Category Management Specialist

Our 30-year journey rides on the passion of over 24,000 seafarers and 1,000 onshore professionals. Today, we are one of the largest independent third-party ship management companies managing over 600 diverse types of vessels.
Headquartered in Hong Kong SAR, China, we operate on a global scale having 27 offices in 12 countries. Our client base spans over 100 world-class ship owners, including Fortune 500 companies from China, Greece, India, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Norway, Turkey and the USA, among others.
In a shore career at FLEET, you will be working with a team of a highly passionate, self-driven and committed group of people. We aim to be a place where you can achieve your full potential, regardless of your background. We are looking for individuals who are ambitious about making a strong contribution to FLEET s short and long-term sustainable growth - whether you are dealing directly with clients or working in a role supporting the business, such as technology, legal or communications.

Job Position Summary
The main responsibility of the Drydock Category Management Specialist is to provide support to the Drydock team by delivering drydock cost evaluations, spend and supplier analyses for effective decision making. Drydock Assistant Category Manager will report to the Manager, Drydock Lead and assist in delivering on the category strategies and plans. At times, the Drydock Category Manager will also represent the company in front of various suppliers, as directed from time to time.

Key Roles and Responsibilities
Participate in establishing the category strategies and support Drydock Lead manager in delivering on the category strategies and plans. Categories included in the scope - Drydock Yard bills, Drydock workshops, Stores and Paints.
Derive insights from historical drydock data to assist in drydock and stores strategy
Assist Drydock category lead in maintaining vessel Drydock data to accurately forecast drydock allocation and identify Drydock standard job scopes and make comparisons of the same with various shortlisted yards
Assist Drydock Lead in negotiations with yards on pricing of job scopes in drydocks
Perform spot checks of Drydock specification comparison from various yards
To provide reports and statistics on drydocks, workshops and category level to support the Drydock category manager and other internal stakeholders in decision making.
To assist in performing supplier market analysis and organizing market intelligence for spend within Fleet s operations and benchmarking the comparisons.
To assist in developing effective bidding, negotiation, and pricing strategies to provide the business with the best value in the marketplace for the dollars spent in a manner that meets the budgets, policies, ethical standards and audit requirements of the Group.
To maintain and contribute to procurement policies and guidelines and ensure compliance of procurement processes and policies for all FML procurement activities.
Develop a supplier management program with key category suppliers including metrics, performance goals and improvement initiatives
Collaborate and cooperate with cross-functional category teams with the aim of driving cost reduction, improve quality and delivery performance and other applicable key performance areas

Job Experience, Functional Knowledge and Qualifications
Bachelor s marine engineering degree and at least five (2-3) years Drydock or marine procurement/category management experience.
Sailing Marine Engineer with Drydock experience will be preferred
Excellent communication and negotiation skills
Resourceful, self-driven and proactive
Proficient in use of MS Office Application and understanding of supply chain procedures.
Strong analytical skills with ability to work on procurement requirements, budgets, cost analysis, cost control and cost savings aspects
Ability to understand and adapt technical requirements into procurement processes and related streamlining

Fleet Management Limited is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by local laws