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Job Title: Sr. Category Manager, Logistics Location: Shanghai Responsibilities and Scope: The Sr. Category Manager is responsible for logistics spend for APAC region. Responsibilities include supplier scouting, selection, supplier management, price & contract negotiation and working capital management. The Sr. Category Manager will develop and execute a category strategy that supports the company’s profitable growth plans. She/He will be the primary owner of cost savings and working capital improvements. Key Responsibilities: • Drive the team to deliver financial results for field, corporate and plants • Engages key influence network to build sponsorship for change • Supports team's decisions in the face of uncertainty • Creates strategies to achieve long term goals across business • Coaches team for their development, improves team capability and skillset • Build integrity culture • Develop logistics category strategy by category cluster, implement category strategy in sourcing decision of Logistics spend • Optimizes and rationalize the supply base • Supplier account management for selection of suppliers • Manage supplier performance and organize regular business reviews with suppliers of responsibility. • Negotiation and maintenance of contracts and supply conditions • Insights to supply base market intelligence & dynamics, scouting new suppliers to support the business growth • Build significant process muscle in VAVE, which will increase profitability • Deploy a global preferred supplier strategy to improve supplier quality, delivery and cost • Drive year-over-year improvement in logistics spend through supplier negotiation • Drive year-over-year improvement in working capital through supplier DPO management • Monitor and support procurement productivity improvement projects complete on schedule • Report monthly operation result by category cluster Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain management, or related business degree. MBA is a distinct advantage • At least 5 years’ sourcing/procurement experience and at least 5 years’ experience in logistics operation management, and 3 years’ experience in team management • Excellent negotiation skills, being able to build a compelling case and convince others, familiar with contracting • Experience in market investigation, purchasing strategy establishment and implementation, familiar with cost reduction methods and tools • Good interpersonal skills to enable and manage strategic relationships • Adaptable towards a rapidly changing environment • Experience in working in multi-cultural teams • Experience in working in multifunctional development teams • Preferably experience in an innovative but also cost-driven environment • Experience in international trade • Honest and Integrity • Fluent in English • Willing to travel