The Strategic Procurement Assistant Manager is responsible for strengthening logistics procurement processes across the Americas region, ensuring timely, cost-effective acquisition of logistics products and services while upholding quality standards and organizational requirements.
Requirements
- Design strategic plans for logistics procurement to obtain a competitive advantage
- Develop strategies of logistics procurement to support current and new logistics business
- Develop tools for analyzing supplier's quotes
- Survey and find prospective logistics services suppliers with a competitive advantage
- Develop logistics service suppliers' evaluation and customize the evaluation criteria for each logistics business
- Review the logistics service suppliers' evaluation outcomes and report them to the manager
- Identify improvements regarding evaluation criteria and update them regularly
- Manage and improve the GPMS (Glovis Procurement Management System)
- Proactively build up and deliver solutions against logistic and procurement problems and issues
- Capable of managing RFx processes with minor support
- Development and update of standard operating procedures (SOP) for logistic procurement
- Continuous improvement and cost reduction initiatives for logistics and procurement procedures
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and subsidiaries in the Americas region
- Design and implement strategies for efficient procurement activities
- Survey, benchmark, and report new trends in logistics procurement and supply chain
- Compile and aggregate logistics service contract schedules of each GLOVIS Americas subsidiary
- Manage and analyze the logistics contract rates of each subsidiary regularly
- Report the regional procurement status of each subsidiary to the appropriate manager regularly
- Report the results of market and supplier research
- Build up strategies for improving supplier management for GLOVIS Americas and all subsidiaries
- Collaborate with HQ and work in cooperation with logistics procurement projects
- Perform planned procurement audits with the manager to maintain compliance with each subsidiary
- Conduct research and analysis of market trends, supplier capabilities, and industry best practices to inform procurement decisions
- Ensure compliance with relevant regulations, policies, and procedures governing procurement activities
- Generate reports and analyze procurement data to provide insights, monitor performance, and support decision-making
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including operations, finance, legal, and logistics teams
Benefits
- Medical Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Basic Life and AD&D as well as Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
- Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Sick leave
- Hospital and Critical Illness Insurance
- Wellness Program and Gym Reimbursement
- 401(k) with Generous Matching
- Referral Bonuses
- Auto Allowance
- Quarterly Employee Lunches, Summer Refreshments, and Monthly Team Building Activities
- Discretionary Bonuses
- Tuition Reimbursement
