Your role:
- Ready to join a great team of Henkel Supply Chain team with an exciting job opportunity as a Logistics Purchasing Manager APAC
- Directly reporting into the Head of Purchasing Logistics APAC
- Regional and local responsibility for Warehousing, Transportation, Parcel services in collaboration with the Global Category Team Leads
- Implementation of regional and local Purchasing Logistics Projects
- Development of middle and long-term strategies to best leverage of the global and regional supply base
- Definition and management of the supplier portfolio as well as establishment of new strategic supplier relationships
- Challenges and enriches herewith the objectives, goals and strategies, including short/mid/long term financial targets and risk mitigation proposed by the Global Material Group Lead (MGL) or Category Team Lead (CTL)
- Maintenance and documentation of industry insights and innovations from the markets
- Project management of regionally steered sourcing activities, prioritized Logistics Set-Up Optimization via tenders for the M&A portfolio
- Conducts periodical risk assessment and designs and manages adequate countermeasures for selected spend
- Operation with Supply Chain teams of the business units in order to identify projects leading to cost reduction and service improvement
- Management of the regional net price development for respective categories / baskets
Your skills:
- Preferably University Master’s degree in Logistics, Supply Chain or Business Administration
- At least minimum 5 years of experience in Logistics Sourcing and Supply Chain experience
- Knowledge of APAC Logistics markets including supply base, general industry information, good purchasing practices and knowledgeable in contracting
- Logistics sourcing experience in FMCG industry is a plus
- Excellent communication skills with influencing and convincing abilities
- Project management knowledge and team player attitude
- Strong Analytical thinking and conceptual skills
- Conceptual and Business Case Development capability
- Good purchasing practices, negotiation skill and knowledgeable in contracting
- English proficiency for working is required, and proficiency in any other Asian languages being a plus
- Experience of performing purchasing responsibilities to facilitate Transport Management Systems implementation is a plus
- Experience with Microsoft Office, SAP, Transport Management Systems, e-sourcing (SAP Ariba and Coupa) tools
