Job Description

In this role, you will be accountable for the strategic sourcing of spends across the SEA region\'s business units in areas of Indirect Categories and Contract Manufacturing. You will lead the development of sourcing strategies to support the business needs including supply market and industry analysis, category and supplier segmentation, sourcing, contracting and implementation.

As the Regional Category Manager, you will be reporting to a Head of Procurement and will be responsible for the key job scopes below:

• Work closely with finance and stakeholders to establish and manage budgets for respective category areas. Incorporates contractual commitments. Has ownership and accountability for goals and objectives tied to productivity, innovation, and cash flow.
• Strategic sourcing and category planning for all categories including market and industry analysis, category and supplier segmentation, sourcing activities, analysis, negotiations, contracting and implementation. Provides deep category insight and expertise through understanding of costs, cost drivers, market, industry and supplier variables.
• Drive initiatives focusing on overall cost optimisation for categories being managed. Collaborates with cross-functional team to execute initiatives and build solid pipeline of opportunities.
• Establish ongoing communication and process to ensure high levels of stakeholder engagement, participation and satisfaction. Participates in stakeholder leadership teams for respective functional areas to build and maintain ongoing linkages with sourcing strategy, category management, supply base design and ongoing supplier relationship management.
• Manage supplier relationships to encourage supplier innovation and maximise value contributions to the Company through effective sourcing and contracting processes. Responsible for leading discussions with critical suppliers around long-term objectives and strategies, performance management ongoing market trends, innovation and technology advances. Ensures that suppliers fully understand the overall Company value stream and the end customer, and that the Company\'s commitments to suppliers are being fulfilled. Meets with preferred suppliers on a regular basis to ensure contractual obligations are being met or exceeded.

A top FMCG brand |Regional exposure with a reputable MNC

• Brings over 8 years of experience in Procurement/Category Management (Indirect) across the FMCG/Pharmaceutical sectors
• Possess a minimum Bachelor\'s Degree
• Strategic thinker, possess business and financial acumen, good interpersonal skills, tip-top negotiation skills
• Proficient in the English language (written and spoken)
• Highly preferred - prior regional exposure
• Able to work in a cross-functional, lean structure

Within a niche market across the FMCG sector, our client is a reputable organisation with presence in Malaysia of over a decade. With progressive movements internally, they are currently looking for a Regional Category Manager to join the team! (A newly created role).

• Progressive portfolio expansion and learning curves
• Regional exposure
• Attractive compensations

Michael Page