Head of Procurement India and South Asia

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We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join us the Head of Procurement India and South Asia.

Role Purpose

As Head of Procurement (HoP), the role holer will be accountable for all in-country Procurement activities, including including Sourcing of goods and services, Third Party Management (TPM) oversight, Accounts Payable (AP) and related operations. They will influence and contribute into global Procurement strategies and support delivery of global strategies to internal customers of Procurement in market. The role holder will have an understanding of the business requirements and priorities in market with the responsibility to pro-actively manage and lead the execution of procurement Projects.

Principal Responsibilities

• The role holder will support the Category Management team in ensuring that category strategies and plans are aligned to business strategies and that the outputs of sourcing projects are subsequently embedded in the businesses through the positive influence of COOs and their Leadership Teams.
• With deep sourcing execution expertise, achieve or exceed agreed savings targets for the each assigned project. The HOP will monitor local market conditions and keep category Management informed of emerging opportunities or changes.
• Accountable for managing function costs appropriately including ensuring spend and FTE numbers are within plan.
• Accountable for all Procurement-owned risk issues including identifying and remediating risk items and audit findings; liaising with internal risk and control partners including Compliance, Risk and Audit.
• Accountable for managing all Procurement-owned contracts.
• Oversight of issues relating to Business Continuity, Records,Retention Management, Information Security, Operational Losses & Near Misses

Customers / Stakeholders

• Instill a responsive but strategic service and delivery culture, which makes business stakeholders value Procurement.
• Influence the business and act as pathfinder for senior business and supply market relationships and help make them accessible to Category Management.
• Provide timely responses to audit reports, and report country costs and FTE updates to Facts.

Eligibility Criteria

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Issued by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, India