Manager China Sourcing Central Service

Your role

Key responsibilities in your new role

• Own China sourcing for assigned indirect categories, from demand clarification and supply-market analysis through RFI/RFP/RFQ, bide valuation, negotiation, supplier selection, contracting and award recommendation.

• Build qualified supplier landscapes in China and the region, including capable local suppliers, while maintaining appropriate quality, compliance, business-continuity and risk standards.

• Collaborate with global category managers on develop category and supplier strategies for IT services outsourcing, lab equipment, marketing / advertising, R&D services, 3rd party logistics and other assigned central-service categories.

• Collaborate with global category managers on commercial negotiations covering pricing and rate cards, statements of work, service levels, performance metrics, payment terms, liability, intellectual property, confidentiality, termination rights, indexation and other total-cost elements.

• Partner with internal stakeholders to challenge and optimize demand, specifications, service levels, volumes and sourcing models before approaching the market.

• Drive year-over-year productivity through competitive bidding, demand aggregation, supplier consolidation, specification optimization, ratebenchmarking, make-versus-buy analysis and contract optimization.

• Monitor supplier financial, operational, cyber security, compliance, capacity and continuity risks relevant to the category and establish proportionate mitigation plans with stakeholders.

• Ensure sourcing activities comply with procurement policies, delegation of authority, ethical standards, legal requirements, data/privacy expectations, trade controls and other applicable company requirements.

• Provide indirect-spend market intelligence and contribute category expertise and procurement best practices to cross-site, regional and global sourcing initiatives.

• Supplier relation management

• Host competitive events / scouting days

Your profile

Qualifications and skills to help you succeed

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, Information Technology or a related discipline.

• Typically 5+ years of relevant sourcing, procurement, category management, contract management or supplier-management experience, preferably including indirect services.

• Experience in two or more relevant categories such as IT services, professional services, laboratory equipment, marketing services, R&D services or logistics is preferred.

• Good understanding of service sourcing, RFP processes, statements ofwork, service-level agreements, commercial models and contract fundamentals.

• Strong analytical and negotiation skills, including spend analysis, bid comparison, rate benchmarking, total-cost evaluation and saving stracking.

• Good project and stakeholder-management capability, with the ability to work across IT, R&D, Marketing, Logistics, Finance, Legal, Compliance, EHS and business functions as applicable.

• Proficient business English and Mandarin Chinese, with clear written and verbal communication skills.

• Cross-functional influence and stakeholder collaboration

• Structured problem solving and data-driven decision making

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