Procurement CS Head of Global Active Ingredients

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSBILITIES

• Demonstrates following VACC Leadership behaviors:
• Visionary: Mission focus; re-imagine and explore future possibilities; understand the needs of our customers; see the big picture and translate it into clear directions; work with the team to define aspirational outcomes; focus the team on those outcomes and de-prioritize the rest
• Architect: Create value; put the customer at the center of our work; collaborate in networks to facilitate connections; co-create and share experiences with others; enable the flow of resources and expertise-rotate people; design and simplify processes for and with the team
• Catalyst: Organize; build inclusive and diverse teams; connect people by breaking silos; foster collaboration across teams; trust the team to make the right decisions; remove roadblocks for the team
• Coach: Get Work done; help the team to operate in the 90-day cycles; support the team to stop non-value-added activities; listen and ask questions to unlock the team’s full potential; provide upskilling opportunities in a flat organization; assist the team with unlearning “old ways of working”
• Assumes end to end Procurement ownership in the area of Chemical Raw Materials, Intermediates and Active Ingredients from strategy to execution.
• Fosters supplier relationships to drive collaboration with Chinese Innovators together with Chinese 3rd Party commercial team.
• Category Management: With his/her team, ensures a deep understanding of sourcing markets and suppliers and drives the development and implementation of buying strategies and initiatives for his/her product portfolio. Ensures quick resource deployment into relevant mission teams to bring in category expertise. Enables fast decision-making based on customer needs, ensuring required compliance with external requirements and internal/external process standards (provides freedom within a frame).
• Supplier Management: Drives end-to-end supplier performance and reliability programs to secure reduced costs and minimize risks associated with performance failures of relevant purchased products.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Generates an in-depth understanding of stakeholder and customer perspectives and priorities and builds effective, trustful, personal, and virtual relationships. Aligns resource requirements and outcome-based goal setting within the stakeholder network to drive overall business performance.
• Sourcing: Aligns with stakeholders and builds effective, cross-functional teams for mission-critical sourcing events from the own team, the Sourcing Homes, and GBS Source-to-Pay
• Strategic projects: Engages in strategic projects in the Global AI space in close alignment with other Global AI procurement teams and business stakeholders.
• Communities of Practice: Leads and/or strengthens knowledge sharing in cross-divisional, cross-functional, and Procurement Area internal Communities of Practice
• Provides global market intelligence based on specific input from the China market to mitigate supply risk, gain competitive advantage, and make fact-based business decisions.
• Continuously conducts supplier and supply market analysis, indicating market trends on the supply base and technologies
• Supports the implementation of initiatives in the fields of sustainability, risk, process governance, and data intelligence
• Drives dynamic allocation of resources ensuring best match of required skills/capabilities and resource allocation
• Drives continued adaptation of Artificial Intelligence solutions in procurement processes and activities to further enhance value generation

WHO YOU ARE

• Master or equivalent degree in science, engineering, or business management
• Strong VACC leadership behaviors and personal development capabilities
• Deep understanding of Chinese Agrochemical supplier landscape
• Proven stakeholder engagement skills combined with strong collaboration, influencing, and communication competencies
• Minimum of 12 years of progressive experience in the commercial field, preferably in Procurement
• Change management and project management
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in both Chinese and English

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