Global Procurement Manager - Home Cleaning Solutions

About Client - Manufacturer and Distributor of Home Cleaning Solutions

Position: Global Procurement Manager

Location: Remote

Reporting To: Global Senior Procurement Manager

Criteria: BE/Masters(Business, Procurement or Logistics) with 5+ Years of Experience into Procurement

Skills and Knowledge:

- Knowledge of SAP

- Strong Planning Skills

- Very good Excel & Analytical skills

- Very good people management skills

- Excellent negotiation skills

- Hands on orientation to Problem Solving and Project Management

- Fluent in spoken and written English

Interactions(Internal & External):

- Plant team

- RTC and QA

- Suppliers and Vendors

- Warehousing team

- Planning team

- Finance team

- Marketing and sales Team company India

- Global Team

Job Purpose:

- Strategic sourcing of material to meet organizational targets of top line and bottom line. To source new suppliers in our core categories of company / professional

products.

- To follow up supplier's development according to company needs.

- To support Quality department to do the factory audits.

- To be part of new product development and in-charge of all procurement aspect until 1rst order delivered.

- To generate cost saving plans and develop strategy to reach yearly targets.

Desired Behaviour:

- Value for Customer: Anticipates, understands and meets customers' needs and expectations.

- Drive and Execution: Shows initiative and a positive attitude to get things done. Works effectively and delivers results

- Communication: Communicates clearly, effectively and respectfully to convey information to individuals or groups.

- Management of Change: Drives change to significantly improve business to a higher level of quality, effectiveness and performance

- Influence: Has clear view at the big picture.

- Entrepreneurial: Ability to take tactical/strategical decision, considers thecompany's priorities when making decisions and analyzes the costs and benefits of various alternative solutions.

- Accountability: Takes full accountability for actions and results Considers the company's priorities when making decisions and analyzes the costs and benefits of various alternative

Responsibilities:

- Responsible for sourcing in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia for defined products in alignment with Director Global Segment Lead

- Receives and proposes savings project initiatives and coordinates execution with cross functional teams

- Manages supplier portfolio for global company within the Sourcing region, including price and commercial term negotiation, supplier and product qualification support

- Manages suppliers in a respective geographical region, deliver within or outside the region, and aligns supplier strategy with Director Global Segment Lead

- Develops industry expertise and understanding of markets within sourcing region to support flexible supply and competitive Cost of Goods

- Follows up quality issues with local teams, factories and coordinate or escalate with relevant departments

Additional Responsibilities:

- Follow up quality issues with local teams, factories and coordinate with relevant departments (RTC, Quality, Sales etc)

- Monitor the cost development of major raw materials and initiate price negotiation at threshold point.

- Supervise with supply chain 1st order of new product, keep management alert on potential supply, IP issue, legal and regulation change

- Build communication networks with overseas counter parts and Chinese partners to facilitate product information flow and create inner company efficiency in procurement

- Improve supplier performance by supporting QA team to get 8D report for customer complaints.

- Supplier evaluation and development based on audits.

- Capacity enhancement for future readiness.

- Supplier rationalization by closing the supplier which are not relevant to business.