Raw Material & Trading Goods Procurement Manager

Raw Material & Trading Goods Procurement Manager

Job Description

• Lead Raw Material & Trading Goods procurement team; ensuring effective and continuous raw materials and trading goods supply with timely decision making to handle all operational activities along the procurement process and solve all arising problems to mitigate business impacts and develop preventive plans
• Setting procurement KPI, formulating strategies and implementation plan. Closely monitor supply situation and price trends of raw materials and trading goods to analyze and evaluate situations.
• Control and manage procurement negotiation process.
• Seeking alternative supply sources to enhance purchasing efficiency with lower costs and risk of supply shortage.
• Check the selection of new vendors and annual vendor evaluation.
• Approve purchase orders or verify the issuance of purchase orders in the SAP system before sending to management for approval.
• Build and strengthen relationships with suppliers to enhance supply quality for sustainable growth.
• Prepare monthly KPI reports to present to management.
• Develop working process and team to enhance working efficiency.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or master's degree in engineering, business administration, supply chain management, or chemistry.
• A minimum of 8 years of work experience, including 5 years in procurement with team leadership experience.
• Raw material or chemical procurement background is required.
• Experienced with SAP.
• Strong leadership skills, along with talent in negotiations and networking.
• Proficiency in decision-making and numerical analysis.
• Good oral and written English language skills.