Intern, Procurement - Southeast Asia & Taiwan

Name & Title of Hiring Manager: Southeast Asia Taiwan Head of Procurement

Number of internship positions: 1

Preferred Period of Internship Required: January 2025 to June 2025

Preferred School/Course of Intern: NUS Business, NUS Engineering, NTU College of Business (NBS), NTU College of Engineering, SMU Bachelor of Business Management, SUSS Bachelor of Science in Finance with Minor, SUSS Bachelor of Science in Marketing with Minor, SUSS Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain Management with Minor

JOB PURPOSE:

Hello. We’re Haleon. A new world-leading consumer healthcare company. Shaped by all of us. Together, we’re improving everyday health for millions of people by growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Centrum and Otrivin, through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. What’s more, we’re achieving it in a company that we’re building together, in an environment that we’re co-creating, and a culture that’s uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn’t a question.

As a Procurement Intern, you will be part of the Procurement function within the Southeast Asia Taiwan (SEAT) Business Unit (BU). This position provides insights into the creation, alignment, and input into global, regional, and local sourcing strategies, while representing the needs of BU stakeholders and market dynamics in partnership with the category teams. This internship will be focused on identifying and delivering business benefits aligned with the assurance of supply, quality, service, cost, and innovation, while also serving as a business partner to the BU through the execution of category strategies.

Other key responsibilities of the internship includes:

• Driving operational efficiencies by ensuring compliance with the Contract & Preferred Supplier List and managing tail spend through the ARIBA Buying Goods and Services Platform, where applicable.
• Achieving savings targets in collaboration with key stakeholders and Finance, in line with the Savings Methodology and aligned with global budgets, partnering with the Global and Regional category teams.
• Implementing global best practices while managing exceptions to accommodate local market needs, ensuring agility and speed to market.
• Coordinating with the regional sourcing team to ensure the timely and seamless execution of sourcing projects.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategy Execution and Sourcing

• Support the Head of Procurement while taking responsibility for executing your own sourcing activities. This may include sourcing projects aimed at identifying the best suppliers who can meet Haleon’s business requirements. Full training in Haleon’s Integrated Sourcing Process (ISP) and online procurement systems will be provided to the successful candidate.
• Collaborate with relevant category teams, providing local business requirements and market insights to support the development and execution of effective regional and global strategies.
• Execute global sourcing strategies across multiple spend categories within your area of responsibility, operating with a global mindset and ensuring alignment with all applicable LOC dimensions.
• Understand how global strategies impact local markets and develop processes for educating and communicating with regional Procurement leads and business units.
• Serve as the local expert for the spend categories within your area of responsibility.

Benefit Delivery

• Ensure financial benefits are managed in line with the Procurement Plan and Savings Methodology, securing agreement with the business unit and Finance on the financial value delivered. Maintain transparency in how benefits are treated in the budgeting process.

Business Partnering & Stakeholder Management

• Build strategic relationships with local stakeholders to understand business requirements, identify opportunities for value creation, and effectively position Procurement’s value proposition. Align sourcing strategies accordingly.

External Supplier Relationships

• Execute and manage contracts with suppliers to maximize global opportunities for Haleon. Ensure that global perspectives are incorporated into supplier negotiations.
• Manage the local supply base for the categories within scope through a robust performance management process. Regularly assess and track supplier performance.

Administration

• Support the P2P (Purchase to Pay) process by promptly and courteously addressing queries
• Assist with vendor onboarding and proactively manage new suppliers and partners, ensuring that vendor information in the SAP system is accurate and up to date.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

You will be able to:

• Learn about procurement processes.
• Gain exposure to highly matrixed environment and experience of partnering with different functional teams.

HALEON IDEAL FIT

Education and Competencies

• Educational background – Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Marketing, or a related field.
• Language proficiency in both verbal and written English.

Behavioural Skills and Competencies

• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Deadline-driven, flexible, and self-reliant in an empowered environment.
• Awareness and ability to work within culturally diverse teams.
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative, think and work independently, and solve problems.
• Strong drive for performance and attention to detail.
• A keen interest in consumer healthcare science, products, and development, with a passion for knowledge.

INTERESTED?

Prior to shortlisting, we will be dropping you a call to ask for your personal information and why you want to work for us. We recommend you apply as soon as possible, because we accept ongoing applications and offer positions on a first come, first served basis.

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