Role purpose
- Reporting directly to the Head of Indirect Procurement APAC and taking functional and strategic direction from the Global Category Managers and Global Sub Category managers to ensure the deployment of the global Sub-Category strategy including appropriate, and agreed, modifications to the global strategy to fit the needs of the region
- In cases where the is no global Category management, develop, validate, and implement sustainable category and sub-category strategies which are closely aligned with business requirements. Strategies will typically cover a 1 to 3 year time horizon
- Build relationships and work closely with the Procurement Business Partner organisation in the region to ensure the Business Partners fully understand the strategies and are able to leverage them in supporting their clients requirements
- Provide expert external supply market knowledge across the category
- Manage risk with third parties as well as achieve operational compliance across all Indirect Procurement activities relevant to the category
- Deliver targeted savings within the category ensuring no adverse impact on quality and time requirements
Dimensions
- Financial: Purchasing expenditure controlled: up to USD10M
- People: No of direct reports: 0, No of indirect reports: 0
Accountabilities
- Represent the regional in the global category network to strategize the global category plan ensuring that the region requirements and deployment plan are aligned.
- Execute the regional/global category strategies in APAC through obtaining buy in from business
- Demonstrate compliance with procurement processes regarding Sourcing (e-tendering), negotiation, Supplier Relationship Management (including performance management) and contract management
- Builds strong relationships with the Procurement Business Partner organisation in the region, and where appropriate internal clients, in order to ensure appropriate strategies are aligned and deployed
- Provide advice to Procurement Business Partner as subject matter expert for subcategory.
- Approve Sourcing strategy submitted by Procurement Business Partner in APAC for specific subcategories. Influence negotiation strategy and award strategy for local requirements.
- When necessary, cover other Regional Category managers
- Lead multifunctional/multinational sourcing teams and projects to achieve contracts, orders or agreements that are aligned with the Sub-Category strategy and hence deliver appropriate savings agreed with line management, Procurement Business Partners and internal clients
- In cases where there is no global Category management, by analysis of spend, detailed understanding of the supply market(s) and internal business requirements, develop and deliver Category and Sub-Category strategies achieving the agreement and support of Procurement Business Partners and their business clients. Such strategies should ensure most efficient use of the various buying channels (Strategic Sourcing, Quote services, P-Cards, e-catalogues etc)
- Support data collection, regional engagement for global sourcing projects.
- Develop and manage relationships with key suppliers including leading negotiations
- Spend analysis for Sub-Category in the region, including agreement and verification of savings/avoidance delivery, budget & forecast data
- Is an Ambassador of the Procurement organisation
- Contributes to the development of an SRM program (if neecessary) appropriate to the requirements of the Sub-Category and the region
- Directly manages strategic and critical supplier relationships in the region
- Directly manage, or ensure management of, all significant regional contracts
Qualifications
Knowledge, skills & experience
Critical knowledge
- Capability in developing sourcing strategies and leading the implementation
- Good knowledge of internal purchasing procedures and processes, and solid knowledge of the external trends and best practice.
- Leadership of complex multi country sourcing teams and projects
- Ability to develop performance measures for Sub-Categories with stakeholders
- Deep knowledge of the relevant supply markets, keep up to date on market development
Critical skills
- Strategy development and implementation
- Development of strategic relationships with suppliers
- Strong business partnering experience and stakeholder management
- Strong negotiation skills
- Contract management skills
- Ability to influence peers and indirectly managed teams
- Good communication and presentation competencies
- Project Management skills
Critical experience
- Good procurement experience, at least 5-8 years in a procurement role
- Category Management Experience in Travel
- Working in a multi-national, multi-cultural environment
- Project team leadership (geographically dispersed and cross-functional with proven results)
- Proven track record of success in negotiations with suppliers
- Degree, commercial qualification e.g. MBA
Syngenta Competencies
Essential Syngenta dimensions
- Critical thinking
- Communicates with impact
- Focuses energy on customers/suppliers
- Influencing and negotiation
Other behaviours critical for the role
- Proactive and independent
- Sets ambitious strategic goals
- Builds a culture of innovation
- Manages for performance
- Creative yet practical in creating subcategories strategies
- Positive, not afraid of failures with strong drive to improve oneself
- Work together to deliver as One Team One Plan
Additional Information
Additional information
- Regional travel will be required periodically.
- Incumbent must be able to work in a Virtual Team
- Night calls with global category teams required about once or twice a week.
Innovations
Employee may, as part of his/her role and maybe through multifunctional teams, participate in the creation and design of innovative solutions. In this context, Employee may contribute to inventions, designs, other work product, including know-how, copyrights, software, innovations, solutions, and other intellectual assets. All such IP is and remains the sole property of Syngenta
People are at the heart of what we do:
- Once a year Full body check
- Competitive insurance scheme
- Employee assistance program – to take care of your and your loved ones mental health
- Paid Vacation of 30days, 12 Paid Holidays, Maternity and Paternity Leave, compassionate leaves
- Education assistance – for your career growth
- People first culture translated into ‘Most Preferred place to work 2022-23 by Times group’
Note: Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.
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Company Description
As a world market leader in crop protection,
we help farmers to counter these threats
and ensure enough safe, nutritious,
affordable food for all – while minimizing the
use of land and other agricultural inputs.
Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants
safe from planting to harvesting. From the
moment a seed is planted through to
harvest, crops need to be protected from
weeds, insects and diseases
as well as droughts and floods, heat and
cold.
Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered
in Switzerland.
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