Strategic Operations Manager

**General Information**:

- Req #- WD00071866- Career area:
- Strategy and Operations- Country/Region:
- Singapore- State:
- Central Singapore- City:
- SINGAPORE- Date:
- Wednesday, October 2, 2024- Working time:
- Full-time**Additional Locations**:

- Singapore - Central Singapore - Singapore
- Singapore - Central Singapore - SINGAPORE

**Why Work at Lenovo**:

- We are Lenovo. We do what we say. We own what we do. We WOW our customers.Lenovo is a US$57 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #248 in the Fortune Global 500, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver Smarter Technology for All, Lenovo has built on its success as the world’s largest PC company with a full-stack portfolio of AI-enabled, AI-ready, and AI-optimized devices (PCs, workstations, smartphones, tablets), infrastructure (server, storage, edge, high performance computing and software defined infrastructure), software, solutions, and services. Lenovo’s continued investment in world-changing innovation is building a more equitable, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. Lenovo is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange under Lenovo Group Limited (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY).-
**Description and Requirements**:
**About Lenovo**

Focused on a bold vision to deliver smarter technology for all, we are developing world-changing technologies that create a more inclusive, trustworthy, and sustainable digital society. By designing, engineering, and building the world’s most complete portfolio of smart devices and infrastructure,

At Lenovo, we manufacture one of the world’s widest portfolios of connected products, including PCs (ThinkPad, Yoga, Lenovo Legion), tablets, smartphones and workstations as well as augmented and virtual reality (Mirage, ThinkReality) and smart home/office solutions, software and services. Lenovo’s data center solutions (ThinkSystem, ThinkAgile) are creating the capacity and computing power for the connections that are changing business and society.

We are also leading an Intelligent Transformation - to create better experiences and opportunities for millions of customers around the world. Join us in defining our world of tomorrow and creating smarter technology for all

**Who You’ll Work With**

The GTAP Strategic Sourcing Manager will work closely with the Lenovo sales team, Project Management Office, Business Transformation, Product Offering Development, and the customer to ensure Lenovo operates and delivers capabilities to support the GTAP circular economy initiatives.

**About Our Team**

**What You’ll Do **This position will evaluate market trends for various products to develop additional routes to market of products entering the next life cycle of that asset. In addition, this position will have a deep understanding of the secondary market to maximize product valuation.

The GTAP LCR Strategic Sourcing Manager will be responsible for developing route to market strategies, communicate to the various sales organizations and cross functional teams a creative circular economy solution for customers to drive positive value-add, return-on-investments, and lower the total cost of ownership.

You will need to learn and utilize Lenovo systems to be able to track, request, monitor and negotiate the supply chain of Lenovo products to ensure fulfilment of 2nd life requests and orders.

With a collaborative mindset, self-starter and a “can do” problem solving approach, you will be key in developing and growing this market space with the wider Lenovo teams.

**Position Requirements**:

- Collaborate with internal teams analyze customer processes and environments and provide circular economy expertise and overall solution recommendations to enable the next life cycle of various products.
- Creates business case collateral to be leveraged to assist product offering development.
- Challenge existing processes to ensure delivery of the best solution for the customer.
- Governs the go to market strategy of product entering the next life cyle.
- Collaborate with the Business and Digital Transformation teams on IT development needed to launch new capabilities to support pricing and market trends.
- Maintain an up to date knowledge and understanding of certifications, technology, tools and toolsets in the industry.
- Bachelor's degree required, preferably in Supply Chain Management or Business equivalent.
- Must have experience in project management, product lifecycle management, customer and vendor contracting.
- Experience with electronic product end of life management.
- Experience with process improvements and engage cross-functional stakeholders across multiple regions within an organization. Vendor management and running an effective business management system.
- Strong ability to produce, leverage and interpret big data sets and operationalize for decision making.
- Highly articulate and professional in both oral and written com