APAC Procurement Specialist

About the team

The Procurement Team plays a critical role in the business and is responsible for the strategy design and end-to-end processes involved in the purchase of goods and services in a sustainable and financially viable way in compliance with business standards. We are responsible for sourcing and onboarding of new vendors, supporting the development of key company systems and processes, maintaining a strategic overview of project procurement management activities and ensuring that purchasing contracts and arrangements are fulfilled in strict accordance with legal requirements, project requirements, and business policies and procedures.

• Responsible for PR-PO end-to-end procurement: undertake procurement requests mainly in Japan/Korea, issue Purchase Orders, follow up on supplier's goods/services delivery performance, reconcile accounts and settlements and potentially other relevant procurement processes conducting competitive bidding, contract negotiation and the processing of invoices and payments;
• Efficiently undertake small-value procurement, responsible for small-scale inviting tenders and contract negotiation, and conduct supplier selection and price rationality analysis;
• Manage strategory on Operational level, including but not limited to SOP create/update, BPO trainings and SLA monitoring etc.;
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to achieve optimal adherence to Procurement policies and procedures, provide clear process and compliance guidance to internal users and suppliers, and implement procurement policies and requirements;
• Data-driven, be responsible for the team's key business indicators. Responsible for regional metrics management, data analysis and workout summarized report. Work cross functional to improve performance in procurement metrics;
• Discover, track, and resolve day-to-day P2P issues, take actions to improve processes within the immediate scope.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification(s)

• Bachelor degree or above, related majors such as procurement, logistics, supply chain management are preferred
• Excellent communication skills;
• Proficiency in both Japanese and English, as this position will be supporting end-to-end procurement and communicate with Japanese vendors as well as internal stakeholders globally;
• Good work ethics and business ethics, impeccable integrity is a must.

Preferred Qualification(s)

• Supporting multiple indirect categories, having procurement process mindset, fully understanding the procurement process and control points, experience in procurement is preferred;
• Strong understanding of the procurement foundation, familiarity with procure-to-pay, end-to-end process and related systems, such as Ariba, Oracle, etc.;
• Result-oriented, attention to detail, strong problem-solving and logical thinking ability.