Senior Buyer - Indirect Spend

Barry Callebaut Group; Pasir Gudang; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Barry Callebaut Group is seeking a Senior Buyer Indirect Spend in Pasir Gudang, Malaysia. You will manage spend across multiple categories, drive strategic sourcing, and lead contract negotiations to optimize total cost of ownership.

The role requires 5–10 years in indirect spend purchasing in an international setting, strong negotiation skills, and proficiency in SAP or Maximo, with an engineering or technical degree as a plus.

Qualifications

• Fluent written and spoken English.
• Experience or strong knowledge in indirect spend purchasing in international settings.
• Bachelor/engineering degree or technical field as a plus.
• Minimum 5–10 years in indirect spend procurement in relevant industries.

Responsibilities

• Analyze historical spend data and budgets for assigned categories and define strategies.
• Manage contracts related to Indirect Spend for assigned categories with updates daily.
• Research market trends, evaluate vendors, and apply purchasing process flows.
• Define terms and conditions and negotiate contracts regularly.
• Support supplier relationship management and drive value through supplier innovation.
• Drive cost and service improvements across sourcing categories.
• Monitor and report savings results monthly.
• Develop sourcing strategies to ensure efficient procurement and best TCO.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure adherence to purchasing processes.

Skills

English fluency

MS Office

SAP

Maximo

Leadership

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

SAP

Maximo

Job description

About The Role

This position has responsibility for the indirect spend portfolio of categories assigned. The Indirect Spend covers all technical, non-technical and service spend (beside categories managed at Regional or Group level) such as Capex and MRO, Packaging, Energy, Facility Management, lab consumables/services/equipment, G&A related spend, and in general any spend beside the direct spend. The Senior Buyer Indirect Spend will report with a solid line to the Purchasing Manager Indirect Spend located in Pasir Gudang.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Analyze historical spend data and budget for the categories assigned, and define strategies - Yearly
• Manage contracts (Pos) related to Indirect Spend in the categories assigned - daily
• Understand market forces, research and evaluate vendors - daily
• Apply the purchasing process flows in line with the category strategy - daily
• Define particular terms and conditions - daily
• Negotiate proposals and finalize contracts – daily, monthly, yearly
• Support supplier relationship management and drive value creation through supplier innovation – weekly, monthly
• Drive continuous improvements (cost and service) of assigned sourcing categories – daily
• Monitor and report savings results – monthly
• Manage contracts related to wastes sales – annually, on request
• Develop and implement sourcing strategies to ensure the most efficient procurement of the spend categories assigned, at the best TCO.
• Create and manage ongoing action plans to continuously reduce categories costs according to the targets assigned.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and work closely with them to ensure good collaboration with Purchasing.
• Ensure the relevant purchasing practices are applied for the categories in scope (strategic, tactical, spot buy) and manage “hands-on” the categories assigned.
• Ensure compliance with the Group purchasing processes.
• Generate reports on regular and ad-hoc basis.
• Maintain up-to-date documentation of all purchases and perform supplier performance reviews.
• Manage performance and relationships with the suppliers, to ensure that the facilities have the right supplier base, delivering the right performance (service, quality, TCO).
• Ensure a strict “house-keeping” for the categories assigned (compliance on controls, open POs, etc.)
• Support and/or lead issues resolution between suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Support on ad-hoc basis other projects for the country/region

About You

• Language: English written and spoken fluently.
• Knowledge in Ms Office Suite is a must.
• Knowledge in SAP and/or Maximo is a plus.
• Engineer / Bachelor degree in technical field is a plus.
• Solid experience of minimum 5/10 years in indirect spend purchasing in an international company (preferably in food / pharmaceutical / chemical industries).
• High interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively in team environment.
• Entrepreneurship
• Leadership and management
• Autonomy
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Stakeholder management
• Result orientation
• Change management
• Adaptability
• Analytical skills

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