To ensure that the organization's suppliers and their performance are managed appropriately at strategic and tactical levels and to monitor the agreed service level.
Responsibility
Key responsibilities are:
Manage vendor relationship to business' strategic goals and objectives, understanding and reconciling competing priorities and evolving business requirements.
Manage overall supplier life cycle to ensure is capabilities and compliance with NSRP Business need and practices.
Evaluate vendor performance and ensure the prompt and thorough resolution or escalation of performance issues, understanding/managing risks associated with customer-facing/impacting vendors.
Ensure enterprise-wide needs for integrity due diligence, risk assessment and continuing vendor monitoring are being accomplished
Work closely with Supplier Management Committee (SMC) for periodic supplier audit, onsite audit, paper audit and third party audit.
Develop and maintain effective relationships with internal partners and vendor(s) to ensure business priorities requirements are clearly understood and met, and objectives are aligned.
Managed and monitor supplier onboarding and supplier performance assessment process
Ensure to track, measure, report and evaluate vendor performance
Troubleshoot all vendor problem and present to management as required.
Provide advice and guidance to business partners and VM teams as appropriate regarding VM best-practice to optimize and secure value from third-party relationships.
Understand contractual terms and conditions, and their commercial implications to the business to effectively manage vendor agreement(s) and relationship(s).
Actively engages with sourcing partners to share business, industry, and vendor insights in support of strategic planning and contract negotiations.
Provide process awareness session with all NSRP disciplines for new Ariba Vendor Management Process
Manage vendor training package to support new SAP Ariba process
Market research to support the Procurement Category Manager for new supplier into Ariba system
Contract Close out process in line with Contracting Procedure.
Explore the global supplier market though Ariba Discovery module
Accountability
To achieve the followings through the above responsibility
Inviting suppliers to stand-alone questionnaire
Manage Supplier Module Questionnaire
SAP Ariba Supplier Risk, sending risk assessments for a control-based engagement
Supplier performance management reviews
Managing Supplier and Supplier Life Cycle
Managed KPI timeliness of onboarding new supplier
Supplier Performance management
Perform Supplier Audit
Managed Contract Close out Process
Job Requirement
Educational Level
Bachelor / Diploma in supply chain management.
SAP R3 and Ariba Vendor Management Certification.
Work Experience
3 year working experience in Contract and Procurement lead role. Up to 3 years’ experience in working in SAP R3 and SAP Ariba Vendor Management Modules,
In depth knowledge of managing vendors including monitoring of critical vendor performance, this should include both real-time activities as well as regularly scheduled check points such as supplier audits
Adept defining performance indicators
Good communication, analytical and problem solving skills
Skills
Manage vendor relationship to business' strategic goals and objectives, understanding and reconciling competing priorities and evolving business requirements
SAP Ariba(VM) and SAP R3 working knowledge.
Good communication skills, both verbal and written (English)
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and presentation skill
Independent and self-starter, must be able to work well under pressure
Good commercial acumen and knowledge of procurement processes
Good knowledge of E2E Procure to Pay Process (RtP)
Microsoft suit especially Excel, Power point and Visio.
