Ditrolic Energy is one of the leading independent clean energy company in Southeast Asia. Headquartered in Malaysia, the company operates regionally from offices in Singapore, Manila, Jakarta, Shanghai and Dhaka. Ditrolic Energy provides various clean energy solutions from renewable energy sources to our customers by offering a fully integrated renewable energy infrastructure including solar, wind, energy management and energy storage.
We are looking for talented and driven people who are committed to making our vision a reality.
The Procurement & Supply Chain Manager is the accountable procurement lead in all Ditrolic Energys projects. He/she shall steer all Procurement activities throughout the stages of the project in coordination with other members of the procurement team and be committed to achieving and improving overall project performance whilst steering any actions needed to reduce risk.
Duties and responsibilities
Define and adapt project Procurement plan and strategies
- Draw up a list of requirements in collaboration with the internal buyers
- Define the procurement project management plan, strategies and procedures, in order to improve the competitive advantage of the business and up-grade them if necessary
- Approve strategies proposed by other buyers, including Category Managers, relating to their parts of the project
- Ensure the supplier/contractors evaluation in a place and make the supplier ready to be used/work with
- Implement the shadow calculation and cost value engineer to ensure the level of competitiveness
- Map risks and opportunities for the project through analysis of data and prepare mitigation strategies
- Define negotiating tactics/directions, working with the project team
- Control spend and build a culture of long-term saving on procurement costs
- Develop medium/long term strategic partnerships with suppliers
- Ensure the commercial, contract and material risk assessments are conducted and implement corrective action plans
- Ensure Group rules and policies (internal and external) are applied throughout the Procurement process
Steer project Procurement and intervene at strategic points
- Steer and coordinate Procurement for the whole project and take charge of the most strategic/difficult purchases.
- Make sure the needs are challenged.
- Identify and/or select suppliers who best meet the project requirements.
- Oversee calls for tenders and conduct key negotiations.
- Draw up the contract with the legal department.
- Manage relationships with the most critical suppliers.
- Deal with major (key) disputes.
- Identify, prioritize, engage and work in a project mode with internal and external stakeholders.
- Manage risks and opportunities.
Provide contractual, budgetary and regulatory supervision of the project on behalf of Procurement
- Ensure all project procedures and applicable regulations are followed.
- Control overall project procurement costs and issue warnings when required
- Ensure the contract is correctly implemented and understood by all parties involved.
- Adapt Procurement activities to operational constraints.
- Commit to achieving the Procurement financial and operational performance targets.
External (suppliers) and internal (project) intelligence
- Identify innovative opportunities on the suppliers market.
- Obtain technical and financial intelligence about current and potential suppliers in order to anticipate long-term consequences for the project.
- Challenge the project's technical aspects in order to ensure suppliers products and services meet the customer's needs in the long-term.
- Implement alternative Procurement strategies to avoid crises.
- Oversee and be accountable for entire logistic operation including all customs clearances, deliveries to sites, receiving, processing of work orders and
Requirements
- Candidate must possess at least Bachelors Degree in any field, preferably procurement and logistic, construction or equivalent.
- Required language (s) to converse, read and written: English, Bahasa Malaysia and Mandarin
- 5-10 years operational experience managing EPC and large contractors for industrial and/or construction projects.
- Experience in energy / renewable energy related projects is preferred.
- Experience in complex negotiation and in construction contracts (FIDIC or similar).
- Strongly autonomous, possesses leadership and influential qualities.
- Highly analytical and capable of leading complex procurement projects.
- Able to work autonomously in a demanding environment (meaning hands-on problem solving skills are needed when necessary).
- Able to interact with all levels of the organization including senior management.
- Relationship builder, strong communication and interpersonal skills, able to work internally and externally in an effective and efficient way.
