Assistant Purchasing Manager

LSG Sky Chefs (Bang Phli)

Samut Prakan, Thailand

LSG Sky Chefs is the world’s largest provider of airline catering and in-flight solutions and part of Lufthansa German Airlines. These include airline catering, in-flight equipment and logistics as well as the management of on-board service and in-flight retail. The group is also the industry leading expert in managing the in-flight service supply chain for several airlines. LSG Sky Chefs partners with more than 300 airlines worldwide and operates some 200 customer service centers in 52 countries, producing around 405 million airline meals a year.

About this position

The Assistant Purchasing Manager is responsible for managing day-to-day purchasing activities, ensuring supplier reliability, and supporting manufacturing operations with accurate purchasing schedules.

Responsibilities

• Handle the day-to-day purchasing activities according to the company policy and procedure.
• Handle documentation performs in the department accordingly to the company policy and procedure.
• Work closely with respective department on all aspect requirements.
• Ensure the suppliers sourcing are reliable either for existing and new product and having top quality food at the best minimum prices available.
• Analysis of potential suppliers, assess and evaluate the local and oversea vender's performance on a total approach (reviewing costs, quality, delivery and other pertinent factors) as per schedules.
• Responsible for supporting manufacturing operations or production with sound and accurate purchasing schedules on a regular basis.
• Ensure raw material database within SAP system is contained accuracy of pricing an specifications.
• Ensure requirements are recorded correctly on Purchase Order prior to placement and make available to the Store Manager for goods receiving.
• Supervise and Develop Purchasing Officer / Supervisor.
• Work out the competitive offer through tender method.
• Liaise with vendors to the competitive price and stock availability action taken may require with vendors to reserve the stock when received the confirmation or consumption estimation from use departments.
• Deal with price/invoice discrepancy.
• Co-ordinate with Quality Assurance Department of the vendor's plant audit assessment.
• Perform other duties and ad hoc as assigned by the Procurement Manager.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of purchasing experience preferably in Food Beverage industry with at least 3 years of supervisor and strategic purchasing roles.
• Knowledge of GMP, HACCP, Food Safety & Food Hygiene Standard and SAP system are required.
• Computer literate (MS office).
• Good command in English Business Communication skill.
• Good mature, responsible, planning and coordination.
• Multitask skill.
• Passion in Food Production/Manufacturing working background.