Procurement Analyst

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Primary Purpose:

The Procurement team focus is to generate strategic business value (bottomline, topline, innovation, sustainability, service levels, quality, etc) through working with the business/vendors, connecting the dots, to meet operational requirements for non-merchandise/indirect spend and build best-in-practice procurement process across all Tapestry brands.

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency to:

• Manage SEA & ANZ Indirect Procurement categories (Marketing/Digital, Corporate Services, Store Ops and Packaging)
• Procurement support for SEAA Indirect Procurement categories (IT, Transportation & Logistics)
• Work with key stakeholders to establish requirements, specifications and operational needs for assigned sourcing projects
• Collaborate with the functional stakeholders to conduct 6 steps sourcing process on relevant projects – profile category, sourcing strategy (align baseline with finance), execute RFX, negotiation strategy, business award (align savings with finance) and contract management
• Identify new suppliers and develop their capabilities
• Manage the performance of existing vendors on cost, quality and service levels.
• Work closely with the Regional and Global Procurement team to execute procurement initiatives for assigned categories
• Monitor supplier performance and manage supplier relationship if necessary
• Perform market spend analysis, savings tracking, input in system and report realized savings on a continuous basis
• Perform SEAA contract management process through Docusign with e-signature and contract uploading

The accomplished individual will possess:

• Diploma or Bachelor Degree
• Minimum of 2 years of strategic sourcing experience or procurement consulting experience
• Demonstrated success in gathering data, conducting analysis (Total Cost of Ownership), and generating high quality outputs
• Build positive team relationships and trust through strong on-time delivery of projects, high quality, continuous innovation, and exceeding expectations
• Negotiation skills, ability to analyze and solve problems
• High level of accuracy and detail oriented
• Excellent communication skills in Mandarin and English to speak with suppliers from China
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel (pivot table, vlookup) and PowerPoint)

Our Competencies for All Employees:

• Courage: Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
• Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have