Apac Senior Category Manager

4 days ago

Singapore AIR LIQUIDE INDUSTRIAL SERVICES PTE LTD Full time

**Mission
The Senior Category Manager is acting as the expenditure owner of an assigned category and thereby...
- Will drive strategic category management to ensure AL organization matches market benchmark in terms of best practices and technologies and as such become a critical business partner to AL’s internal business lines.
- Will be responsible for coordinating all external procurement activities for the category across APAC, including the development and implementation of category strategies (short, mid and long term) & plans to support designated APAC-wide strategic objectives.
- Will promote internal collaboration, knowledge sharing, compliance with best practices and established category management processes.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Accountable and responsible for the development of category factbases & strategies and associated processes
- Accountable for the execution of strategic sourcing initiatives
- Manage strategic governance for respective category
- Develop & maintain strong stakeholder relationships in order to drive strategy adoption and category transformation
- Track performance within each spend category and define budgetary impact
- Monitor strategy implementation and contract compliance
- Champion and facilitate the adoption of best practices across sectors and region
- Champion and secure TCO reductions for the category across sectors and regions
- Drive SRM mindset into procurement organization
- Accountable for measuring and tracking internal performance within sector and site
- Develop an expertise in the global procurement spend categories and become a critical business partner to internal stakeholders across the various functions
- Provide assistance to acquisition strategies by completing due diligence and integration activities for spend

**Requirements**:

- Min 12+ years working experience of successful strategic category management within the procurement organization of a MNC
- Full strategic category responsibility either on a global or at a minimum regional (ie APAC) level
- A preferred industry background in FMCG, Automotive, Oil & Gas, Chemical, Electronics
- A Bachelor in engineering or business administration. A Master degree would be a plus.
- Outstanding analytical skills paired with the ability to synthesize data and build strong business cases
- Outstanding ability to formalize knowledge and build category strategies based on in-depth analytics as well as business & market insights
- Extensive demonstrable experience in successfully leading and conducting the negotiation of contracts across technical, commercial and legal areas
- Proven experience in driving change and delivering sustainable long-term value to the business
- Proven experience in building and nurturing positive internal relationships with senior management, key users and business Stakeholders.
- Proven experience in building and nurturing positive external relationships with Vendors & Suppliers
- Proven track record of consistent performance and delivery.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to champion the vision of the organization.
- Get prepared for internal resistances as we are in a changing and transforming APAC procurement team
- Mobility in terms of travel - coverage of all APAC countries (12 countries).
- Embracement of changes, open minded with strong leadership, influential communication

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