Specialist, Sourcing (Based in Makati, Philippines)

Job Purpose

• The position reports directly to the Head Sourcing/ Head Strategic Sourcing SCM and is the main point-of-contact for all issues regarding NTC demand, consolidation, performance management and key interface for sourcing execution, strategic procurement planning & implementation, and process & performance monitoring.

Key Accountabilities

Sourcing Execution

• Lead SCM Sourcing activities and manage day-to-day procurement operation to ensure service delivery in accordance with agreed SLA.
• Drive the end-to-end procurement processes, including sourcing, price analysis, negotiation, contract management and supplier performance evaluation.
• Collaborate with Strategic Sourcing team to implement Sourcing strategy, supplier & price strategy and Negotiation strategy based on market intelligence, supplier landscape and demand management with the aim to deliver business objectives and reduce total cost of ownership without compromising quality and service delivery.
• Proactively identify and mitigate supply and procurement related risks to ensure supply chain resiliency. Risks includes supply chain disruptions, supplier non-compliance and legal and regulatory issues.
• Implement risk management strategies and contingency plans to mitigate or minimize supply risk.
• Monitor local category market conditions, risk, supplier innovation, technology roadmaps and identify supply/demand challenges and opportunities.
• Maintain knowledge of industry and business best practices and emerging technologies

Strategic Procurement Planning

• Develop Annual Consolidated Demand Plan and ensure major spend categories requirements are reflected in the Annual sourcing plan.
• Work alongside with Strategic Sourcing team to co-develops category profiling supporting category and sourcing strategy initiatives (i.e., demand management, market intelligence, spend analysis, specification consolidation, supplier, price and negotiation strategy) to identify potential levers to lower total cost.
• Provide input into the overall category segmentation and identification of key supplier relationships with respect to supplier choice, timing, and commercial conditions.
• Implement global category strategy and sourcing plan at Group and NTC level.
• Establish and implement local procurement strategies that will support the Business needs both short and long term, delivering core business objectives through procurement activities.

Contract Management

• Working together with Legal team to establish and finalised draft contract including all relevant appendices during pre and post tender process.
• Lead contract negotiation with vendors, ensuring important commercial terms, service-level agreement (SLAs), warranties and etc are negotiated to the best extent possible to ensure protect best interest of the company is protected.
• Manage contract lifestyle including contract execution, amendments, and renewal at both Group and NTC level.

Supplier Performance Management

• Establish and maintain strong relationships with suppliers, negotiating favourable terms and conditions, implement and manage supplier contracts as well as monitoring supplier performance and service level agreement. Tasks may include identification and onboarding of new suppliers when necessary.
• Build excellent supplier relationships whereby procurement is seen as key decision maker.
• Coordinate with Supplier Performance Management team to support supplier performance evaluation.
• Ensure that supplier contractual responsibilities are fully adhered to and address non-compliances, performance issues, and challenges where necessary.

Business Partner and Stakeholder Management

• Deep understanding of country needs and in line with category strategies.
• Establish regular communication, alignment and coordination with peer leaders and higher management within the represented entities across all categories (Direct, Indirect and IT)
• Discuss and address source and supply issues, current and future requirements to identify opportunities to create competitive advantage.
• Regular coordination with the relevant departments (Strategic Sourcing and Sourcing Execution – Strategic teams) and the regional/local contact partners to meet business targets.
• Establish relationships and become a trusted advisor with stakeholders to ensure alignment with business objectives and requirements.

Compliance

• Enforce strict adherence to Procurement Policy & Procedures, Limits of Authority (LOA), Group Regulatory and Compliance Requirement and GDS Policy to drive compliance, efficiency, standardization, and cost savings within SCM function.
• Support in Audit activity to determine appropriate compliance level and monitoring end-to-end compliance and deriving corrective actions to improve compliance.
• Perform data cleanliness exercise which includes correcting errors and inconsistencies and finding solutions or mechanisms to ensure clean data is maintained.

Qualifications, Skills & Knowledge

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with 8 to 10 years’ experience in Local and Group Level Procurement Functions.
• Deep understanding of end-to-end Procurement process including Source to Contract, Procure to Pay and Spend Analytics
• Experience in the development and successful execution of a category level sourcing plans including the management of multiple supplier contracts and relationships.
• Experience in mobile telecommunication industry
• Demonstrable category expertise
• Ability to adapt to change.
• Process design and improvement
• Contract management
• Data analysis
• Fact based negotiation.
• Teamwork and stakeholder collaboration
• Oral and written communications
• Sourcing strategy formulation and implementation
• Strategic planning
• Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and development
• Understanding of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) principles
• Project management