Officer, Buyer (Lamphun)

Sourcing & Supplier Management
•    Complete purchasing activities for indirect materials and other categories
•    Track day-to-day performance and order status of indirect materials and other categories
•    Handle and proceed order fulfilment process of General Purchase and related documentations (PO/Delivery timeline)
•    Secure all official POs and approved by Manager/Senior manager/ Director/ VP before release to suppliers
•    Prepare and maintain purchasing record, report and price list
•    Monitor and track supplier performance and feedback include on time delivery, quality, specification and corrective action
•    Provide initiatives of project improvement for purchasing strategy to maintain consistently high standard of services
•    Handle suppliers' concerns and issues regarding the execution of order fulfillment process and escalates issues when needed
•    Provide analysis and report key functional metrics to improve effectiveness
•    Accountability and transparency on micro & small sourcing of indirect materials and services
•    Supplier selecting, recognize the need under sourcing procedure

Compliance & Governance
•    Negotiate and manage to obtain agreement with legal on the contract terms with suppliers. Ensure contract coverage is applied and efficiently complied 

Cost Management
•    Manage the cost competitiveness from category included with sourcing request form on micro and small sourcing 

Ethical & Sustainable Procurement
•    Collaborate with RSP team for responsible sourcing initiative with internal stakeholder. Execute proper actions with suppliers to ensure full compliance in creating high standards of responsible sourcing

Stakeholder management
•    Collaborate and communicate effectively with internal stakeholders to understand their requirements and align procurement strategies and seamless procurement process with business goals

Supply Resilience
•    Perform user acceptance testing (UAT) on a phase of new ERP development to support KFVN in ensuring SAP system meets the specific needs and requirements 

Educational background:  Bachelor's degree 

Field of study: (Preferred education) : Business Administration, Logistics, Engineering or related fields

Pivotal and professional qualifications:
•    Minimum 3-5 years of experience within Procurement or significant experience in a relevant function
•    Experiences in Jewellery business is preferable

Personal Competencies:
•    Strong knowledge and experience of sourcing
•    Extensive experience in contract negotiations and supplier relationship management
•    Ability to manage tradeoffs between optimal supplier and stakeholders’ preference
•    Strong leadership, analytical and communication skills
•    Knowledge of purchasing and supply chain and MRP/ERP systems
•    Strong analytical & negotiation skills
•    Positive attitude, strong problem-solving and multitasks
•    Ability to make effective decisions under pressure and work to deadline
•    Familiarity with sourcing and vendor management