JOB PURPOSE:
This is a dual-hatted role combining regional PMO responsibilities and global program ownership.
As Procurement Specialist – Asia, you will act as the strategic PMO partner for the Asia regional procurement organization, ensuring visibility, alignment, and progress on regional initiatives and savings delivery.
In addition, you will own and drive an evolving global procurement program (starting with Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)), partnering across geographies to embed best-in-class practices and continuous improvement.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Regional PMO
Act as PMO for procurement programs in the Asia Business Unit (BU), enabling regional execution and alignment on cross-functional goals.
Maintain the regional savings funnel, ensuring transparency, data accuracy, and regular stakeholder alignment.
Represent Asia’s voice in central strategy discussions and translate global tools and ways of working into regionally relevant execution plans.
Train and guide regional buyers, further enabling them to manage savings funnels, track programs, and work across teams.
Lead or contribute to ideation sessions, capability-building forums, and internal workshops to elevate the strategic procurement capability of the BU
Global Program Manager
Define SRM Strategy & Governance: Develop and iterate a clear global SRM framework—covering objectives, supplier segmentation, relationship tiers, governance rhythms, and executive sponsorship—aligned with TMICC’s strategic goals.
Implement Supplier Segmentation & Prioritization: Categorize suppliers by strategic importance, spend, risk, and innovation potential to ensure the right level of engagement—focusing resources on high-impact relationships.
Launch Performance Scorecards & KPIs: Co-create scorecards that go beyond cost, embedding metrics on quality, innovation, sustainability, and resilience—ensuring a balanced, value-driven SRM approach.
Enable Collaborative Partnering & Supplier enabled Innovation (SIE): Facilitate joint innovation workshops; partnering with R&I, Marketing, Quality, and Procurement to co-create solutions that drive incremental improvements and co-innovation.
Monitor SRM Program & Continuous Improvement: Use digital SRM tools and dashboards to track performance, surface risks, capture supplier feedback, and proactively evolve frameworks—anchored in external best practices.
Adapt & Evolve: Be agile and open to taking on future program ownership as the team and priorities evolve.
WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED:
Ability to connect strategic vision with local execution; both operationally hands-on and future oriented.
Experience working cross-functionally across Procurement, R&I, Quality, and Supply Chain teams.
Comfortable managing ambiguity, timelines, and multiple stakeholders.
Self-motivated and proactive, with strong influencing and relationship-building skills.
An appetite to learn, share, and experiment with digital tools, innovation, and continuous improvement.
