Your new company
Global leading foreign distributor of chemical products with operations in China.

Your new role
- Manage the process & execution of all key negotiations in coordination with local and overseas
colleagues
- Ensure annual savings and working capital targets are met and delivered on
- Ensure supplier relationship management programs are run effectively and in line with account plans
- Work with all key internal and external stakeholders to ensure full delivery of program objectives
- Lead strategic sourcing initiatives in China and develop supply chain partners of choice ensuring
sustainable supply
- Develop existing and future key partner relationships to ensure sustainable and cost-effective supply
of products to meet business plans and cost targets
- Ensure the correct approaches and programs are deployed and managed effectively per supplier
segmentation
- Leverage his/her extensive network to collect and share information as to enable good and timely
decision-making on purchasing & position taking
- Benchmark supplier performance vs other suppliers via the supplier performance management
system
- Provide analysis of export statistics and other material benchmarks to stakeholders
- Secure access to new products
- Implement cost-based, contractual pricing, contract terms and models with all strategic and core
suppliers to deliver financial benefit to Helm. Deliver cost positions & savings initiatives
- Fully leverage Helm’s CAD approach to obtain better terms and pricing
- Continue to develop and implement new ideas in cost reduction and optimization in the supplier
segment of the supply chain

What you'll need to succeed
Bachelor degree in Chemicals, Crop Protection or International trade
Experience
- Minimum 7 years’ experience or more in strategic sourcing & procurement in the crop protection
industry in China
- Extensive network within the crop protection industry in China
- In-depth practical understanding of developing purchase plans
- Proven experience in leading campaigns for the sourcing of generic active ingredient and formulated
materials using cost calculation models

What you'll get in return
Strategic role in China business with good career path.

What you need to do now
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