Objective

• Lead strategic and tactical procurement activities for sourcing of Korea Indirect categories including but not limited to Commercial/Marketing, Professional Services, HR, Facilities and General Services necessary to support corporate functions and business needs

• Provide purchasing expertise and support, promote purchasing guidelines and exchange of best practices.
• Improve business efficiency and deliver saving while keeping compliance monitoring

Responsibilities

1. Strategic Sourcing & Cost Optimization
   1. Deliver annual savings targets for Spend in scope (One time and P&L)
2. Vendor Qualification & Vendor Management
   1. Cultivate relationships with internal business partners and execute supplier relationship management to ensure operational success
   2. Manage the preferred suppliers on strategic Level
3. Procurement Governance & Compliance
   1. Represent Procurement for the Country acting as Business Partner for Commercial Teams
   2. Perform Spend Analysis and baseline analysis to effectively communicate data to internal customers and upper management
   3. Receive vendor escalations and appropriately resolve disputes as needed
4. Tender & Bidding Management
   1. Lead RFPs, RFIs, and direct negotiations for goods, services, and technology
   2. Ensure objective and well-documented vendor selection processes, and Maintain procurement documentation and bidding records
   3. Support transparent and compliant procurement decision-making
   4. Review single-source justifications and procurement exceptions
5. Vendor Risk Monitoring & Ethical Procurement
   1. Monitor for potential conflicts of interest or inappropriate vendor relationships
   2. Identify unusual purchasing patterns, pricing irregularities, or process circumvention risks
   3. Support ethical procurement practices and reinforce procurement integrity
   4. Collaborate with Compliance, Finance, and leadership on procurement-related risk mitigation
6. Procurement Process Improvement
   1. Work with team to implement local Procurement policy and deliver necessary training and update
   2. Lead the contract redlining process to ensure a project moves from ideas to fully executed contract and purchase order

Requirements

• Bachelor and above
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel/Word/PowerPoint)
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in multinational healthcare/FMCG Company’s procurement organization, strategic sourcing, vendor management, or procurement operations
• Strong negotiation, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Fluent in spoken and written English

• Understanding of indirect procurement and experienced in
• best practices purchasing tools and techniques

• Analytical, persuasion and creative abilities / teamwork
• Excellent communication skills within all levels of organization and suppliers