DiDi Global
SSL Marketing Procurement Business Partner
About us:
Didi Chuxing (“DiDi”) is the world’s leading mobile transportation and convenience platform! The company offers a full range of app-based transportation and life services for over 550 million users across Asia, Latin America, Australia, and Russia, including Taxi, Express, Premier, Luxe, Bus, Designated Driving, Enterprise Solutions, Bike Sharing, E-bike Sharing, Automobile Solutions, Food Delivery, and Payment. Tens of millions of drivers who find flexible work opportunities on the DiDi platform provide over 10 billion passenger trips a year.
DiDi is committed to collaborating with policymakers, the taxi industry, the automobile industry, and communities to solve the world’s transportation, and environmental, and employment challenges with localized smart transportation innovations by leveraging its AI capabilities. By continuously improving user experience and creating social value, DiDi strives to build a safe, inclusive, and sustainable mobile transportation and convenience ecosystem for cities of the future.
For more information, please visit: www.didiglobal.com/news
About the job
The SSL Marketing Procurement Business Partner, within the International Business Growth (IBG) Procurement Organization, reports to the SSL procurement head and is responsible for the strategy definition and execution of the assigned categories within SSL Marketing Procurement working alongside with Digital and Traditional Media, Creative & Production Agencies, Offline Promotion and Acquisition, BTL and Public relations suppliers and stakeholders to achieve best in class services and strategic objectives.
This role will develop and maintain strategic supplier relationships and contract management to deliver continuous improvement in the delivery of goods and services by the supply base and also will develop category strategies and plans for the region with stakeholders and make sure the plans support DiDi’s business strategy. It will have high visibility across all the company’s areas and internal stakeholders and will support users to ensure adherence to DiDi’s Procurement Policy and processes.
What you will be doing:
- Support the development from scratch of categories under his accountability.
- Develop a regional perspective considering specific realities of the countries within the region.
- Position self as a liaison between Stakeholders and Regional Procurement Leads
- Work in a regional matrix function with accountability for managing the key regional relationships with different stakeholders, aligning interests, and building alliances
- Lead regional sourcing for most relevant categories and support procurement processes of categories that are negotiated locally ensuring compliance to procurement policy standards
- Assess the supply market regionally designing solutions that attend global standards
- Develop category strategies/plans for the region
- Understand the market, the suppliers, technologies, pricing, processes, and future developments and ensure upper quartile performance
- Understand what DiDi is buying and how much of it. Understand why DiDi is buying and what can be done to reduce the spend
- Reduce regional costs by changing specifications, processes, supply chains, supplier performance, and innovation
- Seek for spend consolidation within the region
- Use a common sourcing process established by the regional Procurement policy
- Execute regional sourcing processes
- Prepare presentations and analysis for reporting on Procurement performance in global/regional/local meetings The Successful applicant:
- Marketing Strategic Sourcing Experience (Digital and Traditional Media, Creative & Production Agencies, Offline Promotion and Acquisition, BTL and Public relation).
What does the successful applicant look like:
- Marketing Strategic Sourcing Experience (Digital and Traditional Media, Creative & Production Agencies, Offline Promotion and Acquisition, BTL and Public relation)
- Graduated Business, Administration, Commerce, Economics or Engineering degrees.
- Proven credentials in Procurement processes (strategic sourcing, negotiations, contract management, TCO decisions) on a regional/multi-countries level
- Excellent written/verbal communication
- Quantitative and analytic profile
- Strong sense of ethics and compliance
- Ability to prioritize and multi-task
- Fluent English and Spanish; Portuguese desirable.
- Advanced MS/Office components (particularly Excel and PowerPoint) .
- Desirable experience managing Indirect Procurement Categories (Marketing, Facilities, Infrastructure, Real Estate, etc.).
We are committed to building inclusive and diverse teams
At DiDi, we believe that our differences are our biggest source of strength. That‘s why we are committed to promoting equal opportunities to all candidates and employees as an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Employment and advancement decisions at DiDi are always made based on the needs of the position and the qualifications of the candidate. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant based on their gender, age, sexual orientation, nationality, marital status, pregnancy/maternity, disability, race, religion and beliefs, or any other status protected by applicable laws wherever we operate.
We are committed to building inclusive and diverse teams, and a workplace that is free from discrimination and harassment, because that’s how we create better products and services, make better decisions and better serve the communities we’re a part of.
,, formerly named Didi Dache and Didi Kuaidi, is a Chinese vehicle for hire company headquartered in Beijing with over 550 million users and tens of millions of drivers.
- Founded
- Founded 2012
- Employees
- 500+ employees
- Industry
- Transportation