Purchasing Manager

**Requisition ID**:9164 Who we areSuntory is a global leader in consumer-packaged goods, renowned for producing and distributing a uniquely diverse portfolio of beverages, premium spirits, beer, wine, and wellness products throughout the world. With a history dating back to 1899, we are driven by a profound purpose: to inspire the brilliance of life, by creating rich experiences for people, in harmony with nature.Suntory PepsiCo Vietnam Beverage (SPVB) is a strategic alliance between PepsiCo Inc. and Suntory Holdings Ltd. since 2013.- Job SummaryThe Logistics Procurement Sourcing Manager plans, sources, selects, and negotiates with suppliers to ensure that performance meets requirements in a cost-effective manner for the Sales and Marketing Category. The role includes influencing internal stakeholders on demand management, source selection and vendor strategies; negotiating the best overall commercial arrangement with suppliers, developing and maintaining relationships with vendors/suppliers for long-term contracts.Job ResponsibilitiesPlanning- Engage with key stakeholders in the early stage of the sourcing process to ensure a complete alignment of objectives and expectations. - Lead to the team to forecast on future demand and place orders in a timely fashion based upon vendor lead-time. - Regular communicate with stakeholders to update on any changes and adjust the plan accordingly. - Participate in budget development of the company to support strategic goals. Strategic Sourcing & Category Management- Conduct spend analysis activities to identify opportunities for spend consolidation in order to look for cost savings possibilities. - Work with end-users to understand business requirements and constantly look for opportunities to rationalise demand across the business - Ensure each of category/sub-category manager in the team conduct market analysis to understand the market size, scale and suppliers' capabilities of their assigned categories. - Work with Sourcing staffs to document category historic spend and the total cost of ownership (TCO) for key category products and services to identify savings opportunities within assigned Sourcing category. - Responsible for negotiation of best possible cost service guarantee and develop "win-win" strategies that achieve sustainable relationships with suppliers. - Develop Service Level Agreements with contracted suppliers to promote an environment of continuous improvement and innovation. - Formulate effective sourcing strategies that accomplish performance and savings goals, anticipate potential threats or opportunities, and are consistent with department goals and policies. - Forecast and manage all the sourcing risks, especially risks when inducing new suppliers Contract Management- Facilitate contract execution with key category suppliers to ensure that required terms and conditions are included and that contract termination dates are tracked and managed. Supplier Management- Monitor the supply base and lead the team to continuously look for opportunities to rationalise the number of suppliers. - Develop a supplier management program with key suppliers including metrics, performance goals and improvement initiatives. - Cooperate with Transactional team for proposed list for supplier evaluation. - Review the results and propose action with low performance suppliers. Prepare back-up supplier within 03 months after evaluation result. - Segment the suppliers into different groups based on their characteristics and identify strategies to manage relationship with those suppliers accordingly. Procedure Compliance- Ensure the team comply Procurement Policy and SOP with no violation on company procedure People Development- Leverage management experience to build skills in collaboration and working effectively with cross functions members to deliver the goals successfully. - Provide training session for process/policy updates to all staffs, on-job coaching to new staffs and guidance to under-performed staffs. - Promote team bonding and engage team members to work and co-operate with others effectively in order to achieve strategic goals and business plans Skills and Experience- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Operations Management and/or preferred to be major in Supply Chain, Procurement. - 5+ Years experience in team leading roles in administration or procurement for Sales and MKT function - Good time management - able to make timely decisions that can create real savings or cost avoidance - Good teamwork - able to work cross functional team effectively - nfluence and persuasion skills - Proven leadership ability and excellent interpersonal skills - Self-motivated and result-oriented" - English proficient - Proficient in MS Office: Excel, Power Point and Word - Able to understand procurement / inventory management system Procurement Competency framework: - Spend Analysis - Contract Management - Supplier Management & Development - Specification Development