Senior Buyer

**Your Job**:
Thailand Senior Buyer - PSIM ( Professional Services/ IT/ Marketing)

Responsible to ensure the compliance with procurement standards, methods, and process for strategic and operative procurement activities of the total spend within his responsible categories. Furthermore, he is responsible for developing the local supply market for responsible categories. This role is responsible for Marketing ATL sourcing & negotiation(excl. Media), & BTL ( POSM/ Display, In-store Media), Marketing Research, Trade Marketing activities, Event, Premiums, HR, IT and Corporate Services.

In your **Senior Buyer - Indirect Material **role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.

**About Us**:
People have looked to Kimberly-Clark brands for more than 150 years and today we're proud to help over a billion people around the world cope, laugh, love and live every day. From the best nappies and baby wipes to the softest tissues, to the best supplies for business, we are constantly searching for new ways to make life better for our consumers, our customers and our planet.

Our leading consumer brands like the Kleenex, Huggies, VIVA, U by Kotex, Poise, Depend brands improve the lives of people around the world. Kimberly-Clark proudly leads the way in providing better care for a better world.
- Kimberly-Clark proudly leads the way in providing better care for a better world. _

**_Led by Purpose. Driven by You_**

**Role Overview & Primary Accountabilities**:
**Strategy Implementation**:

- Aligned with Country Procurement Lead to contribute the implementation of Procurement Strategy across APAC
- Analyze spend to identify and prioritize procurement opportunities and lead projects to deliver cost saving commitment.
- Develop and implement local category strategies in which fully leverage local/regional supply market knowledge and opportunities in Thailand
- Consolidate annual volume to leverage negotiation power and proceed bidding to deliver competitive cost.
- Set up Rate Card for BTL, i.e. POSM/ Display/ Creative Design
- Utilize procurement tools, i.e. e-bidding/ e-catalogue.

**Performance Management**:

- Implement and ensures the target achievement for responsible categories (e. g. cost savings, cost avoidance, working capital/DPO, and TCO)
- Achieve cost reduction while increased services and efficiency targets in line with local/ regional objectives, i.e. Media Agency, Creative Agency, Digital Agency.
- Be able to manage multiple projects across the responsible categories.
- Lead supplier selection by creating cross functional teams and utilising RFI/ RFPs, shortlisted, negotiation, contractual review and contract award.
- Negotiate local supply agreements in regards to all operative/strategic procurement activities and local conditions with suppliers (price, TCO, payment terms,)
- Develop supplier relationships management with key strategic suppliers which aligned with Country Procurement Lead
- Conclude and maintain Marketing/ Services Agreements via ETQ database system in timely manner, also documentation is filed.

**Governance, Processes, Methods, and Systems**:

- Develop Procurement Summary Sheet (PSS) for spending > 10,000 USD
- Ensure procurement process and practices align with K-C Compliance, and be proven record for audit purpose.
- Participated with PDD (KCI/KCP) monthly meeting.

**Supplier Management**:

- Manage, qualify, select and develop subcategory for specific key suppliers.
- Lead Supplier Evaluation for key suppliers and develop annual Due Diligence Plan.

**Market Analysis**:

- Build, document, and update local market and product knowledge continuously.
- Continuously evaluates the supply market to ensure that the latest information is available.
- Perform market analysis in close cooperation with other departments.

**Procurement Leadership and Stakeholder Management**:

- Work as part of the broader procurement network between locally, regionally and globally to develop and roll-out procurement initiatives.
- Able to engage and influence a wide range of stakeholders and senior stakeholders locally.

**Essential Requirements**:

- Master or Bachelor degree in business, FMCG is preferable
- Minimum **5-year experience in Procurement area of Marketing Services and Indirect Category**:

- 3-5 year experience in managerial role
- High potential to grow for the Country Procurement Lead
- Interpersonal Skill
- Strong leadership skill
- Results-oriented, initiative, strong analytical skills.
- Advanced commercial, negotiation, and contracting skills
- Problem solving and Decision-making ability
- Supplier Relationship Management skill
- Strong of project management, presentation techniques, and moderation
- High level of integrity & work well under pressure and think out of the box
- Ability to work independently
- Good command of English
- SAP knowledge and experience is beneficial

**About You**:
You’re driven to perform at the highest level possible,