Senior Manager Procurement (construction)

Senior Manager Procurement (M3)

Area: Global Non-Trade Procurement

Department: NTP

Direct Reporting Line: Senior Director

Indirect/secondary reporting line: 0

Subsidiary/country: GCA

Location: Shanghai

GSMS Grade: M3

Number of Personnel Managed: 0

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

To work as individual contributor to establish high compliance sourcing processes. Develop compliant and dependable supply base to support company's facility management strategy; drive and professionalize GCA's purchasing best practices and deliver solid business value including but not limited to cost savings, compliance, supplier risk management and innovation.

Key Responsibilities:

Compliance & Process

• Always keep high integrity level and be leading by role model
• Ensure purchasing policies and processes strictly followed in each purchasing activity

Category Management

• Lead and fulfil China for China strategy implementation of procurement category related strategies in alignment with relevant business partners, sourcing category scope include: construction, design, project management, IFM, etc. est. 30-50mil euro.
• Lead creation and implementation of sourcing and supplier strategies and ensure compliance with procurement policies, standards, and guidelines.
• Lead and shape supplier selection processes in alignment with business partners at different levels, negotiate service scope, cost and contract term of routine category sourcing projects.
• Support tactical buying with knowledge transferring and project monitoring for GCA scope
• Implement category supplier relationship management, supplier performance review supplier database maintenance.
• Always catch up the supply market trend on innovation, should-cost study, collaboration model etc.
• Identify sustainability opportunity and drive for results

Financial

• Carry out systematic review on cost effectiveness and quality of non-trade purchasing
• Ensure transparency and openness in vendor bidding process, selection and evaluation
• Assess financial stability and risk of potential vendors
• Support precise budgeting for relevant expenses

People Management

• Lead and develop team member to delivery KPI

Training

• Serve as topic specialists for internal training needs on price negotiation
• Continuous learning about latest market practice and trend

Key Relationships:

• Global Procurement
• Global Workplace
• Market Finance
• Other key business functions like Legal, Internal control. Compliance control and GBS
• External suppliers

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Minimum 10 years experiences in indirect purchasing management positions, ideally in consumer goods or apparel industry with management experience
• Decent QS background and related civil engineering background is also preferred
• Impeccable integrity

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree or above
• Category knowledge
• Strong communication and negotiation skills
• Business acumen
• Proactive and independent
• Able to work under pressure
• Innovative and result driven
• Fluent English and Mandarin required

AT ADIDAS WE HAVE A WINNING CULTURE. BUT TO WIN, PHYSICAL POWER IS NOT ENOUGH. JUST LIKE ATHLETES OUR EMPLOYEES NEED MENTAL STRENGTH IN THEIR GAME. WE FOSTER THE ATHLETE'S MINDSET THROUGH A SET OF BEHAVIORS THAT WE WANT TO ENABLE AND DEVELOP IN OUR PEOPLE AND THAT ARE AT THE CORE OF OUR UNIQUE COMPANY CULTURE: THIS IS HOW WE WIN WHILE PLAYING FAIR.

• COURAGE: Speak up when you see an opportunity; step up when you see a need..
• OWNERSHIP: Pick up the ball. Be proactive, take responsibility and follow-through.
• INNOVATION: Elevate to win. Be curious, test and learn new and better ways of doing things.
• TEAMPLAY: Win together. Work collaboratively and cultivate a shared mindset.
• INTEGRITY: Play by the rules. Hold yourself and others accountable to our company's standards.
• RESPECT: Value all players. Display empathy, be inclusive and show dignity to all.

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