Manager, Procurement

Job Summary

The position is primarily responsible for providing leadership in developing and executing category sourcing management, delivering financial targets, talent management, performance management, stakeholder management, risk management, key supplier relationship management and systems /processes for Taiwan in alignment with Suntory global and Cluster Asia procurement strategies.

Job Responsibilities

Financial

- Oversight responsibility and accountability across Taiwan’s annual contracts of ingredient, commodity, packaging, indirect materials & services

- Deliver Cost Productivity year on year for the market

- Develop category strategy for key materials to drive cost savings, value creation, quality compliance and innovation

- Establish robust BCP for all material to ensure supply assurance

- Support the timely roll out of Coupa

- Develop and execute clear supplier relationship management strategy

- Strengthen business partnership with local stakeholders to deliver business priorities

- Ensure compliance to global procurement policy

Non-Financial 

- The spend is spread over broad material & services categories including 1 factory and sourcing from regional and local suppliers

- People management with 3 direct reports

- Key member of CA Procurement team, driving cross cross-market collaboration

- Support CA Procurement transformation of Suntory SBFI procurement into a value-added business partner at Global and Regional level.

- Execute SBFI Procurement Policy and Global COE frameworks

- Leads the Category Management process for Taiwan in full collaboration with COE and Global and CA Procurement Leads. Implementation of Global sourcing strategies.

- Ensure execution and delivery of goals as ‘One Song Sheet’

- Deliver financial targets, based on TCO analysis & cost optimization/value in

- Build a high performing procurement team by developing and coaching teams, growing talent pool and building robust succession plans in line with CA organization development strategy.

Skills and Experience

Relevant Experience:
-    Procurement Leadership/ Strategic Sourcing (End to End over various roles) – minimum 10 years in multinational environment
-    Supervisory role – minimum 5 years in multinational environment 

Functional / Technical Skills: 
-    Functional knowledge in different aspects of Procurement such as sourcing, category management processes and tools, project management
-    Commercial negotiation
-    Supplier and Stakeholder relationship management
-    Risk management
-    Good communication skills with fluency in English and Mandarin

Behavioural Skills:
-    Strong drive for results 
-    Collaboration
-    Business acumen
-    Learning agility 
-    Growth mindset

Education