Strategic Procurement Manager

The role:                    

Having a diverse spend portfolio over multiple areas and disciplines, you will be an individual who seeks to drive best value for the company at all times through price, quality of the product and supply chain.

You will be responsible for ongoing development and management of the companies overall purchasing strategy and activity and for ensuring optimal supplier performance and price. It will be a key requirement to develop and implement a strategy to ensure the function is operating in line with the objectives of the business to add value, mitigate supply chain risk and deliver cost savings.

Being able to develop and maintain strategic supplier relationships and managing the ongoing development of contracts, contractual relationships and ensuring strong contract management to deliver continuous improvement in delivery of goods and services by the supply chain is a key requirement.

You will lead and manage a team to deliver the appropriate support to the business through strong business partnering with internal departments to ensure that both corporate and business development objectives are met, whilst applying appropriate governance and structure to ensure compliance under our operating structure. You will also work alongside the senior management team closely in contributing to overall business objectives and outputs.

Skills and attributes:

• Bachelor degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related discipline
• At least 10 years’ working experience in procurement or senior supply management
• Solid knowledge in sourcing, procurement, commercial and contract management tools and techniques
• Experience of working with both APAC and International supply chains is a critical attribute.
• Excellent relationship management skills with the ability to engage, negotiate and manage key stakeholders and suppliers
• Good command of spoken and written English and Chinese. Knowledge of Mandarin is an advantage
• Proven leadership and management skills with the ability to optimise team performance and development
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities

Applications, with detailed qualifications, employment history, salary expectations and contact information, should be sent for the attention of Roger Wong – Head of People & Culture, Citybus Limited, 5/F., No. 8 Chong Fu Road, Chai Wan, Hong Kong. Applications can also be e-mailed to [via CTgoodjobs Apply Now ].

Who are we?

Citybus is a market leading operator of public transport services operating over 1700 buses and employing over 5000 colleagues across our organisation. Having recently secured two new ten-year operating franchises to provide public bus services across Hong Kong that are due to commence in July 2023, this is an exciting time to join us as we head into a new chapter of our operations.

As part of an international consortium, our team represents a diverse group of performance driven members with experience across various industries. Our goal is to transform traditional bus services with a strategic focus on driving the transition to zero-emission vehicles in an effort to support our sustainability objectives.

Our mission at Citybus is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We celebrate difference and individuallity and encourage everyone to join us.

Closing date for applications: 30 December 2022