Senior Manager, Commodity Category

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　　Objectives of the Position

　　Perform procurement activities following Corporate Procurement Requirements.

　　Develop, implement, monitor, and review Procurement strategy, following Excellence in Strategy program.

　　Negotiate the contract and/or purchase condition with suppliers based on demand and requirements defined by internal Business Partners (iBP) to achieve competitive advantage for BASF.

　　Communicate prices / decisions / market intelligence to the Business Units and have regular exchange of market development.

　　Follow buying channel guideline for Purchase-to-Pay operation performed by Company.

　　Perform procurement process for Supplier Management, Quality Management, Risk management and Sustainability-in-Procurement.

　　Main Tasks:

　　(Purchase to Strategy):

　　Accountable and responsible for strategy development and implementation of measures from category strategies.

　　Initial classification: determine depth of analysis w/ Positioning Matrix.

　　Analysis: understand internal business partners’ needs and identify Company’s strengths and weaknesses.

　　Market analysis: explore supply market structure and dynamics, strategies of suppliers, explore interregional trade flows and regional/global pricing structures, evaluate opportunities and threats, segment suppliers, evaluate supplier cost positions.

　　Strategy development: define strategic goals; define, select, and get preferred strategic option and implementation plan approved; define KPIs.

　　Strategy implementation & follow-up: tackle action items, conduct tracking of implementation and measure category performance, deliver progress report to procurement management, and inform internal business partners.

　　(Source to Contract):

　　Define boundaries and targets for upcoming negotiations.

　　Identify the requirements of OD such as specification, logistics requirements and demand development.

　　Identify the suppliers to be invited to the negotiation based on requirements from iBP. Perform Contract Negotiation Board to get the approval for negotiation boundary (e.g. ZOPA – zone of possible agreement).

　　Negotiate with supplier(s) based on category strategy, within boundaries approved by Contract Negotiation Board.

　　Finalize the contract and/or purchase condition if the result of negotiation is within defined boundaries and targets, otherwise seek approval from respective approver based on value threshold.

　　Contract implementation & monitoring: manage contracts and decide on appropriate actions; inform relevant parties (e.g., Shared Service Center, iBP) about negotiation results; manage supply issues and/or sales allocation/force majeure situations, monitor rebate or other conditions set in the contract.

　　(Purchase to Pay):

　　Follow the Buying Channel guideline. Approve R1/R2 for Purchase Order / Outline Agreement in SAP and follow up approval until final release to issue purchase order and perform payment after goods receipt.(Supplier Management):

　　Negotiate with supplier for claims with Very High non-conformance management (NCM) cases. Be the escalation point for to get the feedback from supplier for improvement measure to prevent the same happening.

　　Collect required documents from supplier(s) for master data processes and internal/external Audits.

　　Escalation points for NCM management (with support from Operational Officer) especially for claim negotiation.

　　Supplier Management: Approve qualified suppliers, evaluate supplier performance, define supplier development plans, decide on disqualification and phase-out of existing suppliers, drive supplier innovation.

　　Maintain strategic relationship with key suppliers.

　　(Communicate with internal Business Partner):

　　Provide input for Round Table Meeting with business units.

　　Provide input for Negotiation Tracker Savings and respective saving plans for individual business unit.

　　Communicate prices / decisions / market intelligence to the internal business partners.

　　(Risk management):

　　Manage single source situation by providing alternative sources available in the market and following up the approval at our sites.

　　Invite suppliers to join Sustainability-in-Procurement activities such as TfS evaluation and Supplier Carbon Management Program.

　　Fulfill requirements from the German Supply Chain Act law.

　　(Others):

　　Reporting and sharing the information with operational leader on requestRequirements:

　　Minimum Bachelor’s degree in marketing or other related field.

　　Minimum 6 years relevant working experience, preferably in Procurement or Marketing or Sales or Product Management.

　　Strong Project Management skills.

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