Regional Sustainable & Innovation Procurement Lead

Functional Overview

Lead the Procurement function by being responsible for the Excellence team performance, people management and functional compliance while promoting a ‘one team’ spirit. Lead the Procurement Excellence. Drive continuous improvement of Procurement capabilities and practices in alignment with the overall Asahi strategy and external benchmarks.

Accountabilities and deliverables

• Implement the Procurement purpose, vision, strategies and governance.
• Represent the Procurement leadership team within the respective region with the focus on Sustainability and Innovation.
• Lead the Procurement team with a focus on definition and execution of regional functional goals with the focus on Sustainability and Innovation.
• Promote a ‘one team’ spirit to enable sharing of best practices and knowledge.
• Ensure employee engagement and well-being.
• Ensure adherence to defined governance, policies, and processes.
• Protect all company assets by putting in place internal control system and procedures.
• Protect the reputation of Asahi by following applicable legislation.
• Drive Sustainable Procurement (incl. CSR) and procurement innovation strategies and projects across the region.
• Contribute to creation and implementation of regional category strategies.
• Manage and track Procurement Sustainability and Innovation plans and budgets including objectives, key value drivers and related KPI’s.
• Where relevant develop and maintain strong partnership with suppliers including performance and quality assurance.
• Where relevant build and enhance strong stakeholder relationship across all Procurement activities.
• Represent Procurement in relevant committees and governance bodies.
• If applicable manage the respective Procurement cost centre, perform cost control activities, analyse cost effectiveness and define saving opportunities with the aim to ensure appropriate cost-performance-ratio and financial well-being of the function.
• Support Procurement Excellence.

Qualification criteria

• University degree, preferably in Business related field (Master degree preferred)
• Proficiency in English (for Japan local language is a must)
• 10+ years of professional experience, 5+ years of which in Sustainable development
• International experience from a multinational company
• Advanced MS office skills
• Procurement platform/-s experience