Packaging & Hygiene Category Manager APAC

What You Will Do

The position is responsible for Bottles, Caps, Tubes and Pumps categories-

• Driving the development of category practices for selected sub-categories, including sourcing strategy definition, deployment, and stakeholder management, to maximize total cost of ownership savings and Procurement’s value contribution while achieving compliance with policies, strategies, and processes
• Developing robust category strategies, aligned with regional business and supply chain needs
• Striving to meet the mutually agreed Procurement targets contributing to the overall budgeting targets

Key Responsibilities

• Develops sounds sourcing strategies for Regional/Global subcategories addressing evolving business needs.
• Analyze, understand and interpret market dynamics and drivers, supplier capacity and constrains, quantity leverage, regional regulations and best sourcing practices.
• Sources and runs competitive bidding process for designated spend areas in line with the Global / Regional Strategy for defined subcategories.
• In charge of complex negotiations and Supplier Relationship management.
• Effectively utilizes procurement processes and procedures to achieve procurement functional goals and corporate governance requirements, whilst delivering against business needs
• Accountable to deliver annual savings targets and financial commitments related to its corresponding subcategories / spend
• Able to influence and establish good working relationship with functional stakeholders
• Contract negotiation and general management for its subcategories / spend
• Map opportunities and proposes improvement on procurement processes.
• Works End-to-End to secure supply and ensure a resilient supply chain for it’s subcategories.

Required Qualifications

• 5 - 10 years professional experience. Preferably in Procurement and working in an international environment
• Experience on Supplier Relationship Management and working cross functionally with supply chain stakeholder&s
• Understanding of P&L management, as well as, cost modeling, sustainability, contracting etc. related to packaging