Purchasing Director

Purchasing Director covering: Japan, Thailand, Indonesia for a top global Tier Automotive supplier

• Essential responsibilities and duties
  • The Purchasing Director is responsible for the purchase functions development within a Country / Region.
  • Overall responsibility and accountability for the Purchasing Function which will include people and budgetary management. Integral part of the senior management team or board which determines overall strategy and business decisions.
• The main missions of the role are:
• Strategy and Development
  • Create and implement best practice purchasing vision, strategy, policies, processes and procedures to aid and improve business performance
  • Ensure that purchasing strategies and processes are in place to meet business objectives and operational needs in terms of price, quality and delivery targets
  • Evaluate the challenges faced by the business and take actions to mitigate risks and develop opportunities
  • Contribute to overall business strategy and annual budget process
  • Take ownership of the purchasing policy, guidelines and any associated documents
  • Support commodity to negotiate with key suppliers at a senior and strategic level
  • Support commodity to negotiations with key suppliers to ensure value for money, quality standards and delivery terms with technical and operational input from stakeholders if appropriate
  • Forecast price and market trends
• People Management
  • Provide leadership to departments under control. Coach, mentor and develop direct reports and manage a high performing team that delivers continuous improvement, added value and cost reductions
  • Set department objectives and monitor ongoing progress and performance
  • Ensure strong communication between teams under leadership to facilitate exchange of information and in order to implement change and improvements
  • Responsible for developing the appropriate organisational structure, resource plans and culture to support the business objectives and customer deliverables
• Financial Budget and Control
  • Prepare the annual Purchasing budget and forecasts and all Capital Expenditure proposals as well as ensuring compliance with customer and legal requirements. Manage the budget from identification to completion of projects
  • Relationship Management
  • Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure optimal performance
  • Communicate with stakeholders the impact of market change and potential effects on supply. Recommend solutions without compromising quality or service while optimising cost
  • Contribute to new business initiatives and projects and review and communicate the impact on Purchasing activities
• Environmental
  • Review environmental strategies that impact on future ways of operating and ensure implementation where possible • Review the use of technological systems that support a more environmentally friendly approach
  • Review opportunities to be as environmentally friendly as possible

• Qualifications
  • Engineering Degree (Mechanical / Electronics, Production) / Master degree and advantage
• Experience:
  • 10-15 years of experience in purchasing with big organization set up with matrix reporting relationship
• Skills and Attributes
  • Strategic mindset
  • Managing complexity
  • Managing ambiguity
  • Building effective teams