Buyer Section Manager

Your tasks

• Lead and manage the Purchasing/Buyer team to ensure effective procurement activities.
• Develop and implement purchasing strategies aligned with company business objectives.
• Conduct market and cost benchmarking to evaluate material prices, supplier competitiveness, and purchasing performance against industry standards and market trends.
• Establish and maintain benchmarking databases for material costs, supplier pricing, commercial conditions, and cost competitiveness.
• Analyze benchmarking results and identify opportunities for cost reduction, cost avoidance, and purchasing optimization.
• Compare supplier quotations, market prices, and purchasing conditions to support sourcing and negotiation decisions.
• Manage supplier selection, evaluation, negotiation, and performance improvement.
• Monitoring purchasing costs and develop action plans to achieve annual cost-saving targets.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Quality, Production, Logistics, Finance and other relevant departments to optimize purchasing and supply chain performance.
• Support new project launches, including sourcing activities, supplier nominations, cost analysis, and project timing.
• Monitor supplier risks and resolve issues related to cost, quality, delivery, and capacity.
• Prepare and present purchasing performance, benchmarking, cost-saving, and supplier performance reports reports to management.
• Lead, coach, and develop the buyer team to improve purchasing capabilities and performance.
• Ensure purchasing activities comply with company policies, procedures, and applicable laws and regulations.

Requirements

1. Male/Female age 32-40 years old, Thai Nationality
2. Bachelor's degree or higher in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Purchasing, Engineering , or a related field.
3. Minimum 5-8 years of experience in Purchasing/Procurement, preferably in the automotive or manufacturing industries.
4. Previous experience in a supervisory or managerial role is required, developing benchmarking reports and using benchmarking results to drive cost improvement.
5. Strong experience in supplier management, sourcing, cost negotiation, and procurement strategy, analyze material cost structures, supplier quotations, market trends, and competitive pricing.
6. Good understanding of automotive manufacturing processes and supply chain management will be an advantage.
7. Strong negotiation, analytical, problem solving, and decision-making skills.
8. Good command in English, ability to communicate with international suppliers and colleagues.
9. Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities effectively.
10. Mandarin Chinese communication skills will be considered an advantage.
11. Proficient in Microsoft Office applications,