Regional Category Manager - Seeds

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Category Management:

• Contributes to development of global category strategy.
• Implements category strategies and initiatives for her his/her responsbile areas, ensuring alignment, compliance with Procurement guideline, as well as other internal/external process standards and delivery of required business performance in APAC.

Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Management

• Leads to establish tolling supply strategy on reginal/country level by working togeteher with stakeholders.
• Complements our evoloving strategies and exploit new, innovative ideas with internal and external partners.
• Co-leads regional initiatives in strategice manner.
• Steers multi-functions to contribute on strategice topics like transform to win.
• Provides country-specific market intelligence for capturing market opportunities and business decisions.
• Manages supply agreements & contracts. Monitors and controls contractual agreements and clauses over entire lifecycle and minimizes exposureto contractual risks in external relationships through usage of terms and conditions aligned with multi-functions.
• Manages third party procurement support to conduct right sourcing approach for field service sourcing activities.
• Drives supplier relationships management and implements supplier management principles in supply base, builds relationships and improvessupplier performance. Incorporates company’s responsibility and commitment to sustainable business practices into category supplier relationshipsand ensures compliance through reports, audits and improvement plans.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Understands business needs & engages with regional and local stakeholders to meet their priorities and requirements and therefore, buildseffective, trustful, personal and virtual relationships with key regional / country stakeholders.

WHO YOU ARE
 

• Degree in a relevant field with 10+ years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Seeds production and seeds tolling management experience is a plus preference.
• Excellent procurment skills at negotiation, financial analysis, supplier management, contract managment, category management, strategic thinking.
• Strong leadership & managerial skills at project managment, communication, presentation, influencing & problem solving, learning
• agility.
• Specific knowledge & experience of strategic procurement, quality management systems, regulatory requirements & logistics processes, principles& practices.
• Proactive attitude with strong willingness to take ownership and drive result.