Procurement Manager - Repair & Maintenance and Projects

Who We Are

At Suntory PepsiCo VietNam Beverage, we are committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace for all employees. We strive to provide equal opportunities for employment, development, and advancement regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation and age. We are continuously working to cultivate an environment that is free from discrimination, harassment, and bias, and we welcome all individuals to apply for roles at Suntory PepsiCo.

About your role

The Manager is in charge of leading the Sourcing team in procuring the goods and services for repair & maintenance and projects, logistics across all factories nationwide. The structure of this team is built based on the Category Management approach therefore this role will act as a Category Manager who fully in charge of at least one category and sourcing on nationwide basis. The scope of this role is strongly focus on identifying sourcing strategy, leading the sourcing activities and managing supplier relationship. This position should be able to appraise and improve sourcing activities by analyzing spend, supplier partnerships and new cost savings opportunities.

What You'll Do

Planning
- Engage with key stakeholders in the early stage of the sourcing process to ensure a complete alignment of objectives and expectations.
- Lead to the team to forecast on future demand and place orders in a timely fashion based upon vendor lead-time.
- Regular communicate with stakeholders to update on any changes and adjust the plan accordingly. 
- Participate in budget development of the company to support strategic goals.

Strategic Sourcing & Category Management
- Conduct spend analysis activities to identify opportunities for spend consolidation in order to look for cost savings possibilities.
- Work with end-users to understand business requirements and constantly look for opportunities to rationalize demand across the business
- Ensure each of category/sub-category manager in the team conduct market analysis to understand the market size, scale and suppliers' capabilities of their assigned categories.
- Work with Sourcing staffs to document category historic spend and the total cost of ownership (TCO) for key category products and services to identify savings opportunities within assigned Sourcing category.
- Responsible for negotiation of best possible cost service guarantee and develop "win-win" strategies that achieve sustainable relationships with suppliers.
- Develop Service Level Agreements with contracted suppliers to promote an environment of continuous improvement and innovation.
- Formulate effective sourcing strategies that accomplish performance and savings goals, anticipate potential threats or opportunities, and are consistent with department goals and policies.
- Forecast and manage all the sourcing risks, especially risks when inducing new suppliers

Procedure Compliance
Ensure the team comply Procurement Policy and SOP with no violation on company procedure

People development
- Leverage management experience to build skills in collaboration and working effectively with cross functions members to deliver the goals successfully.
- Provide training session for process/policy updates to all staffs, on-job coaching to new staffs and guidance to under-performed staffs.
- Promote team bonding and engage team members to work and co-operate with others effectively in order to achieve strategic goals and business plans

What You need to be successful

5+ years-experience in leading procurement roles with strong stakeholders management records.
Procurement Competency framework: 
-    Spend Analysis
-    Contract Management
-    Supplier Management & Development
-    Specification Development and Evaluation
-    Tender/Bid Evaluation
-    Category Management
-    Demand Management
-    Market Analysis
-    Strategy Development

-    Good time management - able to make timely decisions that can create real savings or cost avoidance
-    Good teamwork - able to work cross functional team effectively
-    Influence and persuasion skills
-    Proven leadership ability and excellent interpersonal skills
-    Self-motivated and result-oriented

-    Able to understand procurement / inventory management system

Our DEI Commitment

At Suntory, we recognize that diverse knowledge, perspectives, and backgrounds contribute to our collective success. We are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where all individuals can bring their whole selves to work every day, regardless of race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity, or differing abilities, age, or any other protected characteristic.

Our recruitment and selection processes are designed to highlight what Suntory offers as an employer while allowing candidates to share their unique skills and experiences. We understand that career trajectories vary, and if you believe your experience/background can benefit our team, we encourage you to apply. We endeavor to make our interview process as inclusive as possible and offer reasonable accommodations as needed. Together, we can cultivate a workplace where everyone can thrive and propel our mission of Growing for Good.