Procurement Sourcing Buyer
IBM
Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Petaling Jaya
Contract type: Full time

Introduction
As a self-driven Procurement Sourcing Buyer, you will support an external client environment.
You will be responsible for supporting sourcing requirements and supporting client category management team and managing the contractual commitments for a given category. You will report to the Malaysia Procurement BPO organization, but at the same time you will become part of the extended team of our clients as well, who might provide additional business guidance. You will conduct tendering activities, market analysis, including market drivers, supplier profiles and relative negotiating positions and support client sourcing strategies.
Your Role And Responsibilities
As a self-driven Procurement Sourcing Buyer, you will support an external client environment.
You will be responsible for supporting sourcing requirements and supporting client category management team and managing the contractual commitments for a given category. You will report to the Malaysia Procurement BPO organization, but at the same time you will become part of the extended team of our clients as well, who might provide additional business guidance. You will conduct tendering activities, market analysis, including market drivers, supplier profiles and relative negotiating positions and support client sourcing strategies.
Your Role And Responsibilities
- You will provide sourcing support as assigned by the Client Sourcing Consultant and Category Strategy Leader and contribute to operational levels of excellence
- You will own primary responsibility to achieve client success against all contractual commitments at a category level
- You will be responsible to understand category deliverables, savings commitments, milestones, and obligations– includes supporting reporting, analytical readouts that recognize opportunities to improve
- You will contribute to integrated sourcing strategy which delivers savings and drives category transformation through time. Deliver and execute on sourcing events to support the strategy, including tail spend management and supplier consolidation
- You will communicate and negotiate with clients and suppliers through all levels of organization, primary interface to key category client stakeholders
- At least 2 years of experience in sourcing especially in MRO, facility management, or supply chain
- Fluent in English with strong negotiation skills
- Good project management capabilities
- Supplier relationship management expertise and client facing skills
- Proven experience working remotely, demonstrating strong self-discipline, time management, and analytical problem-solving skills
- Ability to work effectively across different time zones, particularly Australian and New Zealand time zones, to accommodate meetings and deadlines
- Proactive character and team player attitude
- IT skills: Ariba, SAP, Fairmarkit, MS Office, Outlook
- Experience with Power BI dashboards
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