IMS Procurement Executive Vietnam

Key things to know before you apply: • Please submit your CV in English • Please provide your WhatsApp number. Be a part of a revolutionary change. At PMI, we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’re totally transforming our business and building our future on one clear purpose – to deliver a smoke-free future. With huge change comes huge opportunity. So, wherever you join us, you’ll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions. Wherever you join our crucial 47,000-strong Operations team, you’ll have the opportunity to make an impact. PMI’s shift from selling cigarettes to our new smoke-free products has changed the way we work. New products bring new challenges – in the way we source and buy raw materials, in the way we engineer and manufacture, and in our supply chain planning. Bring us your curiosity and a desire to challenge the everyday, and we’ll give you lots of responsibility. You’ll help us improve, inject innovation, and create new ways of working. Currently we’re looking for a IMS Procurement Executive Vietnam position who will be based in Ho Chi Minh City, you will be responsible to optimize local procurement of products and services by liaising with the local management team to understand their current and anticipated demand or needs, deploying local sourcing strategies, optimizing the local supplier base and managing local and cluster suppliers Your ‘day to day’: Stakeholder Engagement • Create and maintain collaborative relationships with stakeholders: understand internal and external stakeholders’ objectives and needs; advice stakeholders on ways as to add tangible value to their objectives and contribute to the bottom line; lead cross-functional projects to increase spend effectiveness or generate process improvements. Industry, Market and Supplier Strategy • Conduct and interpret industry, market and relevant macro-economic and supplier research for the assigned sub-categories: at market or cluster level and for the assigned categories, build industry know-how on markets, suppliers and products/services and provide recommendations from market analyses and benchmarks to internal stakeholders. Sourcing Plan • Contribute to regional and global sourcing strategy definition by providing the requested inputs. • Apply deep knowledge of assigned categories and subcategories to develop and implement relevant action plans. Monitor the implementation of sourcing strategies and processes across market / cluster and generate process improvements and economies of scale Negotiation & Partnership • Use category specific analyses to prepare and lead negotiations with major suppliers within the assigned categories at local and/or cluster level ensuring quality standards of products/services are met. • Commercially manage new & ongoing local key relationships with local major local suppliers, vendors or subcontractors at account level to ensure that the affiliate receives satisfactory standards of services and there is contribution sustainability over time Contractual Framework Promotion • Master legal templates to encompass local legislative requirements, business needs, IP rights and exclusivity clauses. • In collaboration with Legal and Finance, set up and maintain a set of standard templates that facilitate the contractual review process, as well as leverage on agreed PO's Terms & Conditions for non-critical services/goods to meet the Company’s objectives in terms of agility and time to market • Upon contract(s) being signed, control that all data regarding suppliers and agreements is correctly entered in all relevant systems (e.g. SAP, e-Catalogues, etc.) Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) • Apply the PMI SRM concept: evaluate and implement different types of supplier relationships based on defined segmentation criteria. Execute governance and escalation models to manage those relationships. Assess supplier performance based on quality, service, innovation and commercial relations. Procurement model & Compliance • Master the sourcing process and its interactions with other functional processes and ensure that the source-to-contract process is correctly and consistently followed. Ensure adherence to Global Procurement Policy and Regional Sourcing Practices & Tools at affiliate / cluster level. Monitor and define action plans to close gaps • Apply and encourage a Lean way of working and ensure effective transfer of non-core activities to SSC Procurement Surabaya • Ensure that the sourcing plan and RFx initiatives are well tracked and documented in the regional system maintained by the SSC Procurement. Optimize assigned KPI targets People • Ensure an effective & efficient integration and engagement with remote teams or colleagues. • Where applicable, manage and supervise the work performed of direct reports, guiding them in their daily activities. Collaborate with SSC Procurement on the agreed sourcing processes • If applicable, improve the team performance by setting clear objectives, reviewing achievements, assessing training needs and providing development opportunities Who we’re looking for: • University degree in Engineering, Business Administration or Economics. • Minimum 3 years’ experience in Procurement of which minimum 2 years in category management. Strong degree of specialization in a specific area. • Results oriented and deliver set Procurement KPIs • SAP/ERP and Coupa knowledge and experience • Strong negotiation skills and able to deliver innovative sourcing solutions • Strong communication skills , team spirit and presentation skills • Fluent in English What we offer: Our success depends on the people who come to work every single day with a sense of purpose and an appetite for progress. Join PMI and you too can: • Seize the freedom to define your future and ours. We’ll empower you to do things differently, experiment and explore. • Be part of an inclusive, diverse culture, where everyone’s contribution is respected; collaborate with some of the world’s best people and feel like you belong. • Pursue your ambitions and develop your skills with a global business – our staggering size and scale provides endless opportunities to progress. • Take pride in delivering our promise to society: to create a smoke free future.