Job Description

(A) Job Purpose

• Lead sourcing projects including tendering, negotiations and selection of suppliers that deliver the targeted business results. Success involves understanding the business and commercials and the associated supply markets and demand characteristics and contract requirements
• Manage and deliver expectations to critical stakeholders, ensure timely preparation of reports for Procurement Tender Committees

(B) Key Accountabilities

• Manage overall spend on assigned categories amounting to (RM50m-60m annually) to successfully drive business requirements by selecting, negotiating, contracting, and managing suppliers\' new and existing products in a manner that optimizes quality, service, innovation and cost objectives
• Develops NTC category profiling supporting category strategy initiatives (i.e., spend analysis, specification consolidation) to identify potential levers to lower total cost.
• Conducts the supply market analysis to evaluate supplier capabilities, assess potential risk areas, and identify feasible new suppliers to create competition to reduce cost and assure supply.
• Develop and execute annual Strategic Sourcing Plan and associated tendering process for assigned categories develops supplier list, prepares tender documents, follow up on submissions, evaluate the request and present award strategy/recommendation to management for approval. Responsible for ensuring strict compliance to all key policies and procedures: Procurement Policy and Procedures, Compliance Policy, GDS policy etc.
• Ensure NTCs requirements aligned with Group Engineering, Group Operations, Strategic Sourcing Team, and other related departments
• Lead in the development and implementation of sourcing contracts: Execute the local implementation of Master Frame Agreements (MFA), including finalizing local commercial terms and agreement (Local Agreement)
• Captures insights from market analysis to support stakeholder innovation, to mitigate risks for edotco and to steer category strategies to identify opportunities for cost savings
• Ensure contracts are effectively negotiated using fact-based logic and subsequently managed to deliver value and meet business needs
• Manage supplier relationships to ensure value, innovation and continuous improvement while understanding and mitigating risk to the NTC
• Ensure that supplier contractual responsibilities are fully adhered to and address non-compliances, performance issues, and challenges where necessary.
• Perform procurement operations activities covering material master registration, supplier registration, PR / PO process, contract renewal, SLA for sourcing and etc.
• Ensure alignment with Head - Regional Operations and maintain effective working relationships with internal stakeholders

(C) Qualifications, Skills & Knowledge

• Bachelor\'s degree or equivalent with a minimum 8 - 12 years\' experience in procurement
• Background in the mobile telecommunication industry
• Deep understanding of end-to-end Procurement process, including Source to Contract, Procure to Pay and Spend Analytics
• Understand of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) principles
• Possess an analytical mindset, agile and comfortable working in an environment characterized by change
• Possess strong oral and written communication skills

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