Procurement Manager

Albemarle
China
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Procurement & SourcingExperience: 5-10 yearsSkills: ["Stakeholder engagement","Ability to influence","Interpersonal skills","Negotiation","Continuous improvement mindset"]

Lead procurement for the Qinzhou site by ensuring compliance with laws, regulations, and Albemarle standards while driving a culture of risk mitigation. Own site procurement value creation strategies and align category strategies and performance metrics with GBU stakeholders and site operations. Use spend and supplier insights to identify cost-reduction and savings opportunities, partner with site leadership, and collaborate with other sites to share leverage and pursue value-adding programs.

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Procurement Manager

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Job Summary

Lead procurement for the Qinzhou site by ensuring compliance with laws, regulations, and Albemarle standards while driving a culture of risk mitigation. Own site procurement value creation strategies and align category strategies and performance metrics with GBU stakeholders and site operations. Use spend and supplier insights to identify cost-reduction and savings opportunities, partner with site leadership, and collaborate with other sites to share leverage and pursue value-adding programs.
Location: China
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Procurement & Sourcing
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and Albemarle Compliance Standards for site materials and services.
  • •Drive compliance excellence by enabling a team culture that encourages questions and mitigates compliance risks.
  • •Translate site requirements into actionable procurement strategies; develop and own site procurement value creation strategies and a procurement scoreboard.
  • •Align category strategies and performance metrics with GBU stakeholders and site operations.
  • •Use spend profile, supplier base, market price drivers, and strategic sourcing to identify cost reduction and value creation opportunities.

Key Requirements

  • •5-10+ years of indirect procurement/strategic sourcing/category management with increasing responsibilities.
  • •Strong stakeholder engagement and the ability to partner and influence.
  • •Experience understanding plant operation.
  • •Experience understanding category management frameworks.
  • •Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, PowerBI, and advanced analytical tools; procurement platform experience preferred (Ariba, Coupa, Ivalua, Jaggaer, Oracle).
Experience:5-10 yearsProcurementStrategic sourcingCategory managementIndirect procurement
Skills:Stakeholder engagementAbility to influenceInterpersonal skillsNegotiationContinuous improvement mindset
Languages:ChineseEnglish
Tech Stack:ExcelPowerPointPowerBIAribaCoupaIvaluaJaggaerOracle

Company Brief

Albemarle
Global specialty chemicals company best known for lithium, bromine, and catalysts used in batteries, energy storage, refining, and industrial applications. Serves customers across electronics, transportation, and performance materials markets.
Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 5M to 10M
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Charlotte, United States
Founded: 1994
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