Grass Valley
Regional Procurement Lead
Supply Chain - Bangsar South, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Full Time
With our award-winning technology and trusted expertise, Grass Valley enables and empowers creators, broadcasters and media organizations to produce brilliant content that captivates audiences and connects people through the magic of media.
As the industry’s R&D powerhouse, we offer the widest and deepest range of best-in-class solutions in the industry. We are the trusted partner to many of the biggest and most creative names in the media and entertainment business as we help our customers to build successful media businesses and navigate the rapidly shifting mediascape.
Why join Grass Valley?
As the world continues to evolve, Grass Valley is also transforming: Creating innovative breakthrough solutions to serve customers’ changing needs and realities. We are proud that for over 60 years, our innovations have enabled content creators, broadcasters and media organizations to produce rich, compelling content that brings the viewer even closer to the action; more engaged with the story and more connected to others.
Our people are creative, knowledgeable, passionate and dedicated, working together to deliver high quality solutions and services to customers all over the world. We are looking for our future ambassadors, technologists, thought leaders and innovators to continue this beautiful journey with us. This is your opportunity, join us!
For further information, please visit www.grassvalley.com.
The Opportunity
We are seeking a highly motivated Regional Procurement Lead – APAC to oversee indirect procurement activities across the APAC region. This role will report directly to the Senior Manager, Indirect Spend, based in Canada, and play a key role in driving procurement excellence, cost optimization, and supplier performance for the region.
Primary Function
As the Regional Procurement Lead - APAC, you will:
What do you have to offer:
Education:
As the industry’s R&D powerhouse, we offer the widest and deepest range of best-in-class solutions in the industry. We are the trusted partner to many of the biggest and most creative names in the media and entertainment business as we help our customers to build successful media businesses and navigate the rapidly shifting mediascape.
Why join Grass Valley?
As the world continues to evolve, Grass Valley is also transforming: Creating innovative breakthrough solutions to serve customers’ changing needs and realities. We are proud that for over 60 years, our innovations have enabled content creators, broadcasters and media organizations to produce rich, compelling content that brings the viewer even closer to the action; more engaged with the story and more connected to others.
Our people are creative, knowledgeable, passionate and dedicated, working together to deliver high quality solutions and services to customers all over the world. We are looking for our future ambassadors, technologists, thought leaders and innovators to continue this beautiful journey with us. This is your opportunity, join us!
For further information, please visit www.grassvalley.com.
The Opportunity
We are seeking a highly motivated Regional Procurement Lead – APAC to oversee indirect procurement activities across the APAC region. This role will report directly to the Senior Manager, Indirect Spend, based in Canada, and play a key role in driving procurement excellence, cost optimization, and supplier performance for the region.
Primary Function
As the Regional Procurement Lead - APAC, you will:
- Serve as Procurement Lead in front of stakeholders for GV within the region.
- Strategically manage indirect spend, identifying and delivering cost reduction opportunities.
- Lead contract lifecycle management including timely negotiation, renewals, and execution of new agreements.
- Be familiar with commercial terms, legal requirements and contract governance policies.
- Leverage benchmarking and best practices to drive year-over-year improvements.
- Achieve total cost reductions, and overall supply base rationalization and concentration, soliciting key stakeholder input, leveraging global supplier base wherever it makes sense.
- Build and maintain strong, trusted relationships with functional leaders, stakeholders, and peers.
- Respond to requests with a strong sense of urgency.
- Lead and support transformation and change management in regional category strategy deployment. Utilize negotiation and influencing skills to gain support across many levels of the organization.
- Conduct competitive bidding processes and lead and support negotiations. Assess and manage supplier risk.
- Communicate procurement KPIs and performance metrics clearly and effectively.
- Manage procurement reporting, including tracking key metrics, spend analytics, and performance dashboards to support data-driven decision-making.
- Strategic procurement expertise (source to Contract), with knowledge of purchasing operations.
- Experience in spend analysis, requirements documentation, RFP and RFQs, bid and price analysis, negotiation and contract award, and supplier performance management, leveraging purchasing tools (SAP, Basware, and DocuSign).
- ERP process documentation, recommendations, carve out, workflow and deployment/upgrade.
What do you have to offer:
Education:
- College degree or equivalent experience
- A minimum of 5 to 7 years in a similar role or procurement background
- Experienced in negotiating complex indirect materials and service agreements (MSA, SOW)
- Contract language knowledge, SOW is an asset
- Understanding of Indirect Business requirements and operations
- At ease in a fast-paced environment with very short delays
- MS Office suite proficiency, experience with Power BI is a plus
- Must be organized
- Able to manage a multiple priorities
- Malay & English communication skills mandatory
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
- Good analytical skills. Global mind set. Collaborative work style. Team player
- Ability to navigate complexities, working across organizational boundaries, cross functionally, and collaboratively with others.
- Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment. Self-directed. Self-motivated.
- Must be able to work with cross functional team in different regions and time zone.
Grass Valley offers competitive compensation packages in an energizing and supportive work environment.
This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work involved for this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of this job.
Grass Valley is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability, sexual orientation or protected veteran status.
