Company Description

About Grab and Our Workplace
Grab is Southeast Asia’s leading superapp. From getting your favourite meals delivered to helping you manage your finances and getting around town hassle-free, we’ve got your back with everything. Guided by The Grab Way and our four core values of Heart, Hunger, Honour, and Humility, we make a lasting difference for Southeast Asia by creating economic empowerment for everyone.

Job Description

Get to know the Role:

We are looking for a Regional Category Head, Marketing Procurement to help lead the Marketing category in Grab. We believe a successful candidate has the Heart and Honour to wield solid procurement fundamentals into effective practice; has Humility to unlearn and relearn in a dynamic environment; has Hunger to bring innovation and fresh thinking to the category. If you believe you have what it takes then we’d love to hear from you!

Responsibilities of the Role:

Category Leadership and Value Creation Drive

• Lead with vision, shaping and driving procurement solutions for the Marketing category.

• Assess opportunities, shape, develop, and execute Category and Sourcing Strategies for Marketing across Media, Agencies, Production and Materials.

• Demonstrate proficiency in data analysis and ability to harness data intelligence to derive category insights and opportunities.

• Lead the development and socialising of business cases and cost/benefit analyses to support bottomline optimization, process efficiency opportunities and champion right governance and controls across marketing spends.

• Influence and persuade senior stakeholders and peers driving strategic decisions with clarity and conviction.

• Communicate effectively, articulating strategies and decisions with clarity to inspire the team and wider organization.

Stakeholder Management and Business Partnering

• Be the bridge that connects various business stakeholders, understanding unique needs and requirements into common threads of opportunities.

• Foster relationships, built on trust and mutual respect, and ensure a seamless flow of information. Anticipate business needs and proactively address opportunities

• Lead efforts to rationalise the Marketing supply base, develop and maintain a preferred roster of suppliers, negotiating costs, and driving best-in-class SLAs.

• Collaborate with cross functional teams (Legal, Cybersecurity, Compliance, Finance) managing Supplier lifecycle.

• Guide internal procurement teams to delivering end-to-end procurement projects and solutions

Procurement Discipline Mastery

• Own the supplier management process from Sourcing, Bid Management, Contracting, and Supplier Relationship Management for Marketing category

• Possess keen eye for detail in drafting, improving and driving best possible outcomes in Commercial Contracting

• Demonstrate strong proficiency in leading complex and/or high value regional strategic sourcing, or provide guidance to direct report or local marketing procurement practitioner peers

• Drive Procurement Strategies in identifying, sizing and implementing Value Creation Initiatives relevant to Marketing Category

The must haves:

• You have the Heart, Hunger, Honour, and Humility required to work at Grab.

• Absolute integrity in managing the supplier relationship

• Excellent in communications with all levels of the organization, and professionally with external partners.

• Ability to work independently, take initiative, and possess strong prioritization skills to

• Ability to quickly adapt, work smart and work effectively under high pressure and fast-paced environments.

• Ability to lead or participate in cross-functional teams to deliver collective goals

• Internally driven, externally inspired. Possess intellectual curiousity on how the category is constantly evolving. Driven to bring the best of outside-in through investigation of new supply markets, innovation and capabilities.

Qualifications

• Degree in Business Management, Marketing, Finance, or any relevant study.

• 12-15 years experience in leading or managing within Marketing procurement

• Experience and exposure in working in or managing multiple subcategories within Marketing (Media, Agencies, Production and Collaterals)

• Experience in working with cross-functional teams, and possess cross-cultural competency.

Additional Information

Life at Grab
We care about your well-being at Grab, here are some of the global benefits we offer:

• We have your back with Term Life Insurance and comprehensive Medical Insurance.
• With GrabFlex, create a benefits package that suits your needs and aspirations.
• Celebrate moments that matter in life with loved ones through Parental and Birthday leave, and give back to your communities through Love-all-Serve-all (LASA) volunteering leave
• We have a confidential Grabber Assistance Programme to guide and uplift you and your loved ones through life's challenges.

What we stand for at Grab
We are committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace that enables diverse Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. As an equal opportunity employer, we consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique.