Purchasing Buyer: Capex & Services

About Us

Innovation. Sustainability. Productivity. This is how we are Breaking New Ground in our mission to sustainably advance the noble work of farmers and builders everywhere. With a growing global population and increased demands on resources, our products are instrumental to feeding and sheltering the world.

From developing products that run on alternative power to productivity-enhancing precision tech, we are delivering solutions that benefit people – and they are possible thanks to people like you. If the opportunity to build your skills as part of a collaborative, global team excites you, you’re in the right place.  

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Be part of this company at the forefront of agriculture and construction, that passionately innovates to drive customer efficiency and success. And we know innovation can’t happen without collaboration. So, everything we do at CNH Industrial is about reaching new heights as one team, always delivering for the good of our customers.

Job Purpose

Sourcing for Capex / Services / Logistics contracting for SEAJ sub-regions

The person will be responsible for managing the purchasing of Capital Equipment, Indirect material & Services and Logistics contracting for SEAJ region which will also include marketing services, warehouse facilities, plant expenditures, IT services and equipment, security, cleaning, canteen services and outbound / inbound & Warehousing contracting services. This critical position will be responsible for managing all sourcing and strategy as well as the budget for Indirect Purchasing within SEA CNH Industrial.  The person will report to the Head of APAC Indirect Purchasing.

Key Responsibilities

Major Accountability:

• Create, execute, maintain, and continually improve upon commodity strategies for the commodities assigned; focused on current and future alignment of technology requirements, and achieving objectives in terms of total cost, lead-time, quality, risk mitigation, and overall supply chain effectiveness. Leads the development of these strategies in coordination with global colleagues and other functional areas.
• Lead the evaluation and selection of new suppliers, development of existing suppliers, and overall supplier management
• Develop competitive negotiations to drive cost reduction initiatives with the Indirect supply base, while meeting service and quality requirements
• Manage supplier contracts and long-term agreements with preferred suppliers to ensure that market trends, supplier performance, and future business needs are aligned
• Drafts and submits annual budget proposal for Capex & Services SEAJ. Updates budget on a monthly basis and tracks performance against projections.  Make modifications based on changes in economics, raw materials, volumes, etc. and investigate and explain budget variances.

Responsibilities:

• This role involves material & Services related to all Capex /Revenue /Logistics expenses.
• Service contracting related to Facilities Management and office services (Housekeeping, Courier, Utilities, Marketing related material (brochure printing, Corporate Gifts etc.), IT Consumables like Printer Cartridges / Spares/Hard disc, Office & Printing Stationary, Pantry Consumables etc.
• Logistic contracting includes outbound / inbound & Warehousing contracting services 
• RFQ and RFI: management and execution according to service requirements defined by the Business, this include verification of Purchase authorization, Preparation of RFQ, Supplier identification, RFQ placement, negotiation with suppliers & recommendation, Vendor Registration, PO Processing  and Approval from Management, dispatch of PO to vendor, Follow up with suppliers and contractors, Daily/ Weekly / Monthly MIS preparation etc.
• Be the key reference for internal stakeholders (Commercial Department, Finance, Transport Logistics, Manufacturing, After Market Solutions), with daily interactions.
• Budget: definition & follow up, individuation and implementation of saving/cost avoidance initiatives
• Logistic analysis: to support the central department in ad hoc logistic studies for production footprint changes or for specific distribution analysis
• Ensure compliance to the Company’s business principles, policies, standards and procurement policies
• Escalation reference for all issues with contractual providers
• Drive price productivity, contract management, Supplier consolidation, supplier relationship management.

Experience Required

• Education/Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in business administration or Industry or Import and Export Management
• Essential experience and skills: 3-5 years
• Fluent English is mandatory.

Preferred Qualifications

• Outstanding negotiations skills - getting to win/win agreements.
• Demonstrated technical aptitude and business acumen.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience in driving Commodity strategies to improve performance on cost, quality, and delivery.
• Effectively communicate across all organizational levels, departments, and functions
• Proven project management and process improvement skills
• Ability to perform scenario analysis and strategy development.
• Demonstrated financial acumen and ability to perform basic cost assessments and analysis
• Experience in tracking economic and market trends of various key cost drivers to make fully informed sourcing decisions, analyzing statistical and numerical market data to identify areas of opportunity, and developing commodity strategies / business strategies.
• Significant experience in a supply activity with several years of commodity purchasing experience including proven track record of success.
• Thorough knowledge of corporate purchasing practices and the sourcing process.
• An extensive amount of independent thinking is required.
• Basic knowledge of transport management & operations, type of services (FTL/LTL, parts distribution, whole goods, etc.)

Major Challenges

• Internal
  • Cross functional, matrixed, and international team experience
  • Identifies areas requiring process improvement.  Initiates and leads team-based efforts to implement improvements; ensure coordination actions with other personnel to ensure consistent message.
• External
  • International mindset and cross-cultural versatility