Category Lead for Indirect Procurement

2 days ago

Hougang, Singapore WS Audiology Full time

As a Procurement Category Lead for Indirect Materials, you will take part in developing and execute a holistic sourcing and management strategy for Indirect spend in our Singapore Global Headquarters and will assess current and future needs, analyze market trends and potential new suppliers and opportunities to leverage changes in processes, systems and product/services, and estimating timing and level of savings capture.

This person will be responsible for around EUR 20 million of annual spend with, Facilities, machinery, capex, Production related (indirect) materials, Sales & marketing, professional services, office supply and the support of manufacturing site in Philippines.

**What you will do**
***:

- Deliver category savings, scorecard metric targets and build partnerships with strategic suppliers
- Identify and execute category specific savings levers to achieve cost savings targets
- Monitor the implementation of sourcing strategies and contract compliance and participate in the resolution of any constraints or issues
- Act as procurement point of contact for suppliers and maintain relationships with supplier senior executives
- Develop and maintain expertise in the assigned spend categories through relationships with R&D, Operations, Finance and all other functions involved
- Collaborate internally to drive and develop key performance measures/metrics for Strategic Suppliers and monitor supplier performance against these expectations to ensure continuous supplier improvement.

**What you bring**:

- Experience_
- Successful experience in Procurement role in a manufacturing environment
- Negotiation experience of complex contracts
- Change management whilst managing the interface between “day to day” and improvement projects
- Personal competencies_
- Drive Change Management initiatives, intelligent risk taking while managing risk, managerial courage and willing to make hard, fact-based decisions - comfortable with ambiguity
- Maintain, build, and grow supplier relationships, cultural sensitivity/communication/global thinking
- Robust business acumen - analytical and quantitative skills
- Problem solving & decision making - Defines problems, systematically gathers and analyses data, identifies cause & effects and establishes root causes & achievable solutions. Makes good and timely decisions
- Drive for results - Is passionate about and perseveres in the pursuit of challenging stretch goals. Demonstrates energy, drive and enthusiasm when striving to accomplish and improve results.

**Who we are***:
At WS Audiology, we provide innovative hearing aids and hearing health services.

Together with our 12,000 colleagues in 130 countries, we invite you to help unlock human potential by bringing back hearing for millions of people around the world.

With us, you will become part of a truly global company where we care for one another, welcome diversity and celebrate our successes.

Sounds wonderful? We can't wait to hear from you.
- WS Audiology is an equal-opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive employee experience for all. Regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status we firmly believe that our work is at its best when everyone feels free to be their most authentic self._

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