Global Category Manager-Logistic Service

Job Summary：

• Oversight of the designate category for Global all sites and management of an international supply base to meet business requirements in terms of purchasing, delivery, quality, and total cost of ownership.
• Collaboration across all regions within the GSP to ensure best practices are aligned and best value for all spend. Reporting to Global Strategy Sourcing Category Leader- Service, lead the specific categories (specific service like logistic, warehousing, EHS related etc) strategic deliver, management and governance/monitoring.
• Develop long-term supplier life cycle amangement and always meet current and future requirements of the business and operate ethically and in line with business values. Liaise with OU/BU Leadership to ensure best value for company globally.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead by example and always ensure that procurement operate in an ethical and equitable manner and always conform with company values, policies, and procedures.
• Oversight of strategic leadership and development of category management for all assigned categories/commodities. Lead RFx and Supplier Selection activities to ensure that any selected suppliers are aligned with our business principles and always behave in an ethical and equitable manner. Lead negotiations and implementation of contracts and SLA.
• Work with BU/OU leadership to define requirements for sourcing objectives, budgets and delivery of agreed KPI’s In line with strategic objectives, lead the negotiations to select, appoint and steer a supply base that progresses the company objectives on quality, cost, delivery, and innovation Oversee and where required lead or support successful procurement/financial audits. Oversee the category and supplier management activities, In alignment with BU/OU, oversee in depth cost and spend analysis to develop cost savings initiatives through various cost reduction options.
• Establish the category KPI targets and support cost reduction savings, vendor performance and ESG targets Monitor, manage and report on achievements on key purchasing indicators in line site requirements Identify industry trends and market development for respective categories of spend.
• People Management - Develop, communicate, and administer group’s annual performance and development plans and appraisals.
• Will be flexible to take on additional tasks and responsibilities at the discretion of company.

Requirements：

• Minimum of 10~15 years’ relevant experience leading teams in purchasing, procurement or sourcing manufacturing operations position preferably in a pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience in the categories management with regards to intergrate logistics, warehousing, EHS related category, professional consultation service and etc based on Gloabl is highly desirable but a broad experience across all spend indirect categories is also favourable.
• Expert at delivering on targets and results driven.
• Experience in negotiation and influencing skills with international customers, suppliers, with demonstrative results in securing competitive pricing and overall terms and conditions
• Experience of contracts and experience in executing complex agreements with suppliers of critical importance to the business
• Demonstrated written and oral communication skills and the ability to meet deadlines and prioritise workloads
• Experience in leading teams and delivering on turnkey projects and solutions.

Knowledge

• Good understanding of the professional industry/market leading and players that can influence spend for the business.
• Knowledge of the law around sale of goods and legal requirements to execute agreements and mitigate risk for the company.
• Strong numeracy skills and accurate financial analysis and reporting.
• Understand procurement for a cGMP business.

Qualifications

• University education in STEM, logistic, or supply chain is preferred.
• APICS, CIPS, CPSM, CPPM, PMP qualification desirable
• Six Sigma or similar certification