Essential duties and responsibilities of position:

·Identify key stakeholder and business requirements and have regular stakeholders meeting to update progress and being flexible

·Facilitate the roll-out of regional/local sourcing initiatives within markets or MU

·Lead the development of market insights whatever possible and collaborate with the Procurement Category function to share best practices

·Perform supplier selection for local projects align with category strategy

·Design and develop relevant RFP documents, apply best practice to use e-sourcing & e-auctions tools whatever possible, or make recommendations for incumbent negotiations

·Analyze bidding supplier input and identify and maximize savings opportunity

·Prepare a recommendation report for stakeholders as a decision tool to help them selecting supplier(s)

·Ability to lead and manage multiple projects at any given time from start to finish, communicating with a variety of stakeholders

·Collaborate and align with category strategy, and keep category management

updated in all sourcing projects

·Ensure the consistent delivery of sourcing services and support activities that

meet and exceed savings and SLA targets

The Ideal Candidate Will Have:

Required

·A degree in a quantitative discipline (business/finance/economics/engineering/mathematics) from a top-tier university

·6+ years’ experience in sourcing

·Excellent communication skills written and verbal in both English and Mandarin,including formal presentation skills.

·Have indirect category experience, but are able to extend to other categories

with standard sourcing methodology and processes

·Demonstrated ability to manage a wide range of suppliers effectively

·Excellent relationship builder with stakeholders or suppliers that have resulted in high customer satisfaction

·Excellent communication, organization/time management, and problem-solving skills

·Solid multi-phase project management skills

Better to have:

·Oversea supplier sourcing experience for China local companies.