Packaging & Hygiene Category Manager Apac

Description

Kenvue is currently recruiting for:
**Packaging & Hygiene Category Manager APAC**

This position reports into Global Cat Leader Pack and is based at Bangkok.

**Who We Are**

At Kenvue, we realize the extraordinary power of everyday care. Built on over a century of heritage and rooted in science, we’re the house of iconic brands - including NEUTROGENA®, AVEENO®, TYLENOL®, LISTERINE®, JOHNSON’S® and BAND-AID® that you already know and love. Science is our passion; care is our talent. Our global team is made by 22,000 diverse and brilliant people, passionate about insights, innovation and committed to deliver the best products to our customers. With expertise and empathy, being a Kenvuer means to have the power to impact life of millions of people every day. We put people first, care fiercely, earn trust with science and solve with courage - and have brilliant opportunities waiting for you Join us in shaping our future-and yours.

**What You Will Do**

The position is responsible for Bottles, Caps, Tubes and Pumps categories:

- Driving the development of category practices for selected sub-categories, including sourcing strategy definition, deployment, and stakeholder management, to maximize total cost of ownership savings and Procurement’s value contribution while achieving compliance with policies, strategies, and processes
- Developing robust category strategies, aligned with regional business and supply chain needs
- Striving to meet the mutually agreed Procurement targets contributing to the overall budgeting targets

Key Responsibilities
- Develops sounds sourcing strategies for Regional/Global subcategories addressing evolving business needs.
- Analyze, understand and interpret market dynamics and drivers, supplier capacity and constrains, quantity leverage, regional regulations and best sourcing practices.
- Sources and runs competitive bidding process for designated spend areas in line with the Global / Regional Strategy for defined subcategories.
- In charge of complex negotiations and Supplier Relationship management.
- Effectively utilizes procurement processes and procedures to achieve procurement functional goals and corporate governance requirements, whilst delivering against business needs
- Accountable to deliver annual savings targets and financial commitments related to its corresponding subcategories / spend
- Able to influence and establish good working relationship with functional stakeholders
- Contract negotiation and general management for its subcategories / spend
- Map opportunities and proposes improvement on procurement processes.
- Works End-to-End to secure supply and ensure a resilient supply chain for it’s subcategories.

**Qualifications**:
**What We Are Looking For**

Required Qualifications
- 5 - 10 years professional experience. Preferably in Procurement and working in an international environment
- Experience on Supplier Relationship Management and working cross functionally with supply chain stakeholder&s
- Understanding of P&L management, as well as, cost modelling, sustainability, contracting etc. related to packaging

Kenvue is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Primary Location Asia Pacific-Thailand-Bangkok-Bangkok

Job Function Procurement

Organization: Johnson & Johnson (Thailand) Ltd.