Responsible for supervising indirect procurement activities across categories, including sourcing, negotiation, supplier management, and procurement governance, to support business objectives, cost efficiency, and policy compliance.
Key Responsibilities
1, Procurement & Negotiation
• Lead and oversee end-to-end procurement processes, including bidding inquiries, quotation evaluation, commercial negotiations, and purchase order (PO) issuance.
• Drive cost optimization initiatives and ensure achievement of cost-saving targets in VM and IT categories.
• Ensure procurement activities comply with company policies, approval matrices, and internal controls.
2, Supplier Assessment & Management
• Supervise new vendor evaluations and manage the New Supplier Selection process in alignment with procurement governance requirements.
• Oversee supplier performance, risk, and sustainability compliance through EcoVadis vendor management.
• Lead supplier issue resolution and continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen vendor partnerships.
3. Stakeholder & Team Leadership
• Act as the key procurement liaison for internal stakeholders, including Brand/VM, IT, Finance, and Legal teams.
• Provide procurement guidance, coordination, and support on IP category–related initiatives.
• Support team capability development by sharing best practices, coaching junior team members, and improving procurement processes.
Core Competencies & Soft Skills
Integrity & Ethical Leadership:Acts as a role model for integrity and ethical conduct, ensuring procurement and general service activities adhere to company standards and policies.
Others
Shiseido is one of the top cosmetics companies in the world, with a rich portfolio of international brands in 120 countries and regions.
Among others, Shiseido owns the following prominent cosmetics, skincare and fragrance brands: SHISEIDO, NARS, Clé de Peau Beauté, BENEFIQUE, ELIXIR, IPSA, MAQUILLAGE, INTEGRATE, AUPRES, ANESSA and ISSEY MIYAKE.
Our mission―BEAUTY INNOVATIONS FOR A BETTER WORLD―is to offer solutions to social problems and achieve a sustainable society, helping people find happiness through our mainstay beauty business. We strive to create a better world through beauty innovations, as we perceive and respond to each person's profound need for betterment in an ever-changing global environment.
For more than 150 years our history and tradition have been built on distinctive innovations in each era. Today, we are taking on new challenges and making a concerted effort across the entire Group to pursue innovations that break the status quo and meet the diverse beauty values and needs of people around the world.
As a global beauty company of Japanese origin, we not only develop cosmetics, but introduce and create unprecedented products and new value that go beyond. Through these activities, we realize “beauty innovations” leading to new lifestyles for consumers around the world.
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