Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Establish high quality retail store sourcing strategy and compliance sourcing processes. Develop compliant and dependable supply base to support company’s retail expansion strategy; drive and professionalize GCA’s purchasing sourcing foundation, best practices and deliver solid business value including but not limited to cost savings, compliance, supplier risk management and innovation.

Key Responsibilities:

Compliance & Process

• Always keep high integrity level and be leading by role model

• Ensure purchasing policies and processes strictly followed in each purchasing activity

Category Management

• Lead and fulfil China for China strategy implementation of procurement category related strategies in alignment with relevant business partners, sourcing category scope include: construction, maintenance, security system, retail digital tool etc. est. 30mil-50mil euro.

• Lead creation and implementation of sourcing and supplier strategies and ensure compliance with procurement policies, standards, and guidelines.

• Lead and shape supplier selection processes in alignment with business partners at different levels, negotiate service scope, cost and contract term of routine category sourcing projects.

• Support tactical buying with knowledge transferring and project monitoring for GCA scope

• Implement category supplier relationship management, supplier performance review supplier database maintenance.

• Always catch up the supply market trend on innovation, should-cost study, collaboration model etc.

• Identify sustainability opportunity and drive for results

Financial

• Carry out systematic review on cost effectiveness and quality of non-trade purchasing

• Ensure transparency and openness in vendor bidding process, selection and evaluation

• Assess financial stability and risk of potential vendors

• Support precise budgeting for relevant expenses

People Management

• Lead and develop team member to delivery KPI

Training

• Serve as topic specialists for internal training needs on price negotiation

• Continuous learning about latest market practice and trend

Key Relationships:

• Global Procurement

• Market Retail

• Market Finance

• Other key business functions like Legal, Risk Mgmt., Insurance and GBS

• Supplier Key Account, Sales Managers and solution network design team

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Minimum 8 years experiences in indirect purchasing management positions, ideally in consumer goods or apparel industry with management experience

• Decent QS background and related civil engineering background is also preferred

• Impeccable integrity

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree or above

• Category knowledge

• Strong communication and negotiation skills

• Business acumen

• Proactive and independent