Category Manager (Direct)

Responsibilities

• Managing assigned categories, suppliers, internal customers, and sourcing strategies
• Drive competitive sourcing activities, identify, evaluate, and select suppliers that meet business requirements
• Lead cross-functional teams to establish and strengthen category strategies
• Analyse spend across business units within the Group and identify opportunities for consolidation to provide better value to the businesses
• Perform market analysis to understand market conditions and dynamics, and constantly monitor supply market activities
• Foster partnership with key suppliers for strategic collaboration
• Manage strategic supplier relationships and performance through regular supplier meetings, business reviews for continuous performance improvement to deliver new value-add
• Act as interface between assigned strategic business unit and Group Procurement, actively managing this relationship to ensure the procurement strategy and annual plan is achieved in a way that delivers value to the business

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in any field
• Ability to understand purchase requirements, formulate category strategies & sourcing plans, and execute them
• Good knowledge of procurement best practices, contract and commercial laws, financials, and cost analysis
• Strong leadership skills, resourceful with a logical and analytical mind and the ability to think strategically with strong business acumen, effective communication

Account Manager

Kerwin Tan Kai Bin (R1331624)

[email protected]

EA16S8107