Job Description

What you will do

The Category buyer is responsible for project spend for APAC region.  Responsibilities include supplier scouting, selection, supplier management, price & contract negotiations, drive product optimization and working capital management. The buyer will develop and execute a category strategy that supports the company’s profitable growth plans.  They will be the primary owner of cost savings and working capital improvements.

How you will do it

• Drive year-over-year improvement in field material spend through supplier negotiation.
• Drive year-over-year improvement in working capital through supplier payment term management.
• Develop field material category strategy by category cluster, implement category strategy in sourcing decision of field projects.
• APAC Field material business partner to for APAC multi-countries, connect APAC Field material category team with Country daily sourcing activities.
• Supplier account management for selection of suppliers. Develop strategies to effectively manage and optimize the supply base.
• Manage supplier performance and organize regular business reviews with suppliers of responsibility.
• Negotiation and maintenance of contracts and supply conditions.
• Insights to supply base market intelligence & dynamics, scouting new suppliers to support the business growth.
• Deploy a global preferred supplier strategy to improve supplier quality, delivery and cost.

What we look for

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Project Management, International Trading or related Business Degree. Master degree is a plus.
• Experience in sourcing/procurement：2 years+.  Experience in Fire industry or project purchasing is a plus.
• Language: Fluent English is must.
• Knowledge of fire categories (e.g., fire detection, fire suppression) is preferred.
• Ability to handle APAC region will be added advantage.
• Excellent negotiation skills, being able to build a compelling case and convince others; familiar with contracting
• Good interpersonal skills to enable and manage strategic relationships
• Adaptable towards a rapidly changing environment
• Experience in working in multi-cultural teams
• Experience in international trade
• Advance in MS Excel especially well-verse in generating Pivot Table and VLOOKUP is a must
• Experience in analyzing data and sensitive with data