Nestasia - Buying Manager (5-7 yrs)

- Managing the company's supply portfolio ensuring transparency of spending develop a long-term sourcing strategy, and identify new and emerging markets.

- Generating and implementing efficient sourcing and category management strategies.

- Analysing and calculating costs of procurement and suggest methods to decrease expenditure.

- Invent negotiation strategies and secure profitable deals.

- Optimize sourcing procedures to attain maximum efficiency.

- Cooperate with stakeholders to guarantee agreement on terms and processes.

- Research and anticipate shifts in the negotiating power of suppliers.

- Perform cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking.

- Estimate risks and apply risk minimizing techniques.

- Discover and partner with trustworthy vendors and suppliers.

- Determine quantity and timing of deliveries.

- Develop and manage vendor performance scorecards.

- Play a key role in developing, maintaining, and improving the organizational purchasing policies and procedures.

- Review and evaluate vendor proposals and contracts.

- Be the liaison between the purchasing department and vendors, suppliers, and manufacturers.

- Develop strong relationships with global suppliers, including negotiating prices and conditions, and resolving disputes.

Desired Candidate Profile:

- Degree in supply chain management, logistics or business administration.

- Proven work experience as a Sourcing Manager or Procurement Manager.

- Familiarity with sourcing and vendor management and relevant software.

- Understanding of market dynamics and sound business judgement.

- Strong project management and leadership skills.

- Ability to negotiate and sustain networking relationships.

- Comfortable with figures and in collecting, analysing and interpreting data.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

- Strong project management skills.

- You are a highly goal-oriented individual and have excellent communication skills.

- You are open-minded, curious, and a strong problem solver.

- Critical thinker and creative.