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Purchasing Manager – Indirect Category

Upscale Sdn Bhd144 open roles

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Penang, Malaysia
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Your applicationOpen nowPurchasing Manager – Indirect CategoryUpscale Sdn Bhd · Penang, Malaysia

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Who we are looking for

We are looking for purpose-driven builders: hands-on professionals with entrepreneurial spirit who enjoy setting up structures, improving processes and taking ownership in a fast-moving environment.

As pioneers of our Malaysia site, you will help to shape not only your function, but also how we work together locally — while being connected to a global team of around 1,000 employees from ~60 nationalities across Asia, Europe and the US.

We offer competitive benefits, outstanding technical expertise, development opportunities and training.

Responsibilities

Greenfield Setup

  • Collaborate with Facility, Operations, Engineering, IT, Administration, Finance for large-scale sourcing and procurement of building infrastructure and service.
  • Identify supply bottlenecks impacting project timeline and monitor contractor performance against milestones.
  • Support Capex budgeting and tracking, ensure transparency of project spend.
  • Establish long-term contracts for MRO, facility services, indirect consumables and utilities.

Category Strategy & Planning

  • Define, develop and implement all non-production and service procurement category strategies in alignment with Global Indirect Procurement to support ramping up planning and maintain sustained operations.
  • Collaborate with Global Indirect Purchasing on global initiatives for non-production and service procurement
  • Conduct market and supplier analysis with respect to cost drivers, risks, innovations, capacity.
  • Identify savings opportunities and value improvement initiatives

Strategic Sourcing

  • Lead supplier selection processes from RFQs/RFPs and contract award.
  • Conduct commercial and contractual negotiations
  • Manage framework agreements with regional/international suppliers
  • Continuously drive total cost of ownership (TCO) optimization

Supplier Management

  • Establish and maintain strategic supplier network and relationships
  • Monitor supplier performance with respect to cost, quality, delivery, service.
  • Lead business reviews to identify improvement potential and to conduct Continuous Improvement Projects (CIP).

Team and Performance Management

  • Directly lead, train and supervise the daily operation of the indirect purchasing team.
  • Allocate responsibilities and ensure workload balance
  • Coach and mentor team members to strengthen negotiation, analytical, and strategic skills

Risk & Compliance Management

  • Identify and mitigate supply risks and bottlenecks.
  • Ensure compliance with company policies, governance standards and sourcing procedures
  • Monitor contractual obligations, supplier compliance, team integrity.
  • Ensure accurate and complete documentation for audit readiness.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Manage budget owner's demands and guide requirements to achieve best supply solution.
  • Align sourcing decisions with relevant stakeholders.

Qualifications and Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Mechanical, Electrical, Supply Chain, or related disciplines.
  • 10-12 years of procurement or strategic sourcing experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership role in small to mid-sized teams in international manufacturing companies.
  • Strong negotiation and contract management skills
  • Analytical mindset with strong data interpretation capabilities
  • Good interpersonal communication with influencing skills; ability to quickly learn diverse fields and work with various internal groups.
  • Proficiency in SAP and Coupa is preferred.
  • Fluent in English; Bahasa Malaysia and Mandarin proficiency is a plus.

Working Conditions & Environment

  • Majority of the work is at Batu Kawan site.
  • Visits to supplier locations will be requested as needed.
  • Occasional travel, to Headquarters in Germany or other regional sites.
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