Associate, Procurement Local

About Us

Established over a hundred years ago, Takasago is a global leading company in the flavour and fragrance industry, having developed flavours and fragrances for some of the world’s most successful manufacturers of foods, beverages, fine fragrances, home, and personal care products.

For over 35 years, we have been a leading industrial producer of L-Menthol, using our core technology, asymmetric synthesis.
This technology enables us to produce unique, novel, and nature-identical aroma ingredients, and in addition, to manufacture pharmaceutical intermediates, functional materials, and other fine chemicals.

Takasago Group maintains offices, production sites, and R&D centers in twenty-seven countries and regions.

Responsibilities:

• Review purchase requisitions and suppliers’ quotations
• Issue purchase orders to suppliers and follow-up on delivery schedules
• Proactively develop new cost effective and alternative sources of supplies and services.
• Monitor trends in the various supply markets and industries to devise and implement cost reducing sourcing strategies.
• Responsible for delivering annual category cost savings targets.
• Manage RFPs, negotiate with suppliers, and execute the contracts.
• Serve as key contact for stakeholders in their area of responsibility. Build effective relationships of mutual trust and understanding.
• Manage and build effective relationships with key suppliers to drive value for cost effectiveness and access to innovation.
• Manage local supplier landscape in line with business strategies (e.g.. payment terms, manage tail spend, local supplier management process).
• Control spend and build a culture of long-term saving on procurement costs

Qualifications:

• Team player, pro-active, with good communication and interpersonal skill. 
• Strong analytical and project management skills. 
• Highly organized and systematic. 
• Proven track record of successful supplier negotiation and management. 
• Proven track record of developing effective sourcing strategies and bringing value added procurement processes. 
• Experience in SAP is a plus.