Procurement Director – Malaysia & Thailand

Key Responsibilities

• Accountable for developing a corporate procurement and material management process for the procurement of indirect goods and services.
• Embed perfection in category management across the category including sourcing, cost management, contract management, supplier collaboration & innovation, supplier relationship and development management, and risk management (3PRM).
• Deliver the annual financial and non-financial targets for the portfolio in the markets.
• Accountable for security of supply and brand protection and risk and governance within their portfolio.
• Own the full results of all the portfolio contract negotiations, achieving the given KPIs, quality and TCO targets, and proactively identify opportunities, add value and improve the TCO.
• Ensure that the underpinning process improvement and procurement activities deliver the expected business value in accordance with the strategic plans.
• Develop and execute a procurement portfolio strategy; establish, communicate and implement long-term goals for the portfolio in order to promote effectiveness and efficiency.
• Ensures that category strategies are closely aligned to current and future business needs and the supply base is capable of supporting these strategies.
• Deliver benefits within sourcing, cost management, supplier relationship management, supplier development and innovation.
• Manage governance within the portfolio ensuring commercial decisions are aligned with the overall business strategy and up/downstream stakeholders.
• Maintain a forward looking portfolio activity plan which clearly defines sourcing, cost management, SRM / SD projects going forward that will drive results YoY.
• Instill the highest standards of compliance and ethics consistently across AZ.

Qualification & Requirements

• You should have minimum 10 years of relevant strategic procurement experience in category management and procurement processes ideally within the Pharmaceutical industry.
• You have Degree or equivalent professional qualification
• You have business partnering skill with proven track records of establishing relationship and influencing senior business stakeholders for decision making
• Significant cross-industry and cross-category experience
• Proven record to lead change in a sophisticated environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, proficiency in English

Benefits

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