About the Job

The Strategic Partnerships & Sourcing Organization within Nielsen is responsible for making it easy for our employees to buy, travel and contract for the best possible value.

The Regional Procurement Lead will be responsible for managing those vendor relationships that help NielsenIQ collect and deliver data, analysis and insights. Managing the relationship will entail both ensuring vendor performance, due diligence, and vendor strategy, as well as leading the end-to-end contracting process including pricing negotiations.

This role requires candidate to have demonstrated strong leadership skills and the ability to lead others

Responsibilities

• Lead sourcing related projects for assigned spend categories and geographical region of APAC, and assist with the development of overall sourcing strategy and opportunity.
• Successfully manage multiple projects through cross-functional collaboration and a disciplined approach to project management that enables consistent implementation.
• Support complex, strategic projects.
• Analyze large data sets effectively, identify process improvement solutions, and formulate recommendations.
• Foster and maintain strong relationships with Legal, Operations and Finance internal customers.
• Develop deep category expertise for categories under management, including a detailed knowledge of the supply base, best practice sourcing strategies, and project-specific service level agreements.
• Compile customized reports from internal databases and other resources to analyze vendor information in order to understand current costs and ensure best pricing.
• Run competitive bid processes including RFP's, RFI's, RFQ's.
• Lead internal customers through the vendor evaluation and selection process.
• Responsible for leading negotiations, developing negotiation strategies, completing the contracting process, and resolving disputes.
• Ensure organizational goals, including budget, savings, and supplier performance measures, are met. Identify strategies to reduce expense through renegotiation of existing agreements.
• Participate in any supplier scorecard evaluations process and benchmarking. Facilitate reviews with suppliers of varying strategic importance within the organization.
• Help drive supplier improvement where necessary.
• Be aware of supply chain policies and processes and be able to explain the rules and guidelines to internal customers. Lead internal project teams through the vendor evaluation and selection process.

 Technical Requirements

• Self-motivated; self starter; extremely proactive; able to work both independently to complete tasks and respond to department requests and with others to utilize their resources and knowledge to identify high quality solutions.
• Demonstrate success at building and maintaining efficient and effective supplier relationships.
• Strong track record of building and maintaining solid relationships with internal customers.
• Able to lead across a global organization and align towards positive results.
• Ability to work with functional groups and different level of employees throughout the organization to effectively and professionally achieve results.
• Strong follow-up skills; ability to organize applicable timelines and follow up with customer needs.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, including the ability to present ideas and suggestions clearly and effectively.
• Ability to accomplish multiple tasks within the agreed upon timeframes through effective prioritization of duties and functions in a fast paced environment.
• Mastery-level negotiation skills and experience negotiating contracts
• Has demonstrated the ability to lead others as well as having the necessary leadership qualities to train, motivate and inspire colleagues within the same team.
• Proven experience in building and sustaining positive relationships.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree required. Sourcing, Procurement or Marketing certifications a plus.
• Minimum of 5-7 years of professional experience with a track record of meeting and exceeding goals and objectives preferred
• Experience managing supplier relationships and negotiating statements of work and service level agreements for individual requirements and within a fixed contract strongly preferred.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 applications (i.e. Outlook, Teams, Office Suite)

About NielsenIQ 

NielsenIQ is a global measurement and data analytics company that provides the most complete and trusted view available of consumers and markets worldwide. We provide consumer packaged goods manufacturers/fast-moving consumer goods and retailers with accurate, actionable information and insights and a complete picture of the complex and changing marketplace that companies need to innovate and grow. Our approach marries proprietary NielsenIQ data with other data sources to help clients around the world understand what’s happening now, what’s happening next, and how to best act on this knowledge.  We like to be in the middle of the action. That’s why you can find us at work in over 90 countries, covering more than 90% of the world’s population. For more information, visit www.niq.com.

NielsenIQ is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status or any other protected class.