Procurement Analyst (12 Months Contract)

Jdeprofessional; Johor; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Jdeprofessional in Malaysia is seeking a Procurement Analyst on a 12-month contract to lead cost-saving initiatives and manage diverse stakeholders across local and regional teams.

The role focuses on optimizing total cost of ownership, driving supplier relationships, and implementing sourcing strategies to support growth in APAC and local markets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field.
• Minimum 3 years in procurement, preferably in manufacturing or FMCG.
• 3+ years in CAPEX/MRO procurement with cost and cash savings track record.
• Experience leading cross‑functional teams targeting lowest total cost of ownership.

Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities to deliver total cost of ownership savings.
• Manage supplier relationships to deliver cost and cash results.
• Measure and benchmark performance for cost competitiveness.
• Drive innovation to find cost saving opportunities and new suppliers.
• Develop regional sourcing strategies with APAC team and execute locally.
• Establish and maintain portfolio of strategic agreements and supplier relationships.
• Manage supplier selection, negotiate contracts, and create POs.
• Assess supplier risk and monitor performance metrics.
• Ensure contract compliance with payments terms, prices, discounts, and rebates.
• Understand production processes to deliver optimal goods to plants.
• Maintain purchasing records and pricing data.
• Identify opportunities to improve buying patterns and supply channels.
• Monitor price trends of coffee and report risks.
• Maintain relationships with worldwide customers and suppliers.

Skills

CAPEX procurement

MRO procurement

Cost savings

Cross-functional leadership

International experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Procurement Analyst (12 Months Contract)

The core goals will be to lead the way to expected margin targets, manage a variety of different stakeholders who will be working with you very directly and closely, and to mature the category overall and prepare for future growth.

Responsibilities

• Identify and prioritise opportunities to deliver total cost of ownership savings in your categories and drive the implementation of the plans to capture those opportunities.
• Proactively manage supplier relationships to deliver cost & cash results, to drive continuous improvement and position JDE as a customer of choice.
• Measure and benchmark performance to ensure that JDE has the most competitive cost base in your category.
• Drive innovation programmes in your category to continually search for cost saving opportunities, new technologies, new products and new suppliers that contribute to the overall strategy of the business.
• Contribute on sourcing strategies development for Regional categories, working closely with APAC Regional Procurement Team and execute strategies in local country.
• Define category strategies for Local categories, lead execution and track benefits realization.
• Establish and maintain portfolio of strategic agreements and key supplier relationships to manage risk in procuring Indirect Materials (i.e. pricing, supply, quality, etc.).
• Manage supplier selection for Local categories, negotiate & contract key suppliers and administer contracts; PO creation (for NCOGs categories).
• Manage supplier risk assessment (scanning via official tools and databases, financial assessment, etc.).
• Establish and analyse performance metrics in order to evaluate supplier performance.
• Keep oversight over set of contracts within category and ensure contract compliance considering payments terms, prices, discounts & rebates and performance in close collaboration with business.
• Understand the physical manufacturing process, including visiting plants to ensure guidelines are being followed, to deliver optimal goods & services to production plants.
• Ensure compliance to internal policies & procedures, have a deep understanding of and manage compliance to the Combined Business Model.
• Maintain purchasing records/data and pricing in the system.
• Identify and capitalize on opportunities to improve the organization’s buying patterns and supply channels.
• Monitor changing trends in price and availability of coffee, understand the complexity of the market (fundamentals and technical) and ensure proper reporting on financial performance and risks to internal stakeholders.
• Maintain and develop good working relationship with worldwide customers and suppliers.

Qualifications

• Academic Program: Bachelor’s Degree in any related field.
• Experience: At least 3 years in professional experience in procurement, preferably similar role in manufacturing or FMCG environment.
• Skillset: At least 3 years of relevant experience in CAPEX/MRO procurement; an excellent track record of delivering “best in class cost and cash results”; successful experience of leading cross‑functional teams that focus on the lowest total cost of ownership as a key target; international experience in global companies (ideally FMCG).
• Personal Traits: You have a structured approach, a driven and energetic personality, excellent communication and people skills, and the ability to work both in a team and independently.