Procurement Strategy Partner (Assistant Manager)

Harrow International Management Services Limited; Hong Kong; Presencial; HKD 350.000 - 600.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Asia International School Limited (AISL) in Hong Kong seeks an Assistant Manager, Procurement Business Partner to support the Associate Director in group-level procurement across AISL Harrow schools. You will liaise with schools and Group functions to translate needs into actionable sourcing and contract-management priorities.

With coaching, you will develop ownership of selected contracts and cross-school opportunities, moving toward leading RFIs, negotiations, and supplier reviews as you grow.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Business, Finance, or related.
• At least 2 years of relevant procurement, sourcing, contract administration or supplier-management experience.
• Experience supporting multiple stakeholders or locations preferred.
• CIPS, CPSM is preferred.
• Fluency in English and Mandarin.
• Strong leadership and negotiation skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and procurement, ERP or P2P systems.
• Exposure to spend analytics, contract repositories, AI or workflow automation is advantageous.

Responsabilidades

• Support engagement with schools and Group functions to understand priorities, budgets, demand pipelines and operational constraints.
• Translate business needs into practical procurement plans and roadmaps.
• Consolidate school requirements and maintain opportunity pipelines, sourcing roadmaps and management updates.
• Build trusted stakeholder relationships and take ownership of assigned business areas.
• Analyse cross-school spend to identify aggregation, standardisation, supplier rationalisation and Group deal opportunities.
• Lead RFIs, RFQs, RFPs, tender evaluations, negotiations and award recommendations as capability develops.
• Prepare commercial analyses and business cases covering baselines, total cost of ownership, benefits, implementation requirements and risk.
• Track validated savings, cost avoidance, service improvements, contract coverage and other measurable value.
• Coordinate the lifecycle of assigned contracts, including drafting support, execution, obligation tracking, renewal planning, variations and close-out.
• Maintain the contract calendar and address renewals early enough to enable competition, negotiation or transition.
• Coordinate supplier reviews, SLA and KPI monitoring, improvement plans and issue escalation with schools and service owners.
• Progressively assume ownership of more complex or strategic contracts as capability develops.
• Coordinate common templates, guidance, escalation routes and knowledge sharing across schools.
• Provide day-to-day support within own capability.
• Help monitor adoption of Group contracts, preferred suppliers and procurement policy requirements.
• Ensure assigned activities comply with procurement policy, approval authorities, segregation of duties and applicable requirements.
• Maintain accurate sourcing, contract, supplier and benefits records suitable for management review and audit.
• Escalate material commercial, supplier, service-continuity or reputational risks with practical recommendations.
• Initial stage: work closely with the Associate Director to learn the Group operating model, stakeholder landscape and commercial standards.
• Developing stage: independently manage assigned contracts, analysis, stakeholder relationships and lower-complexity sourcing projects.
• Established stage: lead selected cross-school initiatives, guide school procurement officers and contribute proactively to Group procurement planning.

Conocimientos

English fluency

Mandarin fluency

Leadership

Analytical ability

MS Office / ERP skills

Procurement knowledge

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Business, Finance

Herramientas

ERP systems

P2P software

Descripción del empleo

Asia International School Limited (AISL) in Hong Kong seeks an Assistant Manager, Procurement Business Partner to support the Associate Director in group-level procurement across AISL Harrow schools. You will liaise with schools and Group functions to translate needs into actionable sourcing and contract-management priorities.

With coaching, you will develop ownership of selected contracts and cross-school opportunities, moving toward leading RFIs, negotiations, and supplier reviews as you grow.