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Date: Mar 8, 2023
Location: Shanghai, CN
Company: AkzoNobel
Our company can only deliver sustainable high performance if our employees can reach their full potential and grow and develop together with AkzoNobel. We want to ensure employees are offered continuous learning and development opportunities. With that intention in mind please find job opportunity mentioned below. Please make sure you discuss the same with your manager before applying. You can also refer someone you know for the job!
Job Purpose
The regional analyst of north asia is a key coordinator of driving regional KPIs performance, is responsible for procurement reports, and is responsible for total cost efficiency study whenever required.
Key Accountabilities
To contribute to the procurement strategy/year plan.
Roll out of global procurement KPI in the region.
To develop and standardize/automate various procurement reports in the region.
To support global reports consolidation.
To be the regional focal point & key user of global procurement processes/systems including BI, RMPI, ANT, Rebates/Commissions, Contracting.
To support financial analysis (e.g. business cases, Spend Walk analysis, price variances) and coordinate quarterly rolling forecast for their region.
To be responsible for cost efficiency study when required.
To develop regional/China raw material market intelligence and manage Chinese subscriptions. Identify alternatives for procurement and develop regional market know how.
To support regional sourcing team for category/sub category strategy.
To advise regional/functional management with profound analytics.
To support and analyze supplier relationships and collaboration.
To propose new/improved tools and ways of using existing Information management.
Ad Hoc tasks requested by Regional Procurement Director.
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Experience
Professional
BA required (Master preferred)
Finance degree/Economic degree preferred
Decent knowledge of regional analyst or global analyst is plus
Technical
Strong analytical skills with business thinking
Microsoft office (Excel/Power Point/Word) is mandatory
Basic finance and procurement knowledge will be a plus
Can work under pressure, careful, diligent, and well – organized
Fluent in English
Behavioral
Strong integrity, code of conduct, full compliance
Superior communication; interpersonal skills
Passion for cost management
Comfortable with conflict
Able to work in matrix environment (sourcing and procurement)
Able to get buy-in and commitment from both internal and external stakeholders
At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.