Regional Category Head, Marketing Procurement

3 days ago

Singapore GRABTAXI HOLDINGS PTE. LTD. Full time
Roles & Responsibilities

Company Description

About Grab and Our Workplace


Grab is Southeast Asia's leading superapp. From getting your favourite meals delivered to helping you manage your finances and getting around town hassle-free, we've got your back with everything. In Grab, purpose gives us joy and habits build excellence, while harnessing the power of Technology and AI to deliver the mission of driving Southeast Asia forward by economically empowering everyone, with heart, hunger, honour, and humility.


Job Description

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Get to Know the Role


We are looking for a Regional Category Head, Marketing Procurement to help lead the Marketing category in Grab. Reporting to the Head of Procurement, we are looking for someone with Heart and Honour to wield solid procurement fundamentals into practice; have Humility to unlearn and relearn; have Hunger to bring innovation and fresh thinking to the category. If you believe you have what it takes then we'd love to hear from youThis role will be onsite and based in the One North office.


The Critical Tasks You Will Perform


Category Leadership and Value Creation Drive

  • Lead with vision, shaping and driving procurement solutions for the Marketing category.
  • Assess opportunities, shape, develop Category and Sourcing Strategies and accomplish them for Marketing across Media, Agencies, Production and Materials.
  • Demonstrate proficiency in data analysis and ability to harness data intelligence to derive category insights and opportunities.
  • Lead the development and socialising of business cases and cost/benefit analyses to support bottomline optimization, process efficiency opportunities and champion right governance and controls across marketing spends.
  • Collaborate and inspire senior stakeholders and peers driving strategic decisions with conviction.
    Stakeholder Management and Business Partnering
  • Be the bridge that connects several business stakeholders, understanding unique requirements into common threads of opportunities.
  • Foster relationships, built on trust and mutual respect, and ensure a seamless flow of information. Thoughtful foresight on business needs and address opportunities
  • Lead efforts to rationalise the Marketing supply base, develop and maintain a preferred roster of suppliers, negotiating costs, and driving the best Service level agreements (SLAs).
  • Collaborate with multiple teams (Legal, Cybersecurity, Compliance, and Finance) managing Supplier lifecycle.
  • Guide internal procurement teams to delivering end-to-end procurement projects and solutions
    Procurement Discipline Mastery
  • Lead the supplier management process from Sourcing, Bid Management, Contracting, and Supplier Relationship Management for Marketing category
  • Draft, improving and driving best possible outcomes in Commercial Contracting
  • Lead complex and high value regional strategic sourcing, or provide guidance to direct report or local marketing procurement practitioner peers
  • Drive Procurement Strategies in identifying, sizing and implementing Value Creation Initiatives relevant to Marketing Category

Qualifications
What Essential Skills You Will Need

  • Education: Degree in Business Management, Marketing, Finance, or a relevant field.
  • Experience: 12 or more years of experience in multiple subcategories (Media, Agencies, Production, Collaterals).
  • You have experience working with multiple teams and navigate cross-cultural environments.
  • Core Values: Embodying Heart, Hunger, Honour, and Humility.
  • Integrity: Absolute integrity in managing supplier relationships.
  • Communication and Leadership: Excellent collaboration with all organisational levels and external partners; able to lead or participate in cross-functional teams.

Additional Information
Life at Grab

We care about your well-being at Grab, here are some of the global benefits we offer:


  • We have your back with Term Life Insurance and comprehensive Medical Insurance.
    With GrabFlex, create a benefits package that suits your needs and aspirations.
  • Celebrate moments that matter in life with loved ones through Parental and Birthday leave, and give back to your communities through Love-all-Serve-all (LASA) volunteering leave
  • We have a confidential Grabber Assistance Programme to guide and uplift you and your loved ones through life's challenges.
  • Balancing personal commitments and life's demands are made easier with our FlexWork arrangements such as differentiated hours
    What We Stand For at Grab We are committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace that enables diverse Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. As an equal opportunity employer, we consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique.

Tell employers what skills you have

Supplier Relationship Management
Leadership
Term Life Insurance
Data Analysis
Business Partnering
Supply Chain
Service Level
Stakeholder Engagement
Procurement
Value Creation
Strategic Sourcing
Wellbeing
Humility
Bridge
Stakeholder Management
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