
Process Specialist, Procurement Operations
- Shanghai
- Contract
- Full-time
- Strong team player with ability to work effectively on cross-functional to support the guided buying to Diageo users (employees)
- Collaborate with procurement team to support on Sourcing & Complex Sourcing activities.
- Engage with category strategy.
- Organize & conduct e-sourcing events – eRFP, e-auctions.
- Perform sourcing activities, commercial negotiations & contract management (if applicable) for spend no more than US $50k. Ensure delivery of financial and non-financial/compliance targets for the market. This includes but is not limited to providing market analyses, price / service-level benchmarking, sourcing events, supplier negotiations and ongoing supplier relationship management
- Embed best in class procurement category excellence capability and process, i.e. sourcing, contract management, risk and supplier performance management, as well as introducing supplier collaboration models with strategic suppliers.
- Provide comprehensive analysis on events conducted.
- Able to handle queries from supplier & business in supporting the procurement to run tenders.
- Manage & resolve BAU issues and queries as per SLA.
- Create & Manage content in Coupa (forms, catalogue and category cards) & drive to improve buying channels and keep them up to date
- Builds, maintain and extend a sustainable relationship within Procurement, Suppliers & Users
- Review, analyze and interpret various reports & drive global KPIs improvement.
- Provide meaningful information on spend & buying pattern for category to procurement team and align with them to drive key strategic changes in category in order to reduce or optimize spend.
- Engaging remotely and across time zones and collaborating with diverse cultures
- Identify opportunities to minimize operational & administrative activities for Procurement team.
- Create & Maintain DTPs, Knowledge Management articles for procurement & users.
- Actively involve in participating & conducting trainings on process, updates & compliance
- Be the subject matter expert of tasks and activities performed under Procurement Operations
- Get involved with team in helping to resolve critical/difficult issue and escalation.
- Take lead in driving process improvements projects