Procurement Sourcing Buyer

Avature; Selangor; Hybrid; MYR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Procurement Sourcing Buyer to support client sourcing strategies and contractual commitments. This role involves conducting tendering activities, market analysis, and supplier negotiations within a hybrid working environment. The ideal candidate will possess a Bachelor's degree and at least two years of relevant experience, demonstrating strong negotiation skills and the ability to work effectively across time zones.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of experience in sourcing, MRO, facility management, or supply chain.
• Fluent in English with strong negotiation skills.
• Ability to work across different time zones.

Responsibilities

• Provide sourcing support, contributing to operational excellence.
• Achieve client success against contractual commitments.
• Conduct market analysis and manage supplier relationships.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Project management capabilities

Supplier relationship management

Analytical problem-solving skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

MS Office

Outlook

Power BI

SAP

Job description

As a self-driven Procurement Sourcing Buyer, you will support an external client environment.

You will be responsible for supporting sourcing requirements and supporting client category management team and managing the contractual commitments for a given category. You will report to the Malaysia Procurement BPO organization, but at the same time you will become part of the extended team of our clients as well, who might provide additional business guidance. You will conduct tendering activities, market analysis, including market drivers, supplier profiles and relative negotiating positions and support client sourcing strategies.

Your role and responsibilities

• You will provide sourcing support as assigned by the Client Sourcing Consultant and Category Strategy Leader and contribute to operational levels of excellence
• You will own primary responsibility to achieve client success against all contractual commitments at a category level
• You will be responsible to understand category deliverables, savings commitments, milestones, and obligations– includes supporting reporting, analytical readouts that recognize opportunities to improve
• You will contribute to integrated sourcing strategy which delivers savings and drives category transformation through time. Deliver and execute on sourcing events to support the strategy, including tail spend management and supplier consolidation
• You will communicate and negotiate with clients and suppliers through all levels of organization, primary interface to key category client stakeholders

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• At least 2 years of experience in sourcing especially in MRO, facility management, or supply chain
• Fluent in English with strong negotiation skills
• Good project management capabilities
• Supplier relationship management expertise and client facing skills
• Proven experience working remotely, demonstrating strong self-discipline, time management, and analytical problem-solving skills
• Ability to work effectively across different time zones, particularly Australian and New Zealand time zones, to accommodate meetings and deadlines
• Proactive character and team player attitude

Preferred technical and professional experience

• IT skills: Ariba, SAP, Fairmarkit, MS Office, Outlook
• Experience with Power BI dashboards

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OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.

Job Title

Procurement Sourcing Buyer

Job ID

37629

City / Township / Village

PETALING JAYA

State / Province

Selangor

Country

Malaysia

Work arrangement

Hybrid

Area of work

Enterprise Operations

Employment type

Regular

Position type

Professional

Some travel may be required based on business demand

Company

(0088) IBM Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.

Shift

General (daytime)

Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?