Associate Manager - Procurement

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Associate Manager, Procurement

As an Associate Manager, Procurement, you will be responsible for managing procurement activities for assigned External Manufacturers (EMs) across Thailand, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and Singapore. This includes overseeing the sourcing and purchasing of raw materials, packaging materials, and external manufacturing services to ensure uninterrupted supply, cost competitiveness, and operational excellence.

You will lead the procurement operations of packaging materials ,flexible packaging, paper-based packaging, and device components, while supporting the requirements of external manufacturing partners within the APAC market.

This role is accountable for delivering business objectives related to cost savings, inflation management, supplier relationship management (SRM), and new product development (NPD). Working closely with internal stakeholders, external manufacturers, and suppliers, you will drive procurement initiatives from opportunity identification and strategic analysis through recommendation, negotiation, and execution.

In addition, you will deploy and implement sourcing strategies that align with regional and global procurement objectives, ensuring supplier performance, risk mitigation, supply continuity, and sustainable value creation for the business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage procurement activities for assigned External Manufacturers (EMs) across Thailand, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and Singapore.
• Lead sourcing and purchasing of raw materials, packaging materials, and manufacturing services to support production requirements.
• Manage packaging procurement for flexible packaging, paper packaging, and device-related components.
• Deliver annual cost savings, inflation mitigation, and productivity targets.
• Support New Product Development (NPD) projects through supplier engagement, sourcing, and commercialization activities.
• Build and maintain strategic supplier relationships to drive performance, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Conduct spend analysis, identify sourcing opportunities, and execute procurement strategies in alignment with regional and global objectives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Supply Chain, R&D, Marketing, Quality, and External Manufacturing partners.
• Ensure supply continuity, risk management, contract compliance, and supplier governance across the assigned portfolio.
• Drive end-to-end procurement projects from ideation and business case development through implementation and value realization.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Applies best procurement processes and practices in the organization
• Develop a deep understanding of the material markets, cost structure and key players
• Collaborate to build and maintain strong working relationships with internal customers, regional purchase community as well as diversity managers in each kind of materials
• Tracking supplier's Key Performance Indicator (KPI) and developing supplier capability to meet SC Johnson (SCJ) requirements.
• Participate and lead in negotiations with suppliers and ensure appropriate commercial agreements are put in place to secure supply
• SAP transaction and procedures compliance

Required Skills / Experience / Competencies:

• Bachelor's in Engineering or related fields
• Minimum 8 years of experience in procurement in Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry
• Ability to lead and conduct system improvements to drive greater effectiveness at a regional level
• Solid stakeholders and vendors management experience

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We’re committed to ongoing efforts that help us attract, hire, and retain diverse talent who want to build a positive, inclusive environment. Read more about our ongoing initiatives at https://jobs.scjohnson.com/inclusion.

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