IT Procurement Category Executive

Smart Communications, Inc.; Makati; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Smart Communications, Inc. is seeking a Procurement Lead to advance strategic sourcing and manage supplier relationships for IT categories, driving total cost of ownership savings and value realization. This role supports the Center Head with internal sourcing plans and engages sponsor and stakeholders for project approvals.

You will collaborate with senior management to develop plans, coach team members, and ensure compliance while driving procurement projects across business units.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; or a relevant combination of formal qualifications and additional specialized study.
• Six (6) years of supply chain experience or related field.
• Working experience in an international environment is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Leads strategic sourcing activities and manages supplier relationships for IT categories; drives total cost of ownership benefits and supports value realization.
• Participates in annual budgeting with input from category perspective.
• Identifies opportunities and tracks savings across sourcing initiatives.
• Collaborates with business units to identify requirements and develops sourcing strategies.
• Facilitates cross-functional team activities and sourcing projects; leads fact-based negotiations.

Skills

Supply chain experience

International environment experience

Education

Bachelor's degree (Engineering, Business Administration, Commerce or relevant)

Job description

• Bachelor's degree holder, preferably in Engineering, Business Administration, Commerce, or other relevant discipline; or a relevant combination of formal qualifications and additional specialized study.

EXPERIENCE:

• With at least six (6) years of supply chain experience or in related industry and/or field.
• Working experience in an international environment is an advantage.

SCOPE:

Leads strategic sourcing activities and manages the supplier relationship for one or more categories with the purpose of maximizing total cost of ownership benefits and supporting value realization. Also supports Center Head (IT Category Head) with the development of internal strategic sourcing plans and drives group-wide savings objectives. Actively engages the senior management level and facilitates the delivery of sourcing projects. Jointly seeks approval of sourcing projects with sponsor and key stakeholders at Procurement Council for the PLDT Group, as assigned by the Head.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Participates in annual budgeting process and provides input from category perspective based on planned sourcing initiatives.
• Accountable for identifying opportunities and tracking value of savings.
• Collaborates with business units to identify requirements and develops sourcing strategies.
• Facilitates cross-functional team activities and sourcing projects. Leads fact-based negotiations.
• Manages key suppliers for the IT Category.
• Presents at Procurement Council with project sponsors in order to obtain approval on spend plan.
• Coaches team members by providing direction and support on sourcing methodology.
• Collaborates with Business Units (BU) to build plan, set targets, and lead strategic sourcing projects.
• Contributes to the development, revisions, and continuous improvements of policies and procedures.
• Ensures compliance to internal and external policies, regulations and laws. where applicable.
• Monitors and stays current of the marketplace events.

Strategic Plan

• Defines the long-term view of procurement for respective categories.
• Benchmarks category practices against leading practices.
• Deploys strategies through a framework of standardized processes.
• Manages all aspects of assigned categories.
• Conducts internal demand and external market analysis (industry & supplier) in collaboration with other Category Leads.
• Leverages supply market information and analysis to determine sourcing strategies.
• Conceptualizes Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for responsible categories.
• Defines and optimizes buying channels.
• Facilitates supplier selection, fact-based negotiations and reports achieved outcomes.

Collaboration with Cross-Functional Team

• Facilitates strategic sourcing process with appropriate methodology.
• Manages and coaches Procurement Category Specialists on activity execution and data analysis.
• Defines and documents category-specific operational processes.

Contract Implementation

• Provides support to Contract Management and key stakeholders in developing Contract or framework agreements.
• Promotes procurement process automation through catalog purchases and end-users training.
• Supports the classification and categorization of suppliers.
• Continuously tracks key supplier performance.
• Participates in supplier benchmarking and/or performance audits.
• Identifies potential contract improvement opportunities and initiates renegotiations.

Procurement Support

• Reviews completed sourcing events for opportunities to automate procurement processes.

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Limited to the approving authority granted to the position

• Plans, sets, delegates, directs, manages, monitors, accomplishes, and evaluates the objectives and deliverables of the organizational unit.
• Manages the organizational units annual budget including forecasting, approval. monitoring, and initiating corrective actions.
• Manages the manpower resources of the organizational unit. This includes being responsible for the employee's selection, recruitment, orientation, goals-setting, training, coaching, counselling, development, disciplining, rewards/recognition, compensation. and compliance to Company policies guidelines. and practices. Coordinates with Human Resources as needed.
• Encourages staff to adhere to Vision, Mission, and Values of the Company.
• Handles. manages. resolves, and decides on issues and concerns of the organizational unit. Acts as the representative of the organizational unit for escalated issues and concerns.

Performs other related duties and responsibilities that may be assigned from time to time.