Job Purpose

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This role delivers day-to-day purchasing operations to all business divisions across the globe, through established efficient and user-friendly purchasing processes and systems that provide spend transparency and help control costs. We deliver purchasing services through the Purchasing Service Centers from requisition to purchase order based on state of the art e-purchasing tools including both user support (e.g. first level support, management of e-purchasing catalogue), processing non-catalogue requisitions and second level support for issue solving and master data management.

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\nScope & Portfolio

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Overall manages buying activities with responsibility depending on country / region scope

\n\n\n\tExecute the purchase to pay process ensuring compliance with global, regional and local procedures and policies\n\tCapture internal demand; handle non-catalogue requests\n\tBuild good relationships with suppliers and internal customers\n\tOversee and / or use the support of the purchasing support roles:\n\n\n

Support role:

\n\n\n\tProvide administrative support to operational buying activities\n\tAssist different day-to-day activities within the purchasing organisation\n\tProvide GET 1st level support, consulting and training; interface to 2nd level support\n\n\n

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Key Tasks

\n\n\n\tExecute and ensure procurement processes applying sourcing / purchasing / corporate / Business Partner policies\n\tCollect and maintain data and / or ensure data quality maintenance and reporting on rates, catalogues, supplier data / performance, purchase order admin.\n\tExecute tactical purchasing process (non-catalogue requisitions) and ensure day-to-day / admin support (request and analyze competitive bids (3 bids and 1 buy), select suppliers, quality, delivery terms, specs for goods / services)\n\tReview contract, negotiate with suppliers, and coordinate for content approvals\n\tProvide GET 1st level support – challenging issues handling, process master data changes. Ensure clarification of outstanding receipt of order confirmation, invoices, delivery dates, rejection / change of purchase orders\n\tSupport preparation and monitoring of tenders, negotiations and supplier management\n\tEnter data into databases or other computerized systems to maintain up-to-date supplier and vendor information; to track purchase and the status of orders and\n\n\n

\nStakeholders

\n\n\n\tMaintain good relationships with suppliers and internal customers in scope\n\tProvide advice and support to internal customer with specs for required low value goods / services (without a framework contract) in close cooperation with sourcing\n\tProvide feedback to sourcing in respect of suppliers performance\n\tContribute to the successful cooperation between region / country and sourcing community\n\tExplain facts, policies and practices related to job area\n\tSupport and interact primarily with colleagues of own sub-function\n\tDevelop a network of contacts to build up relationships and strengthen the organizational, product and market knowledge
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Education Level

\n\nCompleted apprenticeship or relevant university degree\n\n

Experience Level

\n\nMinimum 1-2 years of relevant experience in purchasing or procurement functions and especially in P2P operational would be advantageous.\nProficiency in English and Thailand– reading, writing & speaking.\nBasic knowledge on negotiating and application experience.\nSound knowledge of purchasing practices and buying procedures\nExperience in working with MS Office suite (Office, Excel, Word, Powerpoint)\nGood communication style and analytical skills\n