Procurement/Sourcing Ops Senior Analyst (Japanese Speaking)

Procurement / Sourcing Support:

• Help support eSourcing events, including steps such as pre event agreement facilitation, Baselining, event set up, event execution, Supplier briefing, Q&A, Presentations, preparation of scorecards and quantitative bid analysis .
• Help Sourcing Leads with Category Strategy development for specified clients to identify project opportunities that achieve client goals and mature their procurement function
• Develop relevant RFx documents for projects or make recommendations for incumbent negotiations
• Ensures completeness of project RFx documentation and provides key inputs into the structure of each project.
• Assist in the reporting of project and category specific savings results to customers
• Support contract formation activities for low to medium complexity contracts
• Support problem-solving and issue resolution efforts to support customer satisfaction

Tactical Sourcing / Spot Buy:

• Have strong knowledge of RFQ to build spot buy strategies and should be able to guide team.
• Validating the requisition information provided by the requester and ensure there would be no gaps prior to RFQ initiation.
• Be able to identify the correct vendor from order history, Category cards and preferred supplier list
• Build negotiation strategies to execute fact-based negotiations and obtain long / short terms discounts
• Support other Procurement members in obtaining spot buy savings
• Strategies for improvement in current processes in coordination with all the stakeholders like suppliers, and other departments.
• Approve PR for auto PO creation, PO amendments / deletions based on requests

Job Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• Preferably with minimum 3 years of relevant experience in sourcing/procurement/supply chain management function working with customers, and suppliers (APAC)
• Spot Buy and Sourcing Support (e-RFx and e-Auction) experience is a MUST
• Proficient in English and Japanese language.
• Pharmaceutical/healthcare industry experience is preferred
• Proven analytical skills in terms of numeric (e.g. spreadsheets) and text based (e.g. reading terms and conditions) analysis, converting information into tangible recommendations to clients
• Experience of working with clients and stakeholders in international environment.