Job Description

Job Dimensions

• Drive, manage and lead development of regional purchasing projects and strategies of key raw materials, energy and packaging in South East Asia and Oceania
• Sourcing/benchmarking responsibility for energy
• Management of Energy & Packaging indexes
• Management of purchasing strategies for packaging category regionally
• Develop and drive projects on renewable energies, such as solar electricity

Job Activities

• Development and implementation of activities including:
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      • Raw material strategy: development, negotiation and execution of supply agreements
      • Negotiate and execute purchase contracts and spot purchases with approved suppliers
      • Management of supply reliability, and Risk Assessment of RMs
      • Developing and reporting of savings projects
    • Direct purchasing responsibility of raw materials and energy for existing ARKEMA plants, including:
      • Supplier selection, negotiation & contracting which leads to competitive advantage for ARKEMA: reliable supply & competitive cost
      • Coordination & development of strategic business relationship with competitive producers/suppliers of raw materials and energy

• Optimize the working capital related to Purchase (raw materials inventory, payment terms, payables)
• Effective and regular communication with stakeholders: Supply Chain, Logistic, Production, R&D, Sales & Marketing and Site Management, including participation in BU meetings to present market dynamics and changes in key raw materials
• Market intelligence: gather information, analyze and understanding the market
• Paticipate actively in the annual budget and monthly forecast process
• Implement and apply DAMPE purchasing processes or best practices, including control & compliance, risk management, forecasting, measurement (KPI), reporting tools\xe2\x80\xa6across all existing Arkema and new M&A entities

Required Profile

• Fluent English, Chinese & French is plus
• Completed Tertiary Education
• Successful experience working in a global organization environment
• Strong leadership skills, positive experience in creating organizational change
• Result-oriented and self-motivated