Procurement Manager Premix Japan

Key areas of accountability/responsibility

• • Acts as the focal point of contact for all stakeholders in the site for Direct Procurement (3rd party raw materials) and Packaging materials who executes, supports and coordinates relevant purchasing activities in line with agreed purchase procedures, quality standards and timelines.
  • Owns the Site overall Direct Procurement process and procedures if any and be responsible for updating and getting alignment with stakeholders to ensure Procurement is executed in an accurate and efficient way and in line with company guidelines/policies and local legislations.
  • Conducts constant spend and cost analysis to identify opportunities, priorities and improve performance.
  • Develops and implements sound, cost-effective strategies (incl. Strategic Sourcing Methodology) together with business and monitor the market price of raw materials closely.
  • Closely collaborates with Global and Regional category managers and manages a local network to generate insights of the price developments of raw materials in the local market.
  • Initiates new material and supplier qualifications and creation in systems upon request and maintain the validity of docs and master data consistency in systems.
  • Perform Sourcing in a responsible way and empower suppliers towards responsible sourcing practices and fully engage with them to drive to achieve sustainability target or improve sustainability performance.
  • Conducts bidding and negotiations with suppliers to ensure purchased price and conditions are competitive and aligned with market and company requirements.
  • Defines supply risk assessment and risk mitigation plan for raw materials and suppliers and troubleshoots delivery issues to ensure supply continuity.
  • Performs supplier segmentation, and manages and develops relationship and performance (complaints, evaluation, audit) with suppliers while continually keeping an eye open for new alternative/back up suppliers and materials.
  • Contributes actively to Business Purchasing Plan by developing and implementing regional saving opportunities with TCO mindset and close cooperation with cross-function teams, and updates in system in a timely manner every month.
  • Actively contributes to OWC improvement, e.g. payment term extension, inventory management etc.
  • Extensive contact and close cooperation with internal business stakeholders to really understand business needs and drives initiatives for value creation and continuous improvement.