GSS Senior Associate Sourcing Excellence

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide business insights and opportunities from daily stakeholder engagement, improve the end-to-end sourcing experience, proactively identify and develop opportunities where GSS can drive greater value realization for business.

• Drive initiatives to improve the investment efficacy by analyzing stakeholder’s behavior, benchmarking market landscape and providing actionable insights.

• As an enabler to bring change and new innovation to leverage needs, identify new business opportunities to drive topline.

• Define and implement Category Sourcing cluster – GCO multiple commercial categories sourcing and supplier strategies for the allocated spend, ex. MICE, Professional Service Category, Media Buy, IT etc.

• Manage the local supplier relationships, performance and contracting based on clear spend analysis, targets and ongoing strategic review meetings with key suppliers.

• Define and deliver a strong savings contribute to GSS China annual saving target by assessing sourcing (Price) and demand (Quantity) initiatives. Conduct negotiation roadmaps with suppliers by applying corresponding strategies and best practices.

• Deploy global strategies and projects as well as bring local best practice to global.

Must have Qualifications:

• Purchasing knowledge: sourcing process, commodity management and analysis, supplier management and development, pricing theory and policy, negotiation, supply chain, make or buy.
• Degree qualification in business or equivalent or equivalent
• Purchasing related training
• Negotiation (at least 1 course)
• 3-5 years Purchasing experience in a profit driven and international environment
• (Project) Management experience (team or direct)
• Experience with tendering processes, supplier negotiations and contracting
• Experience with ERP
• Computer skills (MS-office environment)
• Fluency in English, both in oral and written communication

Preferred Qualifications:

• Business process related training
• Experience in either leading or participating in Six Sigma projects.
• 3 years Business Process related experience in a Pharmaceutical or similar environment
• Fluency in multiple languages
• Experience in presenting to senior management team

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide business insights and opportunities from daily stakeholder engagement, improve the end-to-end sourcing experience, proactively identify and develop opportunities where GSS can drive greater value realization for business.

• Drive initiatives to improve the investment efficacy by analyzing stakeholder’s behavior, benchmarking market landscape and providing actionable insights.

• As an enabler to bring change and new innovation to leverage needs, identify new business opportunities to drive topline.

• Define and implement Category Sourcing cluster – GCO multiple commercial categories sourcing and supplier strategies for the allocated spend, ex. MICE, Professional Service Category, Media Buy, IT etc.

• Manage the local supplier relationships, performance and contracting based on clear spend analysis, targets and ongoing strategic review meetings with key suppliers.

• Define and deliver a strong savings contribute to GSS China annual saving target by assessing sourcing (Price) and demand (Quantity) initiatives. Conduct negotiation roadmaps with suppliers by applying corresponding strategies and best practices.

• Deploy global strategies and projects as well as bring local best practice to global.

Must have Qualifications:

• Purchasing knowledge: sourcing process, commodity management and analysis, supplier management and development, pricing theory and policy, negotiation, supply chain, make or buy.
• Degree qualification in business or equivalent or equivalent
• Purchasing related training
• Negotiation (at least 1 course)
• 3-5 years Purchasing experience in a profit driven and international environment
• (Project) Management experience (team or direct)
• Experience with tendering processes, supplier negotiations and contracting
• Experience with ERP
• Computer skills (MS-office environment)
• Fluency in English, both in oral and written communication

Preferred Qualifications:

• Business process related training
• Experience in either leading or participating in Six Sigma projects.
• 3 years Business Process related experience in a Pharmaceutical or similar environment
• Fluency in multiple languages
• Experience in presenting to senior management team