Commodity Buyer
(Rayong)
Job Description:
- The Supplier Developing, Negotiation, Contract review and Cost Saving
- The commodity buyer is responsible for deploying the commodity strategy for its assigned commodities.
- The role of the Commodity Buyer is to manage relationship / negotiation with suppliers, pilot the utilization of supplier panel in programs and series production during sourcing, and ensure supplier performance.
- Provide inputs for Commodity strategy definition to Commodity Managers and Directors
- Responsible for implementing the strategy through panel policy for assigned commodities, and accountable of the strategy deployment
- Identify new suppliers to integrate the panel (scouting) and propose to GCD with Regional Commodity Manager their integration in suppliers panel list
- Ensure that the strategic panel is implemented in the Development phase
- Accountable for management of suppliers in his/her portfolio including risk management
- Identify innovation capabilities of suppliers and product / techno innovation within the assigned geographical scope and for assigned commodities
- Manage relationship with his/her suppliers, supported by the
- Regional Commodity Manager
- Provide inputs to Regional Commodity managers
- Provide inputs for purchasing performance monitoring
- Accountable for budget realization for their Commodity
- Provide inputs to Finance for new suppliers' cost models (cost structure, cost drivers, etc.)
- Provide local insights & inputs to cost model performance update to Finance
- Support acquisition buyers by challenging cost estimations and cost breakdown
- Launch RFI for benchmarking and market test
- Provide supplier list eligible for sourcing to program buyer according commodity strategy for sustainable QCD performance
- Support program buyer to reach QCD targets
- Build supplier risk mitigation plans with support of serial buyers
- Follow up resourcing and mitigation plan effectiveness Support performance of purchasing productivity projects, joins external productivity workshops at suppliers, push execution of identified actions if required
- Intervene in major supplier issues escalated by serial buyers (escalation, threshold to be defined)
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field preferred
- Experience in Electronics or Automotive as Commodity buyer
- Good English Communication is required.
- Commodity Buyer Level 2: more than 5 years of professional experience
- Minimum 5 years experience in purchasing in an industrial environment (serial life or program)
- Experience of successfully managing and negotiating contracts
- Nice to have Automotive experience would be an advantage
- Strong Knowledge of supply portfolio and market research and analysis
- Understanding of sourcing strategies and application (make or buy analysis)
- Deep understanding of business practices, market dynamics and trends
- Knowledge of contractual and legal aspects
- Nice to have Knowledge of assigned commodity (products, technologies, cost models)
- Nive to have Financial skills
- Another language depending on the region
ManpowerGroup Thailand - Eastern Seaboard Branch
143/165 Moo 12 T. Nong-prue, A. Banglamung Chonburi 20260
Attn: K. Nantawan Racha
Tel: 033 - 135014 Ext. 3408
Nantawan.r @manpower.co.th
