Job Description Mission/ Position Headline: Manage the entire source to contract within the purchase to pay cycle for business operations in Thailand.

Areas of Responsibilities:

 1. Align closely with business on strategies, expectations and deliverables for projects through regular sales/strategy meetings.

2. Execute global/regional commodity strategies to ensure long-term, cost-efficient supply of materials.

 3. Implement globally defined methods, processes and systems to ensure high process efficiency and process compliance in local country. Identify gaps and establish mitigation strategies (e.g. compliant Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) process, Procurement guidelines, IT systems).

 4. Prepare negotiation strategy and conduct negotiations to obtain favourable outcome for the business with a balance in financial, delivery, quality and technical offering (increase win rate factor)

 5. Document and monitor progress of savings measures and report on a monthly basis in productivity tool for transparency.

 6. Executes Supplier Management processes (e.g. qualification, selection, evaluation, development, classification).

 7. Ensures a close cooperation with Internal Customers (requisitioners) to ensure customer care and early involvement.

 8. Provides supplier information to the project and conducts project-specific supplier evaluations (project evaluations).

 9. Managed internally sourced organizations (order processing units and indirect material organization) performance and drive KPIs.

Dimension of Function/Volume:

 1. Reports to Procurement head of Zone ASEAN (based in Singapore) 2. This is a local based role in Thailand. Domestic travels within the country will be expected for site visit coordination with suppliers.

3. Purchasing volume of EUR 20’0 with approximately EUR 5’0 outsourced to indirect material operating unit. Largest spend in commodities involving construction.

4. Will be responsible for 2 employees, one senior buyer, one junior buyer.

Contacts (internal/external):

1. Internal stakeholders within the business (more intensive engagement expected with project managers and service engineers).

 2. Regional counterparts (commodity managers, country peers, HQ experts) within procurement function.

 3. Suppliers and service providers

Education and Experience Experience ·

 Experienced senior buyer with minimum 10 years of experience in hands on procurement & contract negotiations (added advantage if in the Healthcare sector or experience in the hospital industry.). Candidates with mechanical engineering knowledge will be valued.

· Strong analytical skills to analyse spend data, conduct market research and translate the requirements from the key stakeholders into the strategy for negotiations in order to deliver a fair option for the business.

 · Experienced negotiator: Constructive communication and strategy setting to drive positive outcomes. Strong experience/expertise valued in candidates who have experience in cost value engineering especially in the construction related costs.

· Constructive communicator: Build & maintain relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders.

 · Purchase to Pay process: Solid understanding of correct buying, supplier management and documentations.

 · Time management: Diligent in prioritizing tasks to ensure deadlines are met, drive follow ups and escalate where necessary to ensure no compromises in project deliverables.

· Proficiency in MS Office tools and productivity reporting reports (standard procurement KPI expectations). Education

· Tiertery education and certification in the area of Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or a related field is preferred.