Job Description

Locations

• Japan, Tokyo

Responsibilities

• Strong team player with the ability to work effectively across functions to support guided buying to internal Diageo users
• Strong team player with the ability to work effectively across functions to support guided buying to internal Diageo users
• Collaborate efficiently with the Category Procurement team to support standard sourcing as well as complex sourcing activities.
• Collaborate efficiently with the Category Procurement team to support standard sourcing as well as complex sourcing activities.
• Organize & conduct competitive sourcing requests through FairMarkit
• Organize & conduct competitive sourcing requests through FairMarkit
• Perform sourcing activities, commercial negotiations & contract management (if applicable) for spend of no more than US $50k. Ensure delivery of financial and non-financial/compliance targets for the market. This includes but is not limited to providing market analyses, price / service-level benchmarking, sourcing events, supplier negotiations and ongoing supplier relationship management
• Perform sourcing activities, commercial negotiations & contract management (if applicable) for spend of no more than US $50k. Ensure delivery of financial and non-financial/compliance targets for the market. This includes but is not limited to providing market analyses, price / service-level benchmarking, sourcing events, supplier negotiations and ongoing supplier relationship management
• Embed best in class procurement category excellence capability and process, i.e. sourcing, contract management, risk and supplier performance management, as well as introducing supplier collaboration models with strategic suppliers.
• Embed best in class procurement category excellence capability and process, i.e. sourcing, contract management, risk and supplier performance management, as well as introducing supplier collaboration models with strategic suppliers.
• Provide comprehensive analysis on events conducted.
• Provide comprehensive analysis on events conducted.
• Able to handle queries from suppliers & market stakeholders in supporting the procurement activity to run tenders.
• Able to handle queries from suppliers & market stakeholders in supporting the procurement activity to run tenders.
• Manage & resolve BAU issues and queries as per SLA.
• Manage & resolve BAU issues and queries as per SLA.
• Build, maintain, and foster a sustainable relationship with Key Stakeholders such as the Category Procurement team, Suppliers, and Market Users among others
• Build, maintain, and foster a sustainable relationship with Key Stakeholders such as the Category Procurement team, Suppliers, and Market Users among others
• Review, analyze, and interpret various reports & drive global KPI improvements.
• Review, analyze, and interpret various reports & drive global KPI improvements.
• Provide meaningful information on spend & buying patterns per category to the Category Procurement Team; and align with them to drive key strategic changes per category in order to reduce or optimize spend.
• Provide meaningful information on spend & buying patterns per category to the Category Procurement Team; and align with them to drive key strategic changes per category in order to reduce or optimize spend.
• Able to engage remotely and across time zones in collaborating with diverse cultures
• Able to engage remotely and across time zones in collaborating with diverse cultures
• Identify opportunities to minimize operational & administrative activities for the Procurement team.
• Identify opportunities to minimize operational & administrative activities for the Procurement team.
• Create & Maintain DTPs, Knowledge Management articles for procurement & users.
• Create & Maintain DTPs, Knowledge Management articles for procurement & users.
• Able to actively participate & conduct trainings on process updates & compliance
• Able to actively participate & conduct trainings on process updates & compliance
• Be the subject matter expert on tasks and activities performed under Procurement Operations (have extensive sourcing and negotiation skills, contract checking and management, project management, etc.)
• Be the subject matter expert on tasks and activities performed under Procurement Operations (have extensive sourcing and negotiation skills, contract checking and management, project management, etc.)
• Be involved with the team in resolving critical/difficult issues and escalations.
• Be involved with the team in resolving critical/difficult issues and escalations.
• Ensure timely and accurate quality check of invoices, including online payment (OLP) requests and down payments (DP).
• Ensure timely and accurate quality check of invoices, including online payment (OLP) requests and down payments (DP).
• Quality checks are effective and evidenced by zero quality issues on Parked and blocked invoices
• Quality checks are effective and evidenced by zero quality issues on Parked and blocked invoices
• Invoices returned to vendor (RTV) are followed up to get replacement invoice meeting quality criteria and this is posted in a timely manner to forestall any impact on KPIs especially Payment to terms (PTT).
• Invoices returned to vendor (RTV) are followed up to get replacement invoice meeting quality criteria and this is posted in a timely manner to forestall any impact on KPIs especially Payment to terms (PTT).
• Assist in resolving supplier and business queries related to accounts payable and executing the control requirements.
• Assist in resolving supplier and business queries related to accounts payable and executing the control requirements.

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