Main Responsibilities

1. Provide sourcing support toNA (North Asia)and SAPMENA(South Asia Pacific Middle East North Africa)Zone IT/Digital/Datateam and deliver meaningful value to business and customer

• Effectively manage sourcing activities in line withGlobal andZone category strategy for Tech and Digital, including hardware, software,services,telecom and new technologies
• Closely engage withassignedIT, Digital and Datateam to build network, anticipate demand, shape requirement,align objectives and approach, and ultimately deliver meaningful value to business and to customer
• Develop and conduct marketassessments, supplier scouting, competitivebiddingand deal structure landing together with stakeholders and cross-function partners (Finance, Legal, Ethics, etc.) to obtain the leading competencies and best total valueownership
• Evaluate andidentifyrisk among thebiddingprocess as well as the daily operation, discover and deploy propermechanismsorsolutionsto mitigate the risk, especially in data privacy and cyber security
• Promote and enforce business ethics and integrity versus group standard and local regulations, progressively improve the coverage and compliance level in Tech and Digital category

2. Drive Tech and Digital categorymaturityand supplier portfolio optimization

• Actively look into the technology trend, supplier market and key ecosystem players, and keep interaction with partners and industry network to establish an up-to-date knowledge base and information source
• Build and maintain a solid foundation of Tech and Digital category including supplier profile, stakeholder matrix, business cycle planning and tracking,biddingdatabase, performance database, etc.
• Conduct regular spend analysis, performance review and feedback collection to identify opportunity of streamlining and rationalizing the Tech and Digital category
• Develop supplier portfolio withPreferred Supplier List,supplier pipelineandsupplier lifecycle management to enhance supplier pool governance, performance management and capability development
• Co-work with stakeholders to identify and partner with dominant ecosystem players or innovative start-ups to bring outside-in ideas and practices and promote innovation and entrepreneurship culture