Principal accountabilities

~As sourcing owner, lead buyer will ensure the category cost is at competitive level, product/service quality and availability can fully meet business requirement.

Key Responsibilities

~Leads development of sourcing strategies and execute sourcing activities. Owner of source-to-contract process for assigned categories.
~Owner of supplier pool of assigned categories. Continuously optimise supplier pool to better suit JM China local businesses. Material group approver of assigned categories of China.
~Acts as the prime contact representing JM China for key suppliers of the assigned categories to drive strategic supplier relationship management.
~Responsible for consolidating volume across business to improve JM bargaining power; representing JM China to face to supply market of assigned categories and bring market intelligence into JM.
~Owner of contract management for assigned categories.
~Network with corresponding UK corporate category managers to supports development and deployment of global category strategies with insights from China market.
~Price owner of assigned categories.
~Supports the Supplier Sustainability Development Programme to ensure supplier complies with the sustainability and ethical corporate requirements, assists in managing supply chain risks.
~Work together with business users to understand their procurement requirement and guide users from procurement perspective.
~Other assignment whereas the organization development required.

Qualifications/ knowledge/ experience

~8 years indirect procurement experience
~At least 3 years in industrial goods and services categories, like facility, MRO, production equipment etc.
~Be familiar with procurement basic policies, procedures and working principles.
~Proven data analysis capability and good at generating report
~Good communication & presentation skill
~Basic project management concept
~High integrity and Ethic & Compliance sense
~Strong ownership/accountability
~Flexible within principles and willing to learn through extending work scope when necessary
~Self-motivated and proactively drive result
~Open mind & willing to contribute
~Creative with market insight
~Professional working style