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Job Responsibilities:

Responsible for providing procurement expertise, support and leadership of end-to-end procurement support to business stakeholders across Prudential’s Head Office, Service Entities and business units across Asia and Africa, based at its offices in Hong Kong, with a particular focus on Non-IT categories of expenditure (professional services, marketing and advertising, legal, corporate services and facilities management spend).
Partner with business stakeholders and actively support strategic sourcing, category management, vendor management, negotiations and contract management activities whilst continuing to identify opportunities to maximize value and mitigate risk from the Group’s total procurement expenditure.
Drive best practices with regards to vendor monitoring and governance third-party arrangements, particularly with the Group’s strategic partners.
Ability to engage and influence business stakeholders and externally, with key vendors that support our business requirements and Prudential’s strategic objectives.

Job Requirements:

Strong stakeholder management skills and experience (both internal and external stakeholders) in particular with senior management
Strong networking, communication and influencing skills, able to work with colleagues from different management levels, cultures and background to influence changed behaviors across cultural and geographic boundaries
A strong and genuine passion for procurement and vendor management, excited about seeking new opportunities to demonstrate the value of effective procurement in business and actively pursuing to continuously improve, learn and adopt market leading procurement practices and principles in the industry
Experienced and comfortable to work in a dynamic, and sometimes, unstructured working environments, with an ability to adapt to changing circumstances, deadlines, multiple concurrent agendas and adaptable to changing priorities often under pressure
Deep analytical mindset and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail, whilst being able to operate at the strategic level and understand the “bigger picture”
Demonstrated ability to work independently and in a team, able to motivate and drive themselves and team members in identifying new opportunities and demonstrating value to the broader business
Strong understanding and experience of best practices of non- IT procurement categories, particularly category management, supplier management, strategic sourcing, commercial negotiations, contract development and management activities and processes
Strong and effective communication skills (written, verbal and visual)

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability or part-time / fixed-term work, or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third-party suppliers taking into account the context of grade, job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with individual physical or mental health requirements.