Non-Trade Procurement (NTP) for DKSH comprises of all purchasing activities except for trading goods inventory. Annual spending is at 700mn CHF, of which around 60% are for Logistics and Distribution spends.

The Associate Director, Global Non-Trade Procurement is tasked to do the following:

Strategic Sourcing

• Develop and implement sourcing strategies across categories in alignment with company’s objectives and business priorities.
• Develop effective collaboration with key stakeholders to translate business requirements into category sourcing plans.
• Drive savings delivery on key categories through market procurement teams or centrally through global sourcing initiatives.

Procurement Governance and Internal Controls

• Ensure adequate procurement internal controls are in place all areas of procurement management.
• Regularly review NTP policy, and vendor and/or contract management framework.

Vendor Management

• Build strong and strategic supplier relationship with key suppliers to drive for performance management, forward-thinking strategic development and cost saving initiatives

Procurement Performance Management

• Drive continuous improvement for procurement process and cost saving initiatives.
• Establish and/or refine existing procurement performance metrics such as savings delivery, cashflow value creation

Requirements

• At least 10 years in procurement/supply chain management
• Experience in Logistics will be an advantage
• Strong negotiation and communication skill
• Project management to lead complex project scope
• Experience in Indirect Procurement is a must, experience in Logistics procurement is preferred
• Deep understanding of Consumer Goods, Healthcare orLogistics business
• Agile mindset and adaptive to changes
• Strong analytical capabilities
• Strategic decision making & systematic thinking
• Strong computer literacy
• Must have had an experience in using a procurement platform
• Experience with SAP preferred

Education
Bachelor’s/ Masters Degree of Supply Chain, Logistics, Engineering, Economics or any related fields.