Chemicals Procurement Manager

About Forindo
Forindo is the strategic procurement arm of Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) group. Reporting directly to management, Forindo manages a wide range of raw material categories – Chemicals, Energy, Packaging, MRO, etc. that goes into the production of our finished goods in pulp, paper, board, viscose textiles, palm oil & its derivatives, which we produce in Indonesia, China, Malaysia, Brazil, and Canada.
About the Role
We are looking for a
driven individual
with strong business acumen and commercial leadership experience. Manage own chemical portfolio of hundreds of millions spend and drive RGE global and regional strategic chemical procurement strategy. Excellent senior stakeholder management skill. A problem solver.
Manage specific chemicals and fertilizer portfolio in operational procurement to support the mills and plantation globally, with a focus on Indonesia and China sites
Lead a proactive, collaborative and communicative process to select, manage, and establish strong partnerships with external counterparties and internal stakeholders. Ensure cost, quality, delivery, reliability and technical performance while achieving both tactical and strategic goals
Be well-versed in the life cycle of a commercial trade/ deal and must have prior hands-on experiences in most of these activities
Be commercially competent in being able to lead business development projects (e.g. acquisitions, joint ventures investments) where necessary to create long term value for the stakeholders
Be proficient in identifying, qualifying and establishing new vendors, striving to meet and exceed our customers' quality requirements for the chemical and fertilizer commodities.
Be proficient in analyzing markets and knowing how to turn data into actionable market intelligence to execute better procurement strategies
Effective and efficient communicator to senior management and external counterparties from diverse global locations
Responsible to achieve assigned cost savings targets
Study and monitor the market conditions for making sound and timely purchasing decision
Take a global lead role in overseeing the key chemical and fertilizer purchases across all mills to develop a commodity strategy which is in line with global strategy
Provide regular market updates to senior management
Any other group level ad-hoc projects as assigned by reporting manager
Travelling of 15~25% is expected to promote and develop business goals
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Qualifications and Requirements
Education/Experience
Graduate in Engineering or Business Management or related field from a reputable university. Masters would be an advantage.
Minimum 10 years of commodities trading experience or direct procurement. Individual with strong commercial mindset are also welcome to apply.
Managed at least a P&L trading book or procurement spend of US$200 million per year.
Past overseas working experience would be an advantage.
Specific Knowledge/Skills
Demonstrate good commercial thought process and effective communication both written and verbal
Have good Chemical and/or Agri commodity and/or Chemical Fertilizer commodity buying (or Sales/trading) knowledge and experience
Must have excellent negotiation skills and a proven track record in goal achievement
Demonstrates ability in being able to frame up (including economics of) mid to long term business development projects
Require long term strategic thinking mindset
Good interpersonal and communication skill to interact with different levels of people
Good working attitude and willing to adapt to local culture and way of working
Proven management experience in managing small teams to achieve common goals
Must have good ethics and able to conduct himself or herself honestly and with compliance
Proven experience in market analysis or data analytics would be a plus
Must be proficient in both Mandarin and English (written and spoken)
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Purchasing and Sales
Industries
Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing and Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing
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