Sr Category Buyer, HVAC/IR Equipment

What you will do The Senior Category buyer is responsible for project spend for APAC region. Responsibilities include supplier scouting, selection, supplier management, price & contract negotiations, drive product optimization and working capital management. The buyer will develop and execute a category strategy that supports the company’s profitable growth plans. They will be the primary owner of cost savings and working capital improvements.How you will do itDrive year-over-year improvement in field material spend through supplier negotiation.Drive year-over-year improvement in working capital through supplier payment term management.Develop field material category strategy by category cluster, implement category strategy in sourcing decision of field projects.Supplier account management for selection of suppliers. Develop strategies to effectively manage and optimize the supply base.Manage supplier performance and organize regular business reviews with suppliers of responsibility.Negotiation and maintenance of contracts and supply conditions.Insights to supply base market intelligence & dynamics, scouting new suppliers to support the business growth.Deploy a global preferred supplier strategy to improve supplier quality, delivery and cost.What we look forBachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Project Management, Quantity Surveying or related Business DegreeExperience in sourcing/procurement experience with Fire, HVAC, Security and Controls, ELV knowledge are added advantageAbility to handle APAC region will be added advantage.Excellent negotiation skills, being able to build a compelling case and convince others; familiar with contractingGood interpersonal skills to enable and manage strategic relationshipsAdaptable towards a rapidly changing environmentExperience in working in multi-cultural teamsPreferably experience in an innovative but also cost-driven environmentExperience in international tradeAdvance in MS Excel especially well-verse in generating Pivot Table and VLOOKUP is a mustExperience in analyzing data and sensitive with dataAbility to optimize supplier base and good sourcing skill