Global Procurement Specialist

• Responsible for delivering country strategic commercial agreements which optimise value for money. Additionally, the role is responsible to develop and implement cost reduction and efficiency strategies to deliver tangible value to ITTL, they will concentrate on annual spend categories up to a certain threshold.
• Responsible for managing the procurement and purchase of goods and services, overseeing the supply chain process to ensure timely, budget-compliant, and quality delivery. This role involves monitoring and reporting on procurement performance, ensuring adherence to applicable laws, regulations, and organizational standards. The Procurement buyer will develop and manage supplier relationships and contracts, negotiate with vendors to secure optimal prices, terms, and services, and source, identify, and evaluate potential new suppliers. Additionally, the role includes reviewing purchase orders for accuracy and completeness and analysing market and delivery systems to recommend strategies for cost reduction and efficiency improvement.
• Develop peer relationships and continually work with Finance & key stakeholders ensuring that commercial delivery and internal service are equally balanced.

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Provide category and Procurement services for the purchase of all 3rd party related spend

• Responsible for delivering country strategic commercial agreements which optimise value for money
• Adhere to standard ITG global procurement processes
• Responsible for ensuring early procurement engagement in significant country spend areas to maximise procurement's impact
• Develop deep product and supplier knowledge to drive continuous improvement within the spend managed
• Ensure contingency planning is in place for all key suppliers / services managed
• Develop peer relationships and continually work with Finance & key stakeholders ensuring that commercial delivery and internal service are equally balanced
• Raise non-compliance with ITG customer ways of working where optimal benefits are not realised.
• Undertake adequate analysis and planning to enable effective supplier negotiations which deliver a world class cost base
• Responsible for tracking benefits managed
• Raise awareness of the role of Global Procurement within Taiwan.
• Develop and implement cost reduction strategies up to implementation
• Tracking and reporting key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness
• Develop and implement a reporting structure that allows to get full control over spend visibility
• Facilitates the resolution of procurement problems and complex contractual terms.

Implement Procurement strategies to deliver efficiency and cost reduction

• Mid-to-high level category cost reductions – implementation of preferred suppliers for spend categories
• Assist stakeholders in the development of specifications for equipment, materials, and services to be purchased
• Invite, assess, and award/recommend supplier tenders, bids, quotations, and proposals
• Build and communicate sourcing strategies with senior leadership showing opportunities and risks in the market and how to mitigate them
• Serve as the primary contact for procurement related questions, training, policy and procedure interpretation and alignment by all departments.

Provide contract management services for a portfolio of allocated contracts and roll-out ITTL T&Cs to new suppliers

• Support the roll-out of contract terms and conditions, and maintain supplier relationships
• Manage relationships and performance of ongoing suppliers
• Administer contract performance, including delivery, receipt, warranty, damages and insurance for selected contract
• Supplier pre-qualification (going through commercial and OH&S requirement and SCOC) to pre-qualify new suppliers (and put old suppliers through the process).
• Reconcile or resolve value discrepancies
• Ensure company is getting value for money and what was initially agreed in the contract.