Assistant Manager/Manager - Category Buyer Indirect Services

Job Description

Assistant Manager/Manager - Category Buyer Indirect Services Apply now We are a leading chemical company, with the best teams developing intelligent solutions for our customers, and for a sustainable future. We connect and develop people with diverse talents all over the world. For you, this means a variety of ways to progress. Not only your performance but also your personality matter to us, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, orientation, and background.

At BASF, careers develop from opportunities. Main responsibilities 1. Sourcing for indirect procurement Handle sourcing requirements across LVS, MVS and HVS for the assigned category/categories. Initiate bidding process via electronic bidding tool, negotiate with supplier on all commercial items such as competitive price, payment term, delivery term and other terms and conditions. Establish knowledge for respective market condition on all sites via working with iBPs and performing market intelligence.

Ensure contracts and T&C are negotiated and ready in a timely manner for contract award. Process handling for Down-payment, Paper contracts & Outline agreements (OA). Excel in negotiation in all sourcing activities according to set negotiation targets to reduce cost and ensure best price deals for our iBPs. Drive optimization of buying channel usage and LVS PO bundling together with the iBP and site buyers to decrease SPO usage, negotiate more spend and combine into OA/FA and thereby increase purchasing efficiency.

Drive synergies across Thailand for PO bundling and strive for cost-savings by proposing alternative sourcing solutions, lower cost contractors and/or avoidance of service requisition. Analyse spends and buying channels for assigned categories to identify and optimize potentials together with category manager for optimization of purchasing efficiency. Prepare regular business look ahead and negotiation target setting for savings prediction. Support the category manager in developing the category strategy.

Be responsible and accountable to the internal & external audits for the assigned tasks. Operate with an entrepreneurial mindset, proactively identify opportunities, and influence stakeholders up to management level as a Business Partner & Challenger. Use e-sourcing, analytics and AI responsibly to improve market insight, scenario evaluation and sourcing-cycle time. 2. Perform P2P activities for purchase orders in respective categories Monitor open PR list.

Generate and maintain OA and FA in SAP. Create reports for open PR and PR to PO conversion in respective categories. Maintain visibility of recurring claim causes and use category insights, contractor performance reviews and lessons learned to prevent recurrence. Support process optimization via digital tools for regular category reports to ensure transparency. 3. Supplier Management Pre-qualification of supplier. Follow up on strategic supplier Management by ensuring best practices and lessons learnt transfer to all sites.

Perform supplier audits & qualifications in close collaboration with the PVT and site organizations targeting to develop cost attractive contractors. Perform regular supplier performance assessment for assigned categories. Consolidation of spend and demand information for assigned categories. 4. EHS and Responsible Care To implement the company's EHS standard, Business Partner Due Diligence, and Responsible Care scheme during day-to-day work with external service providers.5. Support SSC team SAC (SAP Analytics Cloud) Mercanis, JIRA, P2P tool box, Icertis and SAP to bring visibility on documentation, upload all relevant decision-making documents to SAP as per BASF procurement policies and local company legal and statutory requirements.6. Be responsible for end-to-end management of the assigned category/categories across P2S, S2C and P2P, from demand identification, category planning and sourcing through contracting, ordering, contractor performance, changes/claims, renewal and close-out, while following delegated approval authorities.7. Act as the procurement focal point for iBP stakeholder management at assigned sites: understand and consolidate demand, align category and sourcing priorities, conduct regular service/category reviews, communicate procurement performance and market insights, and coordinate resolution or escalation of commercial, contractor, compliance and P2P issues.8. Work as a Site Procurement Representative , organize and lead regular site/iBP round-table meetings; guide iBPs on the new procurement organization, roles, processes and escalation paths; clarify the ‘who buys what’ responsibility matrix; and act as intermediary and facilitator connecting iBPs with the appropriate Category Manager, Category Buyer, Buyer, Junior Buyer, Contract Manager or shared-service contact.9. Support the Category Manager in formulating, updating and implementing the category strategy for the assigned category/categories by contributing demand, spend, market, contractor, risk, stakeholder and performance insights.

Qualifications Bachelor or Master Degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Economics or Finance. Minimum 7 years working experience in related service categories in Indirect Procurement. Deep knowledge in MS Office, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. Solid IT skills for procurement related systems such as SAP R/3 Cobalt, SAP Business Warehouse, GRBW and Mercanis etc. Knowledge of Power BI, SAP Analytics and SAP S/4HANA is an advantage. Strong negotiation skills and overview on pricing mechanisms in the respective category.

Deep knowledge of supplier, market environment, products/services and technologies within respective area. Deep Knowledge on purchasing strategies, processes and guidelines is required. Solid knowledge in developing category strategies including analysis of spend and supplier landscape. Solid knowledge on supplier auditing, supplier development and procurement verbund activities together with EHS and technical teams. Solid Knowledge on contract terms and conditions and deviation handling is required.

Strong communication and stakeholder management skills in order to develop purchasing strategies, processes and guidelines is required. Good project management skills and able to lead regional initiatives for tools, processes and trainings. Flexibility to travel, e.g. supplier meetings or any related meetings. Work location Emporium Office, Bangkok BASF has been present in Thailand for more than 50 years. The company offers a wide range of products and solutions to support almost all the key industries in the country, including Agricultural Solutions, Intermediates and Process Catalysts, Monomers, Petrochemicals, Coatings, Dispersions and Resins, Performance Chemicals, Care Chemicals, Nutrition and Health, and Performance Materials.

BASF in Thailand was established in 1966 and maintains its head office in Bangkok. It operates three production sites in Samutprakarn, Chonburi and Rayong, an Automotive Coatings Technical Competence Center, and a Performance Materials Technical Development Center in Samutprakarn. In 2023, BASF posted sales of €570 million to customers in Thailand and had 625 employees as of the end of the year. Further information is available on www.basf.com/th. Apply now Bangkok-Sukhumvit Road, THA BASF (Thai) Ltd. Procurement Permanent 146277 Management Thailand Hybrid