Lead, Indirect Procurement

In short

The Indirect Procurement Sourcing Lead, APAC plays a crucial role in managing and optimizing procurement sourcing activities to support the high business growth across the Asia-Pacific region. This role focuses on driving value, ensuring compliance, and establishing strong supplier relationships to support the diverse needs of the organization within the APAC market with China and Real estate as a focus.

Your Mission

• Develop and implement regional indirect procurement sourcing activities based on global category strategies and local market dynamics, with a focus on Real Estate and other categories. • Lead or support sourcing projects for various other indirect categories (e.g., marketing, IT, HR services, facilities management) across APAC. • Conduct market research and analysis to identify trends, opportunities, and potential risks in the APAC supply landscape. • Manage the end-to-end tender process, including technical requirement gathering, vendor evaluation, negotiation, and contract awarding. • Build and maintain strong relationships with key internal stakeholders across different functions and countries within APAC to understand their procurement needs and ensure alignment with the Global indirect procurement team. • Manage supplier relationships, conduct performance reviews, and drive continuous improvement initiatives with key suppliers in the region. • Negotiate contracts with suppliers to achieve favorable terms, conditions, and pricing while ensuring compliance with company policies and legal requirements. • Monitor and track contract performance, ensuring adherence to quality, cost, and delivery targets. • Identify opportunities for cost reduction, process optimization, and value creation within indirect procurement activities in APAC. • Become the global indirect procurement CoP and champion the global IP initiatives in APAC by providing expertise and guidance on procurement best practices to local teams. • Ensure all procurement activities adhere to ethical standards and company policies.

Your story

• 8+ years of strategic sourcing experience in indirect procurement, with a strong focus onChina and the APAC region preferred. • Proven track record of managing complex sourcing projects and achieving significant cost savings. • Excellent negotiation and communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels. • Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data and make informed procurement decisions. • Deep understanding of the Real Estate category within APAC Supply market including cultural nuances and regulatory requirements. • Experience with e-procurement tools and systems like Coupa is a requirement. • Native Chinese Speaker, and fluency in English is required; proficiency in other Asian languages is a plus. • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. • Strong problem-solving skills and a results-oriented approach.

What to expect

We want to set everyone up for success, so here’s the lowdown on how we hire. Our process is a two-way street – bringing you into our culture, while helping us learn how you think.

Our full process can last about eight weeks from application to offer, because we care about getting it right. These steps explain how we usually do things.

Before you get started, feel free to consider if you want to work with us. Strange question? Well, we give people a lot of space to navigate their day-to-day and that style isn't for everyone. We want you to be passionate about what you do and be sure this is the right fit. Because when skills and passion combine – it creates that 'Wow' moment.

• Step One

  It starts with you...

  You'll start by submitting your application to a specific role. We try to keep this step as simple as possible. We do get a lot of applications, but we review them all. We ask that you allow around 14 days for us to come back to you with a response. If you are a good fit to the role, someone will follow up with you within that window. If you didn't receive a reply, or were unsuccessful this time around, we encourage you to look for other possible matches at On.

• Step Two

  Interview with a recruiter

  What ignites your spirit? This is where we’ll start getting to know all about you and what makes you tick – and it’s your first chance to get a feel for our culture. Chatting with a member of our talent team, you’ll learn more about On and how we work. We’ll learn about what motivates you and what you could bring to the team.

• Step Three

  Interview with a hiring manager

  Ready to dig into the details? This second interview will be held with your future manager and will focus on the specifics of the job. Together you’ll delve into your unique skills and experiences and how they could be relevant at On. It's also a time to assess how you might feel working side-by-side. Bring any questions you have about the job, the team or anything else you might like to know – this is an open forum.

• Step Four

  The Case Study

  What's your style? This task will help us understand how you think, face a challenge and give insight into your novel ideas. Designed to give everyone their best shot, your case study is based on something you might typically experience on the job. This is your chance to show us what you’ve got. So express yourself. Be you.

• Step Five

  The Experience Day

  Your first taste of the Oniverse. This is a time to meet some of the people you'll be working closest with. In person or virtually, you'll get a feel for the day-to-day at On and the people who make it happen. You'll chat with a few potential teammates - the conversations will be as equally driven by the role and your experience as by our values. We believe how you do things is just as important as what you do.

• Step Six

  The Result

  Are we a good fit? We’ll get together internally to share our feedback and decide if we’re a match. We know that job searching is a big time investment, so it’s not a decision we take lightly. It’s also time for you to reflect on the experience – are we the right place for you? No matter the outcome, we’ll give you meaningful feedback.

Step One:

It starts with you...

You'll start by submitting your application to a specific role.

We try to keep this step as simple as possible. We do get a lot of applications, but we review them all. We ask that you allow around 14 days for us to come back to you with a response. If you are a good fit to the role, someone will follow up with you within that window. If you didn't receive a reply, or were unsuccessful this time around, we encourage you to look for other possible matches at On.