Regional Logistics Procurement Manager

Job Description

Company Description Syngenta Crop Protection As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all – while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs. Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting. From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold. Job Description Role purpose This role is part of the AMEA Direct Procurement Team (Non – AI , Logistics) and should work in close coordination with Category Lead ensuring common strategies, standards and the establishment of a regional organization with global alignment. Develop, validate, and implement sustainable country category and sub-category strategies which are closely aligned with business requirements delivering cost effective solutions for operational requirements and aiming at reducing the total cost of ownership (TCO).Strategies will typically cover a 1 to 3 year time horizon Work closely with the business leaders in the country(s) to ensure that the country(s) business requirements are clearly understood, appropriately challenged, and taken into account in the Category and Sub-Category strategies (Demand management) Leads and manages the end-to-end sourcing activities within the countries. Develops and maintains close working relationships with Country P&S Leads to ensure Logistics Procurement delivers significant savings consistently. Builds relationships with stakeholders, regional teams, and delivers saving targets. Provide tailored Procurement solutions for the business where the business requirements cannot be met by a Category/Sub-Category strategy or existing buying channel Act as an ambassador of Procurement and Global Sourcing and be the country(s) champion for all Procurement policies, processes and tools Continuous self development to meet the sourcing requirements Provide expert regional external supply market knowledge across the Category. Dimensions Financial: Deliver Savings and Budget targets People: No direct reports, the ability to co-ordinate and influence multiple team members and stakeholders Geographic Scope: India, Philippines and Singapore; Regional activities on coordination with AMEA countries; other Logistics Sourcing Regional and Global projects. Accountabilities Key elements of the role include but are not be limited to: Manages end-to-end sourcing activities within countries, aligning with category strategies. Builds relationships with stakeholders and regional teams, ensuring compliance with procurement policies and process including tendering and contract management. Develops and manages relationships with key suppliers, including negotiation and contract management. Deploys category and sub-category strategies within the country, ensuring alignment with management teams. Designs and executes tailored procurement solutions where standard strategies or channels are insufficient. Optimizes vendor relationships and utilizes e-tools effectively to leverage value. Verifies and agrees on financial performance within the country, including savings delivery and budget data. Delivers agreed savings targets while maintaining quality and meeting time requirements. Works closely with business leaders to understand and address requirements, ensuring alignment with category strategies. Communicates effectively with stakeholders, providing regular reports on achievements, issues, and constraints. Actively engages in continuous self-development to meet requirements. Focuses on sustainability throughout the procurement process. Implement risk management strategies to mitigate potential disruptions in the supply chain. Solves complex problems and may be required to develop solutions to problems newly arising Be the face of procurement to the country management team, ensuring they are aware of and actively support procurement policies, processes and tools across the territory. Effective utilization of the e-tools to leverage value Be and act as an ambassador of the Procurement organization Manage the quality & risks associated with the category and supplier base Align, support and consider global strategies / projects and practices within category Demonstrate compliance with procurement processes, Supplier Relationship Management (including performance management) and contract management Map key stakeholders with whom relations need to be established and maintained Uses agreed reporting and communication structures to ensure all stakeholders are adequately informed of initiatives Develop constructive working relationships with key suppliers ensuring supplier adherence to safety, health, environment and community involvement Conduct joint benchmarking and best practice reviews on category management practices Drive continuous improvements in all relevant work processes. Qualifications Knowledge, skills & experience Critical knowledge & capability in developing sourcing strategies leading the implementation. Good knowledge of procurement policies and procedures. Strong background in use of procurement tools: Ariba, e-rfx, e procurement, SAP, and reporting analytical tools. Excellent knowledge of supply markets and logistics domain. Ability to handle detailed information and analyse and extract critical issues. Good knowledge of financial measurements, how to build a business case including ROI. In depth knowledge of internal purchasing policies, procedures, and processes Leadership of complex projects Cross-cultural understanding Good understanding of how to influence and sell internally. Knowledge of market intelligence methodologies to gather and analyse relevant information Knowledge of analytical skills to analyse the data acquired. Critical Skills Good decision making, Strong negotiation and contract management skills Strong interpersonal, presentation and communication skill; ability to work in cross functional teams; organisation skills internally and suppliers externally Strong organisation, implementation, analytic and influencing skills. Proactive self starter who can work independently Strong ability to extract and analyse internal customer requirements. Development of strategic relationships with suppliers Contract management skills Good communication and presentation competencies Critical Experience 5-10 years’ experience gained in Logistics/Supply Chain operations and Procurement Strong business partnering experience and stakeholder management. Working in a multi-national, multi-cultural environment Proven record of success in negotiations with suppliers Relationship management experience either internally or externally Strong procurement experience with demonstrated success. Experience in handling complex procurement challenges and finding effective solutions. Successful participation in cross-functional team initiatives Experience in working independently and to a high level of accuracy Experience in supporting and creating category strategies Bachelor’s Degree, additional qualification e.g. MBA in Supply Chain/Operations/Procurement Additional Information Travel within AMEA is expected. Innovations Employee may, as part of his/her role and maybe through multifunctional teams, participates in the creation and design of innovative solutions. In this context, Employee may contribute to inventions, designs, other work product, including know-how, copyrights, software, innovations, solutions, and other intellectual assets. All such IP is and remains the sole property of Syngenta.