About the role
AI summarisedRegional Lead Buyer (Manager I - Purchasing) role in East Asia, responsible for driving purchasing excellence, developing material field strategies, managing supplier relationships, and leading sourcing activities to ensure cost-effectiveness and quality.
IndustrialFull-timePurchasing
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and implement material field strategies and consolidate global/area demand to optimize sourcing.
- Identify, assess, and select suppliers for projects, ensuring compliance with internal standards through on-site evaluations (RPA, CSR checks).
- Evaluate annual supplier performance, manage supply risks, and drive supplier development initiatives to improve overall supplier capabilities.
- Lead RFQs and annual price negotiations to achieve cost-effective sourcing and manage sourcing decisions, cost reduction activities, and price benchmarking.
- Plan and track purchasing targets and KPIs to ensure alignment with business objectives, and provide regional input for Current Forecast processes.
- Manage all supplier contracts, ensuring timely renewals and system updates to maintain accurate records and compliance.
Requirements
- Highly motivated and experienced in purchasing.
- Experience in developing and implementing material field strategies.
- Ability to consolidate global/area demand to optimize sourcing.
- Experience in supplier identification, assessment, and selection.
- Knowledge of on-site evaluations (RPA, CSR checks).
- Experience in evaluating supplier performance and managing supply risks.
- Ability to drive supplier development initiatives.
- Experience leading RFQs and annual price negotiations.
- Ability to manage cost reduction activities and price benchmarking.
- Experience planning and tracking purchasing targets and KPIs.
- Ability to provide regional input for Current Forecast processes.
- Experience managing supplier contracts and ensuring timely renewals.