Regional Category Head, Marketing Procurement

Get to Know the Role

We are looking for a Regional Category Head, Marketing Procurement to help lead the Marketing category in Grab. Reporting to the Head of Procurement on a hybrid work arrangement, we believe a successful candidate has the Heart and Honour to wield solid procurement fundamentals into effective practice; has Humility to unlearn and relearn; has Hunger to bring innovation and fresh thinking to the category. If you believe you have what it takes then we'd love to hear from you!

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

Category Leadership and Value Creation Drive

• Lead with vision, shaping and driving procurement solutions for the Marketing category.
• Assess opportunities, shape, develop, and execute Category and Sourcing Strategies for Marketing across Media, Agencies, Production and Materials.
• Demonstrate proficiency in data analysis and ability to harness data intelligence to derive category insights and opportunities.
• Lead the development and socialising of business cases and cost/benefit analyses to support bottomline optimization, process efficiency opportunities and champion right governance and controls across marketing spends.
• Collaborate and inspire senior stakeholders and peers driving strategic decisions with conviction.

Stakeholder Management and Business Partnering

• Be the bridge that connects various business stakeholders, understanding unique needs and requirements into common threads of opportunities.
• Foster relationships, built on trust and mutual respect, and ensure a seamless flow of information. Thoughtful foresight on business needs and proactively address opportunities
• Lead efforts to rationalise the Marketing supply base, develop and maintain a preferred roster of suppliers, negotiating costs, and driving best-in-class SLAs.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams (Legal, Cybersecurity, Compliance, Finance) managing Supplier lifecycle.
• Guide internal procurement teams to delivering end-to-end procurement projects and solutions

Procurement Discipline Mastery

• Own the supplier management process from Sourcing, Bid Management, Contracting, and Supplier Relationship Management for Marketing category
• Drafting, improving and driving best possible outcomes in Commercial Contracting
• Demonstrate strong proficiency in leading complex and/or high value regional strategic sourcing, or provide guidance to direct report or local marketing procurement practitioner peers
• Drive Procurement Strategies in identifying, sizing and implementing Value Creation Initiatives relevant to Marketing Category