Non-Trade Procurement (NTP) for DKSH comprises of all purchasing activities except for trading goods inventory. Annual spending is at 700mn CHF, of which around 60% are for Logistics and Distribution spends.
The Associate Director, Global Non-Trade Procurement is tasked to do the following:
Strategic Sourcing
- Develop and implement sourcing strategies across categories in alignment with company's objectives and business priorities.
- Develop effective collaboration with key stakeholders to translate business requirements into category sourcing plans.
- Drive savings delivery on key categories through market procurement teams or centrally through global sourcing initiatives.
Procurement Governance and Internal Controls
- Ensure adequate procurement internal controls are in place all areas of procurement management.
- Regularly review NTP policy, and vendor and/or contract management framework.
Vendor Management
- Build strong and strategic supplier relationship with key suppliers to drive for performance management, forward-thinking strategic development and cost saving initiatives
Procurement Performance Management
- Drive continuous improvement for procurement process and cost saving initiatives.
- Establish and/or refine existing procurement performance metrics such as savings delivery, cashflow value creation
Requirements
- At least 10 years in procurement/supply chain management
- Experience in Logistics will be an advantage
- Strong negotiation and communication skill
- Project management to lead complex project scope
- Experience in Indirect Procurement is a must, experience in Logistics procurement is preferred
- Deep understanding of Consumer Goods, Healthcare orLogistics business
- Agile mindset and adaptive to changes
- Strong analytical capabilities
- Strategic decision making & systematic thinking
- Strong computer literacy
- Must have had an experience in using a procurement platform
- Experience with SAP preferred
Education
Bachelor's/ Masters Degree of Supply Chain, Logistics, Engineering, Economics or any related fields.
