Job Description

HIRING POSITION: PROCUREMENT MANAGER

WORKING CONDITION: ON-SITE

LOCATION: CENTRAL REGION

The Procurement Manager will lead the sourcing & transactional team in Thailand as a scope to establish, develop, improve, and deliver sourcing & transactional activities by focusing on Cost savings, Compliance, Simplification & Automation processes; working with 3rd party vendors, contractors to ensure the materials and services supplied to complied with Supplier Code Standards; developing teams capabilities and closely collaboration with the procurement team in the region and across the globe.

Responsibilities :

SOURCING

• Lead and execute the end-to-end sourcing process (bidding / RfQ process) for business requirements in selected local categories, using best practice to achieve best value for money.
• Ensure the supplier evaluation and approval process (awarded supplier) complies with procurement policy, DOA (Delegation of authorization) and Supplier Code Standards.
• Ensure all contracts are awarded in compliance with appropriate legislation and complied with corporate health, safety, equality, quality and environmental requirements.
• Maintain accurate, prioritised, and auditable records of procurement process compliance.
• Drive vendor consolidation for Thailand in line with Cluster strategy.
• Deliver sourcing productivities (cost savings) in procurement.
• Leverage and implement best practices in sourcing from across the region.

PURCHASE TO PAY (TRANSACTION)

• Conduct resource planning and forecasting based on forward projections of required procurement activity and ensuring deployment of suitably qualified and experienced resource in line with the resource plan.
• Coordinating with Transactional Team activities with other markets across the globe.
• Developing and sustaining transactional processes (PO automation, Purchasing Group reallocations, Background jobs, automation rate increase, supplier consolidation proposals)
• Liaise with Central Planning manager (external purchases).
• Work closely with Global best Practice Manager to improve P2P KPI's (data accuracy, efficiency, etc.)
• Develop & maintain the "Background Job Database" (external, some internal purchases but not deployments related)
• Coordinating price and vendor creation/change processes (IGTP's / PIR's updates) in VPMS or via Esc Master involvement, VDM
• Maintenance and creation of accurate supplier data through vendor master data processes
• Timely and accurate processing of requisitions and POs
• Timely and accurate processing of goods receipt notes (as required)
• Ensure this is carried out through the relevant systems, project systems and other contractual mechanisms that may exist. Including ensuring current processes are efficient.
• Maintain accurate, prioritised, and auditable records of procurement process compliance.
• Execute & monitor ABC analysis on supplier performances, (SLAs, POFR, PO follow up, executing Urging reminders, etc

FREIGHT MANAGEMENT & CUSTOMS CLEARANCE

• Running Freight bidding on regular basis as Group direction to achieve best rate for the business operation.
• Work with 3rd Party Forwarder to manage import process and customs clearance process in compliance with regulation, accuracy and timely.
• Maintain and improve service level with appointed forwarder.
• Working with Global Freight Category Manager for execution of bidding and selecting right and timely forwarder for markets.

SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT

• Implementation of Supplier Code to 3rd Party Suppliers in the market and conduct regular audits to Suppliers as group direction.
• Conduct supplier performance evaluation for selected direct materials supply vendors.
• Identify key supply risks and support implementation of appropriate mitigating actions. Escalate supply risks as appropriate.

Qualifications

• Hold a university degree or post-graduate qualification, specializing in General Management, Economic or Foreign Trade
• Strong leadership capabilities
• Purchase to pay expertise.
• Proficient in spoken English.
• SAP knowledge, esp. MM module
• Exhibit outstanding organizational and leadership skills.
• Evidence of the ability to create, implement and roll out strategic account planning and relationship development strategies
• Innovative self-starter with the ability to take ownership and set goals and priorities
• Results orientation, strategic thinker, tactical implementer, customer focussed