Strategic Sourcing Manager

**Location**:Batu Kawan, MY

**Employment Type**:Permanent

**BE GREAT TOGETHER WITH US.**

**Innovation, Efficiency and Ambition**: this is what VAT has stood for over 50 years.
- With this passion, VAT has grown to become the leading international developer, manufacturer and supplier of high-performance high-end vacuum valves and vacuum sealing technology, employing over 2000 people worldwide. The headquarters are located in Haag (Switzerland), the production centers in Switzerland, Malaysia, Romania and Taiwan.
- The Strategic Sourcing Manager leads end-to-end procurement strategies for VAT Malaysia, driving cost efficiency, supplier performance, and regulatory compliance. The role partners with stakeholders to align business needs, manages supplier relationships and contracts, and achieves savings targets while fostering continuous improvement and developing a high-performing procurement team.
- Your **responsibilities** include, but not limited to:

- **Stakeholder Satisfaction & Relationship Management**:

- Collaborate with internal stakeholders with strong business relationship to understand their procurement needs and provide appropriate solutions.
- Be preferred local Business Partner and be the voice of business stakeholder's needs & requirements by understanding and relay business needs and requirements.
- Provide outstanding services that meet stakeholders’ needs to achieve outstanding customer satisfaction
- **Compliance and Regulatory Control**:

- Ensure compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements. To provide strategies to increase compliance.
- Develop, implement and manage all vendor relationships and services ensuring compliance to service level agreements.
- **Strategy and Suppliers Management**:

- Responsible for end to end management of VAT Malaysia plant, including category sourcing, projects in the pipeline, procurement process and policies and managing the spend and savings targets for the plant spend.
- Align with VAT CH team to develop and execute strategy for indirect spend categories.
- Lead the development of indirect strategies to drive cost savings and improve supplier performance.
- Manage complex projects from conception through implementation, including change management
- Establish and maintain supplier relationships, and facilitate periodic business reviews to continually identify process improvements and cost reduction opportunities
- Manage supplier performance, ensuring compliance with contractual obligations and service level agreements
- **Contract Negotiation and Cost Management**:

- Negotiate contracts and terms with suppliers to ensure favorable terms and conditions.
- Monitor and report activities to ensure fulfilling service levels and take mitigation actions in case of non-fulfilment of agreements
- Partner with legal to ensure proper forms of Agreement are utilized, contractor conformance with the terms and conditions of the Agreements, and refinement of Agreements as required.
- Accountable for IDM spend & savings targets and objectives for VAT MY
- Analyze procurement data to identify cost-saving opportunities and improve processes.
- Supporting scrap management for the manufacturing plant.
- **Continuous improvement & Team Leadership**:

- Define and track the indirect procurement performance dashboard for the plant.
- Encourage innovation and continuous improvement while implementing development opportunities to to enhance their skills to be Subject Matter Expert and career development
- Lead and develop a high-performing procurement team.

**Minimum Qualification**:

- Bachelor’s / Masters degree or equivalent work experience in Sourcing / Procurement with relevant experience of a minimum 10+ years in manufacturing plant environment.
- Working experience within a global complex organization.
- Strong management and organizational skills to build teamwork and collaboration.
- Builds strong and successful strategic supplier partnerships. Coaches and develop team and provides regular feedback and guidance.
- Significant expertise in contract negotiation and supplier relationship management
- Advanced and validated knowledge of procurement industry cost structures and drivers
- General knowledge of applicable sourcing, planning, and logistics laws and regulations
- Confirmed project management and process improvement experience
- Strength in meeting or exceeding project achievements and results, while multitasking and prioritizing
- Capable of dealing in high stress environment, balancing operational and strategic priorities.
- Hands-on attitude, strong leadership, influence and communication as well as the ability to partner with a wide range of organizations and interact regularly with senior management.
- Strong analytical skills (risk based) and goal-driven thinking. Focus on the essential facts, with the ability to present results clearly and compellingly.
- Able to foresee problems and works on the solutions proactively.
- Good inter