# Commercial Buying Operations Manager

Job Description: What are we looking for? Bachelor degree in business, engineering, procurement, supply chain or related field Fluent English 10+ years of professional experience, ideally buying experience in general service, DT, factory service, etc. Demonstrated successful performance in role of similar scope and breadth. Previous management experience that includes Proven Leadership, Change Management and Project Management skills. History of building strong client and supplier relationships. What will be your key responsibilities? Executing an enterprise wide annual sourcing plan for China across General Service, DT, factory service category including their respective subcategories not limited to the activities of value creation in terms of P&L impact, cost avoidance, contribution to the productivity programs of each Segment and cash, drive innovation through excellence in category management. Managing the category team of Associates responsible for Buying Operations, including talent development, driving engagement and performance management. Collaborating with the MGS Commercial Indirect Global/Regional/Clusters Sourcing Managers to ensure China cluster market knowledge is in

- **Id**: 3963742
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/mars-commercial-buying-operations-manager>
- **Role**: Management
- **Role family**: Management
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Guangzhou, China, Beijing, China
- **Countries**: CN
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T13:04:23Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T14:22:30Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2161
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Pet Food, Supplies & Care, Confectionery

## Company

- **Id**: 94439
- **Name**: Mars
- **Domain**: mars.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/mars>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 82
- **Open postings**: 74
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.905
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 16
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: Advanced (C1); Optional: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T13:04:23Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 16
- **Reasons**: conf:4, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

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