Essential Duties and Responsibility

• Manages the day-to-day operations of the procurement team.
• Developing systems of control, policies and procedures relating to procurement
• Ensure procurement policy, guidelines and any associated documents are in place and updated when required.
• Liaising with relevant staff to ensure policies and procedures are followed.
• Set departmental objectives/KPIs, review and assess ongoing performance of direct reports.
• Report on achievement of targets and identify any actions required.
• Provide management reports and key performance data.
• Train and coach relevant staff in all procurement matters.
• Manage relationships with suppliers and evaluation process to measure effective supplier performance and compliance.
• Coordinating with inventory control to determine and manage inventory needs.
• Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and execution, collaborate with Global Commodity Team (GCM)
• Support to achieve site and functional BCMS activities and objectives.
• To comply with Legal requirement (EMS, OHSMS), Regulatory Requirements (RBA, QMS, IMS, SOX)

Qualifications

REQUIRED:

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in any field

Experience Requirements

• Min 6-7 years of procurement management role in electronic or manufacturing environment.

PREFFRRED:

•  Supply chain, Procurement and planning related experience.

SKILLS

• Knowledge of procurement, supply chain activities, MRP (Material Requirement Planning) & ERM (Enterprise Risk Management) system
• Good command of spoken and written English
• Computer literacy, proficiency in Oracle, Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point
• Good people management, negotiation, communication, and coordination skills.
• Flexible and adaptable
• Being observant

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