Director, Procurement - South Asia

Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions (VWTS) is a worldwide leader in water recovery, treatment, and reuse. We design and supply a range of water systems, from food and beverage applications, to municipal water, to microelectronics ultrapure water and heavy industrial wastewater treatment. We serve more than 50,000 customers worldwide and treat more than 11 million cubic meters of water every day. We simply aim to be the benchmark company for ecological transformation across the world.

At WTS, we realize diverse teams make smarter decisions, deliver better results, and build stronger communities. We are an organization that champions diversity and inclusion at every rung of the ladder and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We offer challenging and meaningful careers, with competitive benefits and flexible work arrangements.

Role Summary

Reporting into Veolia WTS’ Senior Director, APAC Procurement, this key Regional Procurement Head will oversee a team of professionals covering all product lines and will have full accountability of Procurement activities across all P&Ls, operations, initiatives and compliance needs in partnership with internal functional stakeholders and business partners. This role will need to provide strategic partnership to the business leader in realizing the aggressive growth plans over the next 3 to 5 years.

This role will influence and collaborate with regional leadership and supply base to develop/deploy a regional procurement strategy in alignment with the Global Category Management team.

Essential Responsibilities / Expectations

• Leadership & Culture

  
  

  • Lead and develop a high performing Procurement team by attracting, developing and retaining the best talent.

    
    

• Collaborate and partner with the Procurement Leadership Team and cross functional regional & global functions to create a best-in-class Procurement organization.

  
  

• Establish regular communication & operating mechanisms with the regional business and supply-base stakeholders to drive financial and functional metrics.

  
  

• Financial Metrics 

  
  

  • Deliver EBIT improvement for the region while mitigating market risks via focus on top line growth and bottom-line.

    
    

  • Develop and implement regional procurement synergies across the organization.

    
    

• Procurement Operations 

  
  

  • Deliver on regional commitments ( Proposals  Project Execution Fulfillment, On Time Delivery, Supplier Quality, etc.).

    
    

  • Drive Procurement initiatives in accordance with Category Management strategy (Preferred Supplier Network, business allocation, supplier consolidation, sole source reduction, risk mitigation, etc.).

    
    

  • Drive compliance to ‘Procure to Pay’ policies & procedures.

    
    

  • Enable digitization while adapting the usage of data analytics and digital solutions in the region in accordance with Procurement’s global digital strategy.

    
    

  • Promote Supplier Diversity & Sustainability.

    
    

Experience 

15 years’ experience in increasing roles in Procurement & Supply Chain function in several types of industries, with regional/global leadership and knowledge of business strategy, procurement strategy & processes, category management and overall execution of procurement KPIs.

Work experience in South Asia is a must, especially in EP/EPC contracts with major O&G companies.

Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Procurement, Supply Chain Management or any other related field.

As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.