Apac Category Manager

3 days ago


Singapore Air Liquide Full time

ALBS is an Air Liquide entity in Kuala Lumpur, regrouping for the APAC scope its Business Service Centers (Kuala Lumpur and Shanghai) as well as the two Global Functions (IT, Digital and Procurement). Designed to derive optimal value by better leveraging technology, people and competencies, the ultimate goal is to boost efficiency and deliver outstanding and sustainable performance while keeping a strong focus on customer centricity. This Organization is striving for excellence, adopting the Best in Class models to deliver value through simplification and standardization of processes, while adhering to Internal controls and compliance requirements.

We are looking for a Transport Category Manager to join our APAC procurement transformation and become part of an exciting journey towards a centralized procurement organization.

**How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?**:
The Transport Category Manager is acting as the expenditure owner of the transport 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

**Are you a MATCH?**:
**You will have**:

- Min 8+ years working experience of successful strategic transport 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, Pharma, 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

**About Air Liquide
A world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health, Air Liquide is present in 78 countries with approximately 64,500 employees and serves more than 3.8 million customers and patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen are essential small molecules for life, matter and energy. They embody Air Liquide’s scientific territory and have been at the core of the company’s activities since its creation in 1902.

**Our Differences make our Performance
**At Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.



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