Purchasing Manager (Procurement Manager)

Category souring management: Manage a portfolio of vendor pool and develop a sourcing strategy for each category.
Cost management: Determine the best options by searching the competitive price through analysis of market price and cost and make recommendations by evaluating total cost and quality of indirect productions and services.
Stakeholder relationship management: Establish effective partnerships with both internal and external.
People management: Responsible for development, retention, and performance management of procurement personnel.
Prepare vendor selection and evaluate the vendor's performance.
Develop, implement and manage procurement process to meet the company's policy.
Monitor vendor's performance and compliance with contractual terms and conditions.
Build standards, protocols, and procedures for vendor evaluation and the criteria that go with them.
Analyze current spend and closely monitor spend across all categories and continuously optimize cost & utilization, with particular focus on the high-spend categories.
Responsible for cost reduction and streamline purchasing procedures.
Negotiate commercial terms and conditions and manage vendor relationships to obtain maximum value for the company's investment.
Build relationships with key stakeholders to gather category requirements and specifications from departments and category subject matter experts, positively align, engage, communicate and influence to achieve desired outcomes.
Build long-term and stable partnership relationships with key vendors according to headquarters'/ region's procurement strategies, in order to maintain continuity of supply, to reduce the synthetical cost of procurement, and to obtain competitive advantage in procurement area.
Manage and mitigate vendors risks of existing vendor pool and new vendor by transparent bidding and enhancing vendor understanding of company guidelines and audit policies.
Manage team roles, ensuring effective staffing and tasking.
Manage complex projects from conception through implementation, including change management.
Ensure procurement activities comply with legal and ethical standards as well as company policies.
Lead a team of professionals with limited control over budget spending or HR management such as recruiting or dismissal and supervises mentoring and coaching for team members.