Global Procurement Head

Job Description : GLOBAL PROCUREMENT HEAD SINGAPORE A Global leader in the consumer goods and healthcare industries - this organisation has a large global network in APAC, America, and Europe. As their business has grown exponentially over the last two years, the organisation is now looking for an experienced and dynamic Global Procurement Director to be based in Singapore. Create and implement a strategic vision for the purchasing function, ensuring that policies, processes, and procedures are in place to meet business objectives and operational needs · Monitor global market, industry trends, new technologies, and economic factors to assess and communicate their potential impact to the business; and develop and implement strategies in response · Develop commodity strategies that provide quality supply, world-class technologies, and the best long-term total cost · Establish pricing, quality, and delivery targets that will enable the company to function and compete effectively in the market. · Seek and partner with reliable vendors and suppliers both domestic and international to develop an overall vendor base which creates and sustains a competitive advantage · Monitor the cost, schedule, and performance aspects of supplier agreements · Assure the Procurement organization has strategies and plans for cost savings, risk reduction and supplier selection and are on track with their execution · Identify supplier needs based on production plans and sales projections to proactively close gaps and maintain uninterrupted production · 12+ years of experience within the Procurement function ideally in a leadership role · Experience in the medical devices/consumer goods/healthcare industries will be preferred · Broad knowledge of supplier management procedures with a good understanding working in a highly matrix environment · Provide leadership to the purchasing team to ensure that established procedures are followed

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