6 Vendor Relations jobs in Hong Kong

Position Summary

We are seeking a strategic and results-driven Head of Sourcing & Supplier Management to lead our global procurement and supplier relations strategy. This pivotal role will be responsible for developing and executing comprehensive sourcing strategies that drive cost efficiency, supply chain resilience, and innovation. The ideal candidate will be a seasoned leader with deep expertise in the apparel sector, a proven track record in managing complex global supply chains, and a passion for leveraging technology to optimize operations.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Sourcing & Procurement:

• Develop and implement a forward-thinking global sourcing strategy, including vendor and country allocation, aligned with company objectives.
• Analyze spending patterns and market trends to identify and capitalize on cost reduction opportunities, achieving targeted year-over-year savings.
• Lead supplier negotiations, securing optimal terms for quality, cost, and delivery.
• Continuously evaluate and onboard new suppliers to diversify and strengthen our global supplier base.

Supplier Relationship & Performance Management:

• Serve as the primary architect of our supplier ecosystem, building strong, collaborative partnerships with key vendors.
• Establish and monitor a robust supplier scorecard, tracking KPIs across innovation, flexibility, speed, cost, and sustainability.
• Conduct regular supplier audits and due diligence to ensure compliance with our quality, ethical, and operational standards.
• Drive long-term capacity development plans with strategic mill and vendor partners.

Supply Chain Optimization & Innovation:

• Champion supply chain digital transformation, identifying and implementing automation tools to streamline processes and enhance visibility.
• Oversee inventory management and logistics strategies to optimize inbound and outbound transportation, supporting business goals.
• Conduct in-depth market research on global pricing, regulatory changes, and emerging technologies to inform strategy.
• Publish monthly sourcing dashboards and provide insightful documentation for executive review and decision-making.

Qualifications & Experience

• 15+ years
  of progressive experience in sourcing, procurement, and supplier management, with a significant portion within the
  apparel or garment industry
  .
• Proven expertise in developing and executing multi-country sourcing strategies in a global context.
• Demonstrated success in driving significant cost savings and building a diverse, high-performing supplier network.
• A strong understanding of sustainable and ethical sourcing practices in the apparel sector.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, or a related field. An advanced degree is a plus.

We are seeking a strategic and results-driven Head of Sourcing & Supplier Management to lead our global procurement and supplier relations strategy. This pivotal role will be responsible for developing and executing comprehensive sourcing strategies that drive cost efficiency, supply chain resilience, and innovation. The ideal candidate will be a seasoned leader with deep expertise in the apparel sector, a proven track record in managing complex global supply chains, and a passion for leveraging technology to optimize operations.

• Develop and implement a forward-thinking global sourcing strategy, including vendor and country allocation, aligned with company objectives.
• Analyze spending patterns and market trends to identify and capitalize on cost reduction opportunities, achieving targeted year-over-year savings.
• Lead supplier negotiations, securing optimal terms for quality, cost, and delivery.
• Continuously evaluate and onboard new suppliers to diversify and strengthen our global supplier base.
• Serve as the primary architect of our supplier ecosystem, building strong, collaborative partnerships with key vendors.
• Establish and monitor a robust supplier scorecard, tracking KPIs across innovation, flexibility, speed, cost, and sustainability.
• Conduct regular supplier audits and due diligence to ensure compliance with our quality, ethical, and operational standards.
• Drive long-term capacity development plans with strategic mill and vendor partners.

• Champion supply chain digital transformation, identifying and implementing automation tools to streamline processes and enhance visibility.
• Oversee inventory management and logistics strategies to optimize inbound and outbound transportation, supporting business goals.
• Conduct in-depth market research on global pricing, regulatory changes, and emerging technologies to inform strategy.
• Publish monthly sourcing dashboards and provide insightful documentation for executive review and decision-making.

• 15+ years of progressive experience in sourcing, procurement, and supplier management, with a significant portion within the apparel or garment industry .
• Proven expertise in developing and executing multi-country sourcing strategies in a global context.
• Demonstrated success in driving significant cost savings and building a diverse, high-performing supplier network.
• A strong understanding of sustainable and ethical sourcing practices in the apparel sector.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, or a related field. An advanced degree is a plus.

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Supply Chain

• Staffing and Recruiting

China Unicom (Hong Kong) Operations Ltd is a member of China Unicom that provides telecommunication services in Hong Kong. To cope with our development, we would like to invite high caliber candidates to apply for the following position:

Description:

1. Responsible for establishing and maintaining good cooperative relations with international partners (such as suppliers, customers, etc.), responsible for the coordination and management of international projects, conducting cross-border communication and negotiations, and solving problems in cooperation;

2.Responsible for formulating and optimizing supply chain strategies, inventory management, and logistics management;

3.Responsible for writing supply chain data analysis and reports, responsible for international project compliance management and risk management;

4.Responsible for the introduction of international talents;

5.Complete other comprehensive tasks assigned by superiors

Requirement:

1. Bachelor degree or above, majoring in computer science, communications, human resources management, administrative management, business administration, international trade, etc. is preferred ;

1. More than 2 years of experience in international cooperation and supply chain management, with background in technology-based enterprises or scientific research institutions preferred;

2. Familiar with national and local labor laws and regulations, and understand the basic operational procedures of international cooperation and supply chain management;

3. Proficient in using Office software (Word, Excel, PPT, etc.), those with basic data analysis skills are preferred;

4. Have a strong sense of responsibility and service, work carefully and conscientiously, and have good professional ethics;

5. Possess good written and oral communication skills in both Chinese and English. Candidates with overseas study or work experience are preferred;

6. Possess strong sense of responsibility and service awareness, strong communication skills, good temperament and image, can represent the department to host, do team building, and give conference presentations;

7. Have a global vision, be able to quickly learn and supplement relevant knowledge, have research on international manpower, international regulations, and international issues, and have strong cross-cultural communication and localized thinking.

Full-time,Permanent

Job description

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Real Estate Services manages HSBC's global property portfolio of c. 22 million square feet. Our ambition is to create inclusive, digitally enabled spaces for meaningful collaboration and experiences, while ensuring safe, sustainable, and resilient operations for HSBC. Whether it is a customer entering a branch, or colleagues collaborating in an office, we help to ensure they have a positive experience.

We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our team as a Real Estate Services Supplier Management Lead.

Principal Responsibilities

You will partner with senior Real Estate and Procurement management, business and function-aligned Operations Directors, regional leads and cross functional stakeholders (e.g., Risk / Legal), to provide effective oversight of the vendor and third-party management lifecycle.

This is pivotal role providing leadership on the operational and commercial management of the vendors and third parties within the Real Estate Services (RES) function.

In this role you will

• Leading various Real Estate Services (RES) activities included but not limited to 1) Lead a team of Supplier, Contract and Cost Management professionals. 2) Own and ensure consistency across all related vendor, third party, supplier and contract processes.3) Maintain oversight of global performance for third parties, suppliers, and contracts
• Ensure third party, supplier, and contract performance metrics are met by proactively identifying performance issues and driving effective plans to mitigate issues when they arise
• Support Procurement, Business and Infrastructure teams, to ensure improvements for are identified and implemented to drive performance and delivery
• Support RES colleagues with vendor, third party, supplier and contract strategy and best practices for their function, business, or infrastructure team
• Oversee and govern the end-to-end vendor and third-party process in RES included but not limited to 1) Aligned with the group control and domain such as Workplace Experience and Operations, Design and Construction and Portfolio Management. 2) Structured in the most efficient way to ensure the correct contracts and suppliers are being considered and engaged for the proposed work. 3) Aligned to approved budgets and 4) Ensure visibility of vendor performance (Key Performance Indicators) and opportunities for improvement
• Responsible for cost management process; clear and effective control and approval process of all third party spend to enable optimization of third-party providers; optimize rates without comprising service quality; continuous improvement, build out and automation of purchase order process; standardized accruals methodology globally
• Review and action opportunities for benefits realization

Requirements

To be successful you will need

• Deep and detailed knowledge of Real Estate Services, contract and commercial administration, Portfolio Management, Transactions and Strategy contracts developed in the Global context
• Demonstrated commerciality on supplier management and SME areas balancing costs, customer demands, meeting high standards and CRE's requirements. Ability to develop trusted adviser status in relation to Real Estate function Supplier Management
• Strong business and commercial awareness and ability to understand the Real Estate function strategy, outcomes and be able to translate effectively into operational action
• Strong leadership, relationship, collaboration and networking abilities to effectively work with the vendors, other colleagues, and departments within the bank
• Possess excellent communication skills, both verbal and written with ability to build relationships by communicating. Strong knowledge and understanding of the HSBC Group organization is desirable influencing and negotiating effectively
• Strong organizational, planning and project management skills Proven ability to prioritise competing demands – and handle ambiguity

Opening up a world of opportunity

HSBC is committed to building a culture where all employees are valued, respected and opinions count. We take pride in providing a workplace that fosters continuous professional development, flexible working and opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment. Personal data held by the Bank relating to employment applications will be used in accordance with our Privacy Statement, which is available on our website.

Issued by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited.

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About The Internship
Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
Support the strategic initiatives and process optimization by developing new data analytics and leveraging digital tools to facilitate management decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Support implementation of data analytics and reporting deliverables for sourcing teams
• Support business process improvements via automation and data management
• Help elevate effectiveness and capacity of Digital Transformation efforts for sourcing & production development teams
• Design and implement decision support tool/system for supplier business performance
• Collect, analyze, synthesize & present data for decision making
• Support organization of key events e.g. supplier meetings

Key Relationships

• Liaison Offices, and other functions in sourcing and product development, i.e. planning, materials, quality, costing, sustainable sourcing, product creation, etc.
• Sourcing senior leadership team
• Data and Analytics team
• Corporate IT and Data Management

Required Main Study Courses

• Bachelor/master's degree in Engineering, Economics, Business Administration, Mathematics, Statistics, Operations/Supply Chain Management, Computer Science (or any other major with demonstrated interest in supply chain operations, data analytics and coding skills)

Preferred university/ discipline:
Any

Required Skills

• Fluent in English (oral and in writing)
• Working knowledge of MS Excel is required
• Tech savvy, comfortable with algorithms, ability and desire to learn new tools
• Comfortable in using AI tools in ethical manners
• Knowledge of SQL, Python, Power BI, Databricks, VBA, or other programming languages/data tools would be a plus

adidas celebrates diversity, supports inclusiveness and encourages individual expression in our workplace. We do not tolerate the harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees. We are an equal opportunity employer.