to participate and facilitate actively.

• Strategic sourcing, alternate sourcing and price negotiation to achieve stretched cost targets.

• Drafting and finalising of contracts/agreements related to purchases of goods and services by working closely with company legal advisors.

• Constantly develop and negotiate alternative vendors with competitive pricing, service and quality.

• Establish key performance metrics to ensure all the products and services are delivered in accordance to the technical spec, contract terms, quality and quantity required etc.

• Controlling purchases and ensure that purchase of material and services comply with the Company's purchasing policy and procedures.

• Promote a culture which values integrity, process improvement, and results-orientation, responsiveness to change and cross functional integration.

• Lead the Strategic Sourcing team by setting clear goals and objectives, and providing coaching, mentorship and facilitating up–skilling.

• Ensure that all the sourcing activities are comply to the procedure and review and renew the contract timely.

• Ensure that all procurement records are fully integrated with the ERP system and is timely maintained.