Job Description

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with our customers, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There\'s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with.
Feel empowered in our modern Malaysian sites. Be part of an international community made up of 250 colleagues from 14 different nationalities, where collaboration and friendship meets excellence. Every day, your passion, your creativity, and your growth will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

IM&S Spot Buyer - Your future position?

You will build tactical sourcing activities. The mission for this role is to manage the entire request for quotations of items not covered by agreed terms and conditions, following category strategy. Maintain working relationships with different people: users in the region, local teams responsible for Indirect Material Sourcing Asia Pacific. You will report to the IM&S Spot Buyer Team Lead,

In this exciting role you will:

• You will accomplish sourcing (Spot Buy, quotes, market research, price comparisons)
• Spot buy according to sourcing instructions defined in category cards
• You will maintain sourcing data for Spot Buy materials incl. site-specific information
• PO creation for indirect materials and services
• You will support sourcing support and market analysis in case language-specific is required
• Help investigate root cause analysis on invoice non-conformity
• Work with guidance from Senior Specialists, Experts, and Team Lead
• Build constructive relationships within us the local team Indirect Material Sourcing Asia Pacific
• Communicate with partners by phone or by email
• Observe service levels, procurement procedures
• Analyze and develop: suppliers in the region negotiate terms, conditions and prices; climb opportunities for our improvement; report savings; Manage contracts and agreements for smaller regular services.
• Oversee the globalization of internal processes: taking care of the documentation of processes and documents.

Education / Primary Qualification:

• University degree in business administration
• Languages: Business fluency in Vietnamese (read, write and speak) and English language in view of interaction with vendors from Vietnam and other countries in APAC.
• Professional experience: 3 or more years of relevant experience in a multicultural procurement shared services environment.
• Software skills: Expert knowledge of Sourcing and e-auction tools (SAP / SRM Chili); expert

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people\'s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture - where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people\xe2\x80\x99s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture \xe2\x80\x93 where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Join us and Impact Your World

Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.

Givaudan