Sourcing Manager, Procurement

Roles & Responsibilities

Category Strategy Development and Execution

• Develop and implement procurement strategy for the assigned categories across regions and markets with the aim of keeping up cost competitiveness, high quality, ESG compliance and service levels.
• Develop and maintain category-specific policies, procedures, and governance frameworks.
• Drive cost savings and value creations indicatives, strong sense to create sustainable saving pipeline, govern the saving tracker within the category.
• Keep up-to-date with market trends, industry best practices, and emerging technologies in the Textiles categories.
• Develop and maintain category-specific metrics and KPIs to tack performance and identify improvement opportunities.

Sourcing, RFx and Contracting

• Review and analyze category spend cube in a timely manner to identify business needs and value creation opportunities.
• Initiate sourcing and RFx (RFQ, RFP, Negotiation etc.) events to achieve a desirable outcome while balancing cost competitiveness, quality, and services.
• Negotiate contract (e.g. manufacturing agreement) with suppliers.
• Measure raw material market trends and commodity indics where applicable.
• Facilitate make-or-buy analysis and drive the lowest total cost solution at a strategic level with guidance for procurement execution.

Supplier Relationship Management

• Lead supplier sourcing and development and set up performance metrics in collaboration with the operations team against a robust Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) program, going beyond reactive issue resolution into on-going joint collaboration and operational improvement programs.
• Manage the supplier pool dynamically to optimize supply costs.
• Coordinate critical supplier issues, such as quality complaints, and drive root cause analysis and corrective action.

Required Experience/Skills/Education

• Bachelor's degree Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years in procurement or category management, preferably in the Textiles industry.
• Demonstrated experience in sourcing, RFx processes (RFQ, RFP, negotiation), and supplier contracting.
• Familiarity with raw material market trends and commodity indices.
• Strong understanding of cost competitiveness, quality assurance, ESG compliance, and service levels.
• Ability to drive cost savings and create sustainable saving pipelines.
• Proficiency in market analysis, keeping informed about trends and emerging technologies.
• Strong analytical skills to review and analyse category spend data effectively.
• Strong leadership skills to manage supplier performance metrics and collaboration programs.
• Competence in developing metrics and KPIs to track performance.
• Strategic thinker with a proactive approach to identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.
• Good command of both written and spoken English and Chinese

• Immediate availability is preferred.
  
  Candidates with less experience will be considered for the Assistant Sourcing Manager, Procurement position.