Category Specialist, Indirect Procurement (apac)

Air Liquide

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Strategic category management
Supply chain category models
External procurement activities
This role supports strategic category management to ensure the organization matches market benchmarks in best practices and technologies, becoming a critical business partner to AL’s internal business lines

Job Summary

  • This role supports strategic category management to ensure the organization matches market benchmarks in best practices and technologies, becoming a critical business partner to AL’s internal business lines.
  • Key responsibilities include conducting spend analysis, identifying improvement opportunities, developing category strategies, and supporting the execution of APAC Category Strategies to maximize value delivery.
  • Air Liquide is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of its employees, customers, patients, and communities across the world.

Matching Summary

This role supports strategic category management to ensure the organization matches market benchmarks in best practices and technologies, becoming a critical business partner to AL’s internal business lines.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • strategic category management
  • supply chain category models
  • external procurement activities
  • supplier development and relationships
  • procurement policies and standardization

Nice-to-have

  • high learning agility
  • unsupervised self-starter
  • customer centricity focus
  • foster innovation

Key Requirements

  • Minimum 3 years experience
  • Category Management or Strategic Sourcing experience
  • Multinational Corporation (MNC) environment experience
  • Contract negotiation experience
  • Strategic thinking and problem-solving
  • Project Management skills
  • Excellent English communication
  • Superior interpersonal skills
  • Familiarity with Coupa
  • Bachelor's Degree in related field

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