Sr Category Manager, Logistics APAC

Job Title: Sr. Category Manager, Logistics

Location: Shanghai

Responsibilities and Scope:

The Sr. Category Manager is responsible for logistics spend for APAC region. Responsibilities include supplier scouting, selection, supplier management, price & contract negotiation and working capital management. The Sr. Category Manager will develop and execute a category strategy that supports the company’s profitable growth plans. She/He will be the primary owner of cost savings and working capital improvements.

Key Responsibilities:

Drive the team to deliver financial results for field, corporate and plants

Engages key influence network to build sponsorship for change

Supports team's decisions in the face of uncertainty

Creates strategies to achieve long term goals across business

Coaches team for their development, improves team capability and skillset

Build integrity culture

Develop logistics category strategy by category cluster, implement category strategy in sourcing decision of Logistics spend

Optimizes and rationalize the supply base

Supplier account management for selection of suppliers

Manage supplier performance and organize regular business reviews with suppliers of responsibility.

Negotiation and maintenance of contracts and supply conditions

Insights to supply base market intelligence & dynamics, scouting new suppliers to support the business growth

Build significant process muscle in VAVE, which will increase profitability

Deploy a global preferred supplier strategy to improve supplier quality, delivery and cost

Drive year-over-year improvement in logistics spend through supplier negotiation

Drive year-over-year improvement in working capital through supplier DPO management

Monitor and support procurement productivity improvement projects complete on schedule

Report monthly operation result by category cluster

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain management, or related business degree. MBA is a distinct advantage

At least 5 years’ sourcing/procurement experience and at least 5 years’ experience in logistics operation management, and 3 years’ experience in team management

Excellent negotiation skills, being able to build a compelling case and convince others, familiar with contracting

Experience in market investigation, purchasing strategy establishment and implementation, familiar with cost reduction methods and tools

Good interpersonal skills to enable and manage strategic relationships

Adaptable towards a rapidly changing environment

Experience in working in multi-cultural teams

Experience in working in multifunctional development teams

Preferably experience in an innovative but also cost-driven environment

Experience in international trade

Honest and Integrity

Fluent in English

Willing to travel