At Alfa Laval, we always go that extra mile to overcome the toughest challenges. Our driving force is to accelerate success for our customers, people and planet. You can only achieve that by having dedicated people with a curious mind. Curiosity is the spark behind great ideas. And great ideas drive progress.
As a member of our team, you thrive in a truly diverse and inclusive workplace based on care and empowerment. You are here to make a difference. Constantly building bridges to the future with sustainable solutions that have an impact on our planet’s most urgent problems. Making the world a better place. Every day.
About the job:
Business:
- Drive effective sourcing and purchasing for E&S Procurement Shanghai.
- Proactively support E&S global procurement needs with sourcing and purchasing activities in China.
- Ensure and proactively drive compliance to Alfa Laval Business Principles in E&S procurement practice as well as in our supply chain.
- Understand current and future business requirements and maintain and develop the procurement function and supplier portfolio to meet requirements.
- Understand total cost as well as procurement value creation opportunities, and proactively drive activities to improve our business accordingly.
- Secure a competitive cost base through the right mix of pre-qualified suppliers, frame agreements and consolidation of suppliers, leveraging the global footprint of the supply function in E&S Business units.
- Seek procurement involvement and secure participation in the customer projects from bid phase
- Report KPI’s supporting: Safety, On time, On spec, On budget.
People:
- Manage and inspire the E&S procurement team in Shanghai.
- Staff department and build competences in accordance with business requirements.
- Build and nurture professionalism in all aspects of purchasing function in BU FOS
- Take part in development of global processes and tools and deploy global processes and tools used in E&S procurement.
- Support teamwork across Procurement, Engineering, Project management, Sales, etc.
- Challenge practice and procedures deviating from effective procurement or not complying to Alfa Laval standards and policies.
What you know:
- Minimum Bachelor Degree holder in Business Administration or engineering, or equivalent relevant education.
- Procurement: Strategic sourcing as well as operational purchasing.
- Communication skills.
- Stakeholder management skills.
- Networking capabilities.
- Cross-cultural understanding.
- Experience from working in an international/ global setting.
- Department management.
- Financial understanding.
- Business understanding.
- Technical understanding.
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