Procurement Lead (China Market)

Aonic; Subang Jaya; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic retail company in Subang Jaya is seeking a Procurement Lead to drive procurement strategy and enhance supply chain management. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in merchandising and strong analytical skills, with a proficiency in data analysis tools like Excel and Power BI. This role involves managing supplier relationships and optimizing costs while adapting to market trends. It offers a fast-paced environment focused on collaboration and communication across departments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in merchandising, buying, or category management.
• 2 years of experience leading a team.
• Experience in eCommerce, retail, or lifestyle product merchandising is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Drive the procurement strategy and planning.
• Enhance supply chain and manage supplier relationships.
• Conduct customer feedback surveys and market research.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Excellent communication

Collaboration skills

Proficiency in data analysis tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business or related field

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Summary

We are seeking a Procurement Lead to drive the procurement strategy, planning, and cost optimization across our verticals. This role is responsible for curating the procurement workflow, enhancing supply chain and managing supplier relationships to ensure an optimal product mix that aligns with business goals. The ideal candidate will have a keen eye for market trends, consumer behavior, and pricing strategies to maximize revenue and profitability.

Responsibilities

• Procurement Strategy: Enhance the framework of procurement to ensure the sustainability of purchasing, pricing and competitiveness between product with supplier.
• Supply Chain Strategy: Enhance the framework of goods shipping and transportation to improve the overall cost to product.
• Inventory Management: Enhance the ratio measurement as proportional yardstick to sustainable purchasing and supply chain system.
• Competitor Monitoring: Monitor competitor activity and adjust purchasing strategies accordingly with merchandizing group.
• People & Processes: Work actively with key stakeholders such as retail branches’ personnel salesperson and product teams to understand possible gaps in their daily tasks relating to merchandising, and develop processes to boost overall supply chain efficiency and productivity.
• Analysis: Conduct customer feedback survey and market research to ensure relevance of Aonic’s service and product offerings and build long-term rapport with customers. Analyze.sales data and market trends to identify opportunities for growth and optimization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Marketing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Retail Management, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in merchandising, buying, or category management.
• 2 years of experience leading a Team.
• Strong analytical skills with proficiency in data analysis tools (Excel, Power BI, or similar).
• Experience in eCommerce, retail, or lifestyle product merchandising is a plus.
• Knowledge of inventory planning, global shipping and logistic terms, pricing strategies, and supplier negotiation.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work across departments.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and adapt to market changes.