Procurement Operations Manager

WhiteCrow Research; Seremban; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A global snacking leader seeks a Procurement Operations Manager to oversee procurement activities at their Pringles plant in Seremban, Malaysia. The ideal candidate will have a bachelor's degree and at least 7 years of experience in procurement, emphasizing negotiation and supplier management. The role includes managing local procurement activities, ensuring compliance with policies, and fostering cost-reduction strategies. This position offers significant opportunities to lead in a dynamic environment with a strong focus on collaboration and process improvement.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of related work experience within Procurement.
• Comprehensive knowledge of purchasing and basic understanding of supply chain management.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the procurement function for Pringles plant.
• Manage all local procurement activities and supplier relationships.
• Support sourcing strategy by connecting local stakeholders.

Skills

Procurement generalist

Negotiation

Supplier management

Process improvement

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Microsoft Office proficiency

Education

Undergraduate Degree

Tools

SAP

P2P technologies

Job description

About WhiteCrow

We are global talent research, insight, and sourcing specialists with offices in the UK, USA, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Dubai, and India. Our international reach has helped us to understand and penetrate specialist markets at a global level. In addition to this, our service is also extended to complement our client’s in‑house talent acquisition teams.

About our client

Our client vision is to be the world’s best performing snacks‑led powerhouse, unleashing the full potential of their differentiated brands.

Powered by their strategy to Differentiate, Drive & Deliver, they are a leading company in global snacking, international cereal and noodles, and North America frozen foods, with iconic, world‑class brands and strong underlying growth momentum and profitability.

Our client purpose is to create better days and a place at the table for everyone through their trusted foods brands.

As part of this purpose, they are committed to advancing sustainable & equitable access to food by creating Better Days for 4 billion people by the end of 2030.

As a Procurement Operations Manager, you will be responsible for...

Primary Function

• Leading the procurement function for Pringles plant at Bandar Enstek, Malaysia. Acting as focal point between regional procurement and local plant team
• Managing all local procurement activities, including ad hoc sourcing, negotiations and contracting for items not in scope for regional category manager, issue resolution, local supplier management, shipment expediting, materials claim management and etc.
• Supporting the sourcing strategy of the regional and global procurement sourcing team.
• Connecting plant stakeholders with MSP (managed service provider) for IDM STP support (Source‑to‑PO)
• Advocating the global procurement policies (GPP) and responsible to educate the BU requesters on the GPP policy and compliances
• Working with BU stakeholders, Category Managers, Process and Systems Lead, Procurement Operations Lead to identify efficiency and cost reduction opportunities
• Managing supplier relationship and performance

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

• Delivering upon targets and KPIs set by snacks supply chain and regional procurement
• Attending plant supply chain deployment meetings
• Complying with GMP and continuously improve our Food Safety Programme
• Participating in Regional Sourcing activities and ensure regional / local execution knowledge and strategic input
• Leading the execution and implementation of procurement sourcing strategy
• Leveraging regional procurement team to drive values
• Aiding in local supplier searches
• Managing interactions with key suppliers
• Managing financial reporting of procurement function
• Managing transactional coordinators and balances workload within the team
• Ensuring compliance with policies and procedures
• Delivering policy and process trainings to key stakeholders
• Working closely with key customers to communicate process
• Using data from Process and Systems team to set targets and drive KPIs
• Working with shared services to standardize and automate tactical activities over time
• Suppliers KPIs and service quality and performance improvement plan

What you already have...

Professional

• Undergraduate Degree Required and minimum of 7 years of related work experience within Procurement

Technical/Functional

• More of Procurement generalist than a specialist.
• Knowledge of order to payment technologies (P2P, SAP) and other procurement digital tools.
• Sound procurement skills (negotiation, supplier management).
• General knowledge of the supplier market in associated country.
• Comprehensive knowledge of purchasing and basic understanding of supply chain management.
• Financial tracking and reporting skill.
• Team player.
• Passionate about process improvement.
• Strong detail orientation.
• Excels at continuous cost reduction/process improvement.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong stakeholder management skill.
• Effective at cross-functional teamwork.
• Computer literate with working knowledge of Microsoft Office including Word, Powerpoint and Excel.
• Ability to navigate with ambiguity.
• Ability to multi-task in a fast paced environment.
• Ability to work independently and with a sense of urgency.
• Comfortable with conflict.
• Strong service oriented approach, with timely responsiveness.
• Ability to engage and collaborate with team members and stakeholders from a distance.