Job Description

Main objective

• Manage and oversee all service procurement operations throughout the Asia Region, supporting country areas regarding procurement related matters within our portfolio (Terminals, Transport, Inland and Feeders).

• Properly develop a category management framework standard for the respective portfolio of responsibility
• Serve as a supporting/leading role towards area offices in regards ongoing procurement activities, applying lean methodologies and overall best-fit procurement practices
• Act as an escalation point from a regional perspective internally towards suppliers
• Seek for synergies with vendor relations and businesses on a cross-country regional perspective
• Properly liaise with internal stakeholders to ensure that procurement guidelines and intended performance post-process are followed through
• Perform supplier market assessments in liaison with our area offices in order to gain proper benchmarking opportunities and aid on overall vendor/competition health in a particular scope
• Support the areas with the usage/guidance of eProcurement tools developments applicable to the procurement process
• Aid on preparation relevant analytics for sourcing events and decision-making evaluations (i.e., past performance, cost exposure, variations, supplier rankings, ABC analysis, etc)
• Serve as guidance for tender and negotiation analytics that facilitate decision making on a procurement process, both for working and management level
• Assist and lead on potential technologic developments that would have an impact on bottom-line results
• Establishment and/or improvement of service level agreements within a respective scope
• Connect the overall bigger picture from a regional perspective, to be able to obtain tangible cost synergies and efficiency

• Minimum Diploma or with a Degree in Logistics and Supply chain.
• With minimum experience of 5 years in the relevant field.
• Knowledge of either procurement activities or shipping/maritime business.
• Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• HH System: FIS2, Compass, Qlikview, TRACO

• Forward, proactive and “outside the box” thinking, to be able to identify and come up with proposals that can contribute to the procurement process and results
• Ability to manage several ongoing procurement activities and/or ad-hoc negotiation requirements
• Passion for analysis, information interpretation and handling, for proper value generation
• Be able to create and maintain good relationship with relevant stakeholders and key suppliers