This role plays a leadership role for the Abbott Healthcare Vietnam organization reporting to the Site Director. The candidate is responsible of the Procurement department.

He / She ensures effective planning operations within SAP/APO environment (or appropriate planning systems), efficiency in warehousing activities and managing costs and designed budget to secure the right procurement strategy for Abbott Healthcare Vietnam Site.

• To supervise/manage the efficient Procurement Processes in compliance with Procurement policies
• To coordinate and communicate with cross functions team both local and regional (Ops, RA, QA, Commercial, Finance, Market Assess, sourcing plant) in term of product availability or discontinuity.
• To analyses the inventory projection and lead/work with cross function for maintaining the healthy inventory.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Management of the critical supplier relationships in alignment with global category managers
• Ensure the sourcing strategies defined by the Category Managers at Global level are implemented and executed at the plant level
• Negotiate and develop commercial agreements with suppliers
• Cooperate with all departments / stakeholders (Logistic, Planning & Production, QA, Engineering)
• Manage Direct Material and Indirect material spend ensuring value is optimized
• Lead Savings projects related to Raw Materials, Packaging Materials
• Management of day to day purchasing activities for all Direct Material and indirect spend categories affecting the site/location
• Facilitate development, communication, and successful deployment of global and regional sourcing strategies
• Generate PPV (Purchase Price Variance) saving
• Preparing budget plan and controlling the execution
• Responsible to drive compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional policies and procedures.
• Training, following up and checking the compliance of the staffs
• Drive innovative ways to maintain and improve procurement processes, cycle times, total acquisition costs, and customer service levels

Strategy

• Provides advice/direction in primary areas of expertise.
• Communicate and educate appropriate departments to provide appropriate supporting documentation for purchases.
• Finding PPV and M&P Opportunities
• Work with cross-functional teams (R&D/Fin/Quality/Regulatory) to lead the project
• Escalation of challenges with Network to support on challenging situation (Supply delay, Price Increase etc).
• Establish the connect with Global Direct Procurement and APAC Regional Procurement to share Risk & Opportunities with Finance related to RM Procurement

Relationship Management

• Develop and leads agreed purchasing strategies for category
• Seek, develop, and establish business relationships with diverse suppliers
• Meet regularly with divisional customers and lead functions to ensure superior customer satisfaction and continuous improvement for efficiencies.
• Responsible for performance management of all supportive personnel (non-exempts)

Leading People

• Responsible for leading and mentoring Associate Specialist and Specialist procurement personnel. Provides guidance and training to Specialist.
• Understand and apply cultural awareness with foreign business entities
• Drive and grow strong effective business relationships with suppliers, clients and customers.
• Assigning, supervising the report to Finance, QA, RA.

MINIMUM BACKGROUND/ EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Work Experience:

• Minimum 4-17 years of relevant experience preferably in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Good communication skills and an ability to work-cross functionally in an international environment.
• Experience with inventory management. Experience with cost saving projects/programs is preferred.
• Both an ability to see the big picture and an attention to detail.
• Uses good judgment to make sound decisions.
• Proficient in verbal and written communication in Vietnamese and English
• Expert in Microsoft Office, especially excel.

MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIRED

• Bachelor’s degree in any major.
• Supply Chain Management/ Pharmaceutical/ Business Administration/ Finance is a plus.