Quezon City - Supplier Relationship Manager, Indirect Materials

The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of indirect categories such as MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Operations), PPE, tools, consumables, and facility services, combined with excellent negotiation and analytical skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Sourcing: Execute sourcing strategies developed by the Category Management team to optimize cost, quality, and delivery performance.
• Supplier Management: Identify, evaluate, onboard, and manage supplier relationships to ensure alignment with business goals and compliance standards.
• Contract Negotiation: Lead negotiations and contract development for initiatives each ranging up to $1M USD, with favourable terms and risk mitigation.
• Spend Analysis: Analyze spend data to identify savings opportunities, demand trends, and supplier consolidation options.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with internal stakeholders across operations and engineering to understand requirements and deliver procurement solutions.
• Market Intelligence: Monitor market trends, commodity pricing, and supply chain risks to inform sourcing decisions.
• Process Improvement: Drive continuous improvement in procurement processes, systems, and reporting tools.
• Compliance & Governance: Ensure adherence to procurement policies, ethical standards, and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Business, Engineering, or related field (Masters or Supply Chain certification preferred).
• 5+ years of procurement experience, with demonstrated proficiency for commercial negotiations with industrial indirect materials.
• Prior indirect sourcing experience in a global or multi-national industrial manufacturing firm
• Demonstrated commercial relationship management and supplier development skills
• Strong English language skills, both written and verbal
• Proven track record of delivering commercial value through negotiated sourcing and supplier management, including conducting RFPs.
• Strong negotiation, analytical, and communication skills.
• Proficiency in procurement systems (e.g., SAP, SAC, Ariba, etc.) including PO creation (P2P), release and updating pricing info records, and relevant data analysis and proficiency tools, i.e. Microsoft Office.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and influence at all levels of the organization.

• Hybrid; 4x a week RTO
• Shifting schedule (mid or night shift)

• 14th-month pay
• Participation in the company's performance incentive program
• HMO coverage for employees on day 1 , coverage for up to 3 qualified dependents upon regualrization
• Retirement Benefit