Category Senior Lead

Overview

Work Schedule : Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions : Office

How will you make an impact?

As the Senior Lead – Category, your responsibility is to implement advanced category strategies to improve the designated spend categories. Collaborate with a diverse team to prioritize procurement projects, develop strategies, negotiate agreements, adjust spending, and manage supplier relationships.

What will you do?

Scale of Responsibilities

The role of Senior Lead - Category entails supervising the formulation and execution of strategies for the Indirect SEAT category, ensuring smooth implementation across multiple sites. Your duties will involve active participation in regional strategic sourcing endeavors that span across categories like IT, MRO & Lab Supplies, Packaging, Travel, Warehousing / transportation, Facility / Site Services, Corporate Service, Marketing / MICE, Professional Services (Legal / Finance), Capex, and Utilities.

Manage category, develop sourcing strategies, analyze spending, lead projects worth USD 40-90 million, collaborate with management.

This role requires multitasking between internal consulting and direct management of large, sophisticated regional projects. You will also :

• Develop and maintain a 3-year rolling forecast plan
• Act as an internal consultant for strategic sourcing projects
• Build relationships with key market players
• Develop detailed category management plans and strategies
• Manage strategic procurement initiatives from inception to completion
• Negotiate and complete contracts for supplier performance management
• Participate in innovation, digitalization, and standardization projects
• Support supply base rationalization
• Manage disagreements with vendors and conduct assessments of supplier performance
• Stay current on market trends and innovations

Technical Responsibilities

Leadership Responsibilities

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