Local Category Buyer (Marketing & Media, HR & Professional Services) (1 Year Contract)

- Successful candidates will own few categories and manage as below.

- Identify and prioritise opportunities to deliver total cost of ownership savings in your categories and drive the implementation of the plans to capture those opportunities.

- Proactively manage supplier relationships to deliver cost & cash results to drive continuous improvement and position JDE as a customer of choice.

- Measure and benchmark performance to ensure that JDE has the most competitive cost base in your category.

- Drive innovation programmes in your category to continually search for cost saving opportunities new technologies new products and new suppliers that contribute to the overall strategy of the business.

- Contribute on sourcing strategies development for Regional categories working closely with APAC Regional Procurement Team and execute strategies in local country.

- Define category strategies for Local categories lead execution and track benefits realization.

- Establish and maintain portfolio of strategic agreements and key supplier relationships to manage risk in procurement (i.e. pricing supply quality etc.).

- Manage supplier selection for Local categories negotiate & contract key suppliers and administer contracts; PO creation

- Manage supplier risk assessment (scanning via official tools and databases financial assessment etc.)

- Establish and analyse performance metrics in order to evaluate supplier performance.

- Keep oversight over set of contracts within category and ensure contract compliance considering payments terms prices discounts & rebates and performance in close collaboration with business.

- Understand the physical manufacturing process including visiting plants to ensure guidelines are being followed to deliver optimal goods & services to production plants.

- Ensure compliance to internal policies & procedures have a deep understanding of and manage compliance to the Combined Business Model.

- Maintain purchasing records/data and pricing in the system. - Identify and capitalize on opportunities to improve the organizations buying patterns and supply channels.

Qualifications :

Preference for candidates with a further degree. However fresh graduates are encouraged to apply.

Additional Information :

The position is for a short-term basis of 1 year starting from January 2026.

-The successful candidate shall be based in in Petaling Jaya.

- Preferably at least 3 years of relevant experience. However fresh graduates are encouraged to apply.

- An excellent track record of delivering best in class cost and cash results.

- Successful experience of leading cross functional teams that focus on the lowest total cost of ownership as a key target - International experience in global companies (ideally FMCG)

- Excellent communication and influencing skills.

- The ability to thrive with ambiguity change and minimum processes and systems.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time