Procurement Manager

Our partner, a company in the Military Tech sector, is looking for a Procurement Manager responsible for overseeing the sourcing, purchasing, and negotiation of direct materials essential for the company’s production and operational needs.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Overall responsibility for purchasing and cost estimating activities across the category in the area of responsibility: add value, reduce costs, and drive business improvements.
• Main KPI’s achievement, reporting (savings, payment terms improvement, etc.)
• Hold responsibility for cost.
• Recommend solutions without compromising quality while optimizing cost.
• Establishing a comprehensive roadmap of sourcing initiatives to shape the indirect materials cost structure.
• Contract management.
• Perform new suppliers sourcing and qualification.
• Routine supplier management as requested, including performance evaluation.
• Vendor management and negotiation: identify, evaluate potential vendors and suppliers based on quality, price, and reliability; negotiate contracts and agreements with vendors to secure favorable terms and conditions.
• Stakeholder Collaboration - collaborate with internal stakeholders to understand their procurement needs and requirements.
• Recommend solutions without compromising quality while optimizing cost.

Requirements for a successful candidate:

• Master’s degree education (project management/foreign economic activity in priority).
• At least 3 years of relevant experience in procurement.
• Excellent relationship management skills with the ability to engage, negotiate and manage key stakeholders.
• Strategic thinking and decision-making abilities.
• Commercially and financially astute with experience of managing budgets.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, ability to think critically working outside the box.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Strong and confident negotiator with the ability to negotiate at all levels.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and influencing skills.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities.
• Results orientated with ability to plan and deliver against project deadlines.
• Proficiency in procurement software and tools.
• Leadership and team management skills.
• Upper-intermediate English language skills.
• Chinese language will be as additional advantage.