Purchasing Manager

Job Summary

Suntory is a global leader in consumer-packaged goods, renowned for producing and distributing a uniquely diverse portfolio of beverages, premium spirits, beer, wine, and wellness products throughout the world. With a history dating back to 1899, we are driven by a profound purpose: to inspire the brilliance of life, by creating rich experiences for people, in harmony with nature.

Suntory PepsiCo Vietnam Beverage (SPVB) is a strategic alliance between PepsiCo Inc. and Suntory Holdings Ltd. since 2013. 

At Suntory PepsiCo, 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.

Job Summary:

The Logistics Procurement Sourcing Manager plans, sources, selects, and negotiates with suppliers to ensure that performance meets requirements in a cost-effective manner for the Sales and  Marketing Category. The role includes influencing internal stakeholders on demand management, source selection and vendor strategies; negotiating the best overall commercial arrangement with suppliers, developing and maintaining relationships with vendors/suppliers for long-term contracts.

Job Responsibilities

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 rationalise 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

Contract Management

• Facilitate contract execution with key category suppliers to ensure that required terms and conditions are included and that contract termination dates are tracked and managed.

Supplier Management

• Monitor the supply base and lead the team to continuously look for opportunities to rationalise the number of suppliers.
• Develop a supplier management program with key suppliers including metrics, performance goals and improvement initiatives.
• Cooperate with Transactional team for proposed list for supplier evaluation.
• Review the results and propose action with low performance suppliers. Prepare back-up supplier within 03 months after evaluation result.
• Segment the suppliers into different groups based on their characteristics and identify strategies to manage relationship with those suppliers accordingly.

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

Your Team

Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Operations Management and/or preferred to be major in Supply Chain, Procurement. 
• 5+ Years experience in team leading roles in administration or procurement for Sales and MKT function   
• 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
• nfluence and persuasion skills
• Proven leadership ability and excellent interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated and result-oriented"        
• English proficient          
• Proficient in MS Office: Excel, Power Point and Word
• Able to understand procurement / inventory management system       

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