Local Sourcing Manager

**Company presentation**
World leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health, Air Liquide is present in 80 countries with more than 66,000 employees and serves more than 3,6 million customers and patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen have been at the core of the company’s activities since its creation in 1902. Air Liquide’s ambition is to be the leader in its industry, delivering long-term performance and acting responsibly.
**Entity and activity description**
Air Liquide Singapore provides innovative, responsive and customer focused services to our product range, which improves the performance of our customers while helping protect the environment.

At Air Liquide, we go beyond simply selling molecules of gases. We believe in learning our customers' businesses to provide them with true value. We ask key questions and we listen. That dialogue continues throughout our relationship with our customers as we seek to contribute ideas to help them improve their operational processes, both business and manufacturing, while improving our own business process.

We commit ourselves to understand and fulfill our customers' requirements and expectations. We shall carry out our activities in a manner which:
Uses the ISO 9001 Quality Standard to verify the quality and continuous improvement of our policies, procedures, work instructions and management systems, and
**Missions and Responsibilities**
Sourcing**:

- Execute the full sourcing process to ensure delivery of business plans and category strategies, in collaboration with business stakeholders
- Partner with stakeholders to understand their needs and develop a sourcing plan and strategies to meet those needs
- Perform supplier surveys, supply market research and analytical studies to identify and select potential suppliers
- Partner with stakeholders to conduct and perform supplier qualification
- Conduct RFx (RFI, RFP, RFQ etc.) that is appropriate to the type of Goods and/or Services required and in accordance with procurement policies and category strategies
- Manage the establishment of contracts using the appropriate contract templates and obtain support from the Legal department when needed
- Ensure that contracts and claims are closed out properly
- Experience in monitoring Spend Analysis
- Handle Audit (Internal & External)
- Proactively to source for business opportunities (relate to saving)

**Purchasing**:

- Utilize the purchasing system to achieve maximum efficiency and effectiveness
- Establish and promote the use of purchasing catalogues to meet the procurement efficiency targets by automating purchasing transactions

**Supplier Relationship Management**:

- Lead supplier management, including ongoing contract management and control, collation of performance data (through overseeing supplier performance data collection and analysis), and plan and execute supplier meetings, when required
- Support supplier integration, including the implementation of new contracts and ensuring efficient change management, and managing roll out of new suppliers and switch out
- Support cost and value analysis for supplier improvement
- Managing Supplier Performance Measurement & control
- Supplier qualification measurement

**Competencies and Profile**
- Master or Degree in any discipline of Engineering, Finance and Supply Chain Management.
- Minimum 8 years of sourcing experience and preferably with 2 years above leading a team.
- Strategic procurement experience operating in a matrixed organization.
- Possessing significant experience in leading or implementing procurement systems.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills to interact with different levels of stakeholders.
- Strong in negotiation skills and problem solving (supplier, project & business needs).
- Team player
- Provide guidance and managing a team of sourcing specialist in Singapore
- Inventory knowledge (will be a bonus)
- Able to pick up in a fast paced environment
- Able to handle pressure

Job Reference: SG00108