Team Lead Procurement Category Specialist

Team Lead Procurement Category Specialist

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Why does this job exist and why is it critical?

Key Accountabilities:

Strategy Definition

• Conducting analysis to support Category Managers in category strategy development, sourcing initiative formulation and execution.
• Actively contributing to the tendering, negotiation, and selection of suppliers by conducting detailed supply market analysis and generating category and supplier profiles.
• Supports the development of category sourcing strategies.
• Conducts internal category profiling (i.e., spend analysis, specification consolidation) to identify potential levers to lower total cost.
• Conducts supply market analysis to evaluate supplier capabilities, assess potential areas of risk, and identify new feasible suppliers.

Tendering, negotiation, and contract management:

• Supports the category sourcing activities e.g. analysing supplier bids and proposals conducting advanced, multivariable cost regression analyses.
• Supports the category tendering process: develops supplier lists, prepares tender documents, follows up on submissions, evaluates submissions, etc.
• Supports in the development and implementation of sourcing contracts.

Supplier relationship management (SRM):

• Supports the Performance Reporting Specialist(s) in the collection of supplier performance data from the business and suppliers.
• Captures insights from market analysis to support stakeholder innovation, mitigate risks for Maxis, and amend category strategies to deliver additional value.

Performance reporting and compliance:

• Supports the development of category performance reports, conducting complex sourcing baseline analysis and assessing category benefits and key performance metrics.
• Promotes compliance across the business on policies, processes, and procedures.

Digital strategy development:

• Responsible for the development and implementation of the digital roadmap in accordance with Procurement’s digital strategy.

System specification and selection:

• Ensures availability and usage of Procurement-wide integrated and cost-effective systems, tools, and knowledge base to support sourcing activities/processes and increase their efficiency.
• Collects user requirements to define system capabilities and finalises specifications for all systems required by Procurement, including e-Procurement (e.g., e-sourcing), supplier relationship management, and contract management.
• Supports in the selection of suitable software solutions/tools and conducts negotiations with relevant vendors to deliver the required system capabilities at the lowest total cost.

Implementation and training support:

• Coordinates implementation and integration of defined sourcing tools and systems (IValua) in coordination with the relevant functional teams (e.g., IT, Operation, etc.).
• Conducts training sessions on systems and tools with end-users within Procurement and across the business.
• Coordinates with category sourcing teams and local sourcing teams to integrate systems with suppliers and provide supplier training on e-Procurement platforms, specifically for e-sourcing and e-auctions.

Technology support:

• Act as internal SME on IT-related issues e.g. processes, best practices, and functions of e-Procurement tools, manage escalations and technology vendor engagement.
• Facilitates sharing of best practices within Procurement and across the business.

Procurement Tools:

• Implements e-Sourcing techniques and engages with suppliers who provide e-catalogues, preferably iValua, SAP, Coupa etc with a focus on digital and e-tendering process e2e.

Key Requirements:

• Minimum Bachelor degree qualification, preferably in Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, or Business Management.
• Minimum 6 years relevant procurement or category management experience, of which 3 years preferably in Telecommunications or Tech sector.
• Experience in supporting and/or managing Network/IT/Commercial Services categories and supporting the implementation of sourcing initiatives.
• Expertise in managing and communicating with suppliers.
• Fluent in English (both written and verbal).

Personal:

• Expert analytical thinking skills and adept at analysing and synthesising complex data to develop valid recommendations.
• Advanced and matured communication skills with good English articulation at business and executive level.
• Self-driven with minimal supervision/Autonomy.
• Efficiency-driven and change advocate.

Professional:

• Advance sourcing and supplier management skills preferably for Category Specialist with the ability to conduct supplier meetings/clarification/normalization.
• Advanced relevant computer skills (MS Office EXCEL is a MUST, ERP systems, e-procurement systems, including Ariba and SAP).
• Strategic awareness.

What’s next?

• Once you’ve applied online, our team will carefully review your application. Due to a high volume of applications, we appreciate your patience to allow for a fair and timely review process.
• Should you be shortlisted for the role, we will send you an invitation via email for a digital interview. You can also check on your application status by logging into your candidate account.

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