Manager, Regional Category Buyer, Surface

1 week ago

Singapore BASF South East Asia Pte. Ltd. Full time

We are a leading chemical company, with the best teams developing intelligent solutions for our customers, and for a sustainable future.

We connect and develop people with diverse talents all over the world. For you, this means a variety of ways to progress.

Not only your performance but also your personality matter to us, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, orientation, and background. At BASF, careers develop from opportunities.

**Objectives of the Position**
- End-to-end Procurement activities within Surface Logistics categories.
- The Logistics Categories covered are Packaged/Bulk Transportation, Warehouse, Forwarding Service, Customs breakage, and Value-Added service.
- Undertake ad-hoc queries and maintain reports from a variety of resources, analyze and interpret gathered data, identify gaps vs. targets and provide recommendations on improvement opportunities to support the category team for decision making.

**Main Tasks**:
**Source to Contract (S2C)**

Prepare and conduct negotiations with suppliers of logistics services in Country, according to the defined strategies, and in accordance with procurement guidelines, to achieve optimal terms at the required level of supply security for local production and logistics sites.

Included activities:

- Regularly communicate with internal Business Partners, regional and local BU (Business Unit) Account Managers and other relevant parties to ensure that demand forecasts and business needs are up to date.
- Work with internal Business Partners to harmonize specifications and decrease complexity.
- Prepare and execute tenders and negotiations in close cooperation with the Regional Category Manager and internal Business Partners
- Involve relevant departments like Supply Chain Management, EHS/TDS (Transportation Distribution Safety), Legal, Finance etc. in an early stage to achieve alignment on desired results.
- Implement local contracts by informing all stakeholders of the negotiation result, monitoring adherence to contract terms and taking corrective actions if necessary.
- Ensure that required information is updated in all relevant information

**Operational Procurement (P2P)**

Support Supply Chain Management / Logistics to ensure that logistics services are provided timely and with the expected quality and to achieve operational excellence by working closely with internal Business Partners, the Procurement Service Platform (PSP), suppliers and other relevant internal and external parties.

Included activities:

- Ensure that relevant systems are updated with required information regarding logistics services.
- Drive operational excellence with the support of the PSP by making use of procurement automation tools like outline agreements to minimize manual work.
- Support Supply Chain Management / Logistics in the handling of issues and claims with suppliers and affected internal Business Partners, escalate issues if required, and ensure that the performance of suppliers is considered during future negotiations and tenders.

**Supplier Relationship Management**

Actively manage the portfolio of suppliers for logistics services in Country, strengthen partnership with key suppliers, and continuously manage supplier performance.

Included activities:

- Manage approval of new suppliers based on general and country-specific requirements by aligning with internal Business Partners, EHS, Supply Chain and other relevant internal and external parties
- Pro-actively build up new suppliers in line with relevant category strategies to enable them to meet BASF’s standards and requirements (e.g. WSA, RSA) in future, ensure reliable supply at competitive prices and manage supply and price risks
- Address sustainability topics to protect company’s reputation and reduce business risks from non-compliance with environmental, social or governance (ESG) standards
- Regularly evaluate or support Supply Chain Management / Logistics, respectively, in the evaluation of the supplier performance based on suitable KPIs for delivery, quality and compliance to internal and external regulations based on available information sources (NCM, feedback from internal Business Partners, etc.), document the results of the performance evaluation and implement countermeasures if necessary
- Delist suppliers after alignment with Head of Logistic Procurement, internal Business Partners and other relevant internal or external parties if the supplier performance is unsatisfactory and an improvement is unlikely

**Compliance and Processes**

Ensure that all procurement activities follow relevant policies, procedures and documented properly to achieve excellent and consistent quality of work results, avoid compliance issues, and allow for traceability of actions.

Included activities:

- Get familiarized with all relevant policies and procedures and ensure that all procurement activities are executed accordingly.
- Document relevant steps in accordance with applicable guidelines.
- Actively

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