Job Description:
eporting directly to the Global Travel Category Manager, this role will be accountable for implementing the global travel strategy for the Asia Pacific region. It will support the collaboration between category and site management supply strategies that will create a competitive advantage for our customers, while delivering local service excellence. It will be responsible for the platform liaison with the corresponding Category/Platform Purchasing Managers.People: Will develop and ensure the supplier base is capable of meeting all travel and fleet deliverables. This position will serve (in late Q3 or early Q4)as a mentoring role for a regional purchasing analyst. The purchasing analyst will report directly to the Travel Category Manager for the near term; however, will require a high level of direction and guidance from the Purchasing Supervisor to execute all deliverables in a timely and quality oriented manner. Leadership – Develop, mentor, and train eventual purchasing analyst capable of delivering the Global supplier strategy for the travel category with local service aligned with the overall global supplier strategy. Identify performance gaps within the supplier base specific to travel and collaborate with Category and Platform Purchasing Managers to develop improvement plans for the identified gaps. Maintain the highest ethical and professional standards within this diverse global organization and recognize employee excellence.Strategy - Through a strong knowledge of travel and fleet programs; the incumbent will sponsor, support and participate in 6 Sigma projects. Implement successful initiatives fully satisfying customers expectations. Use QCLDM to manage local subcontractors and suppliers in agreement with Global Segment organization. Drive supply chain collaboration for developing new value oriented travel services and enhance Continuous Product Improvement (CPI) efforts and/or creating valued new services by leveraging their leading technologies and business knowledge.Lead teams to fully understand the requirements and performance of the supply base. Customers - Manage service delivery and reporting expectations for Global Purchasing, to deliver benefits required to sustain a competitive advantage. The role will require a good communicator capable of keeping the customer and Global Purchasing fully informed of progress and working closely with both to ensure all requirements are met. This role will interface with the local Global Purchasing management to ensure alignment of strategies and manage expectations, keeping the customer fully informed of progress, ensuring all requirements are met. Supplier Development - Ensure on-going plans are in effect with suppliers key to the local Products main initiatives, to improve performance across Quality, Cost, Logistics, Development and Management (QCLDM). This will require the support and involvement of key functions within the Product team to effectively build relationships with the suppliers that encourage trust, professionalism and continuous improvement.Travel: - This role will require periodic travel throughout Asia Pacific region.
eporting directly to the Global Travel Category Manager, this role will be accountable for implementing the global travel strategy for the Asia Pacific region. It will support the collaboration between category and site management supply strategies that will create a competitive advantage for our customers, while delivering local service excellence. It will be responsible for the platform liaison with the corresponding Category/Platform Purchasing Managers.People: Will develop and ensure the supplier base is capable of meeting all travel and fleet deliverables. This position will serve (in late Q3 or early Q4)as a mentoring role for a regional purchasing analyst. The purchasing analyst will report directly to the Travel Category Manager for the near term; however, will require a high level of direction and guidance from the Purchasing Supervisor to execute all deliverables in a timely and quality oriented manner. Leadership – Develop, mentor, and train eventual purchasing analyst capable of delivering the Global supplier strategy for the travel category with local service aligned with the overall global supplier strategy. Identify performance gaps within the supplier base specific to travel and collaborate with Category and Platform Purchasing Managers to develop improvement plans for the identified gaps. Maintain the highest ethical and professional standards within this diverse global organization and recognize employee excellence.Strategy - Through a strong knowledge of travel and fleet programs; the incumbent will sponsor, support and participate in 6 Sigma projects. Implement successful initiatives fully satisfying customers expectations. Use QCLDM to manage local subcontractors and suppliers in agreement with Global Segment organization. Drive supply chain collaboration for developing new value oriented travel services and enhance Continuous Product Improvement (CPI) efforts and/or creating valued new services by leveraging their leading technologies and business knowledge.Lead teams to fully understand the requirements and performance of the supply base. Customers - Manage service delivery and reporting expectations for Global Purchasing, to deliver benefits required to sustain a competitive advantage. The role will require a good communicator capable of keeping the customer and Global Purchasing fully informed of progress and working closely with both to ensure all requirements are met. This role will interface with the local Global Purchasing management to ensure alignment of strategies and manage expectations, keeping the customer fully informed of progress, ensuring all requirements are met. Supplier Development - Ensure on-going plans are in effect with suppliers key to the local Products main initiatives, to improve performance across Quality, Cost, Logistics, Development and Management (QCLDM). This will require the support and involvement of key functions within the Product team to effectively build relationships with the suppliers that encourage trust, professionalism and continuous improvement.Travel: - This role will require periodic travel throughout Asia Pacific region.


Requirement:

Professional certification in Purchasing and/or Inventory Management preferred, e.g.; Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.), Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) and Certified in Integration Resource Management (CIRM), or comparable international certification is preferred.
Affiliation with Institute for Supply Management (ISM) and American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS), or comparable professional purchasing organization, preferred.
Previous 6 Sigma Greenbelt/Black Belt experience preferred
Knowledge of Quality, Cost Modeling, and NPI tools is preferred