Officer, Buyer General Purchase

Pandora Production Co., Ltd. (Prawet)

Prawet

Bangkok, Thailand

Founded in 1982 and headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, Pandora is a global jewellery company known for its hand-finished and contemporary jewellery made from high-quality materials at affordable prices. Pandora is producing its unique jewellery solely in Thailand. In 2017, Pandora's total revenue was DKK 22.8 billion. With 117 million pieces of jewellery crafted in Thailand in 2017 to be sold in more than 100 countries on six continents through around 7,800 points of sale, Pandora PRODUCTION THAILAND (PPT), the crafting facilities in Thailand, is recognised as the world's largest jewellery manufacturer by the production volume. Pandora has been manufacturing its jewellery in Thailand since 1989 when Per Enevoldsen, Pandora's founder and a goldsmith by trade, set up the foundation for the company's crafting facilities in Bangkok.

About this position

Imagine being responsible for performing purchasing activities for indirect materials and other categories for the world’s largest jewellery brand. If you love negotiations and supplier relationship management, then you might be our next Officer, Buyer General Purchase at Pandora Crafting & Supply.

Responsibilities

We love that you will…
• 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 fulfilment 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

Requirements

We love that you are…
• Minimum of 1 year of working experience in procurement and the order fulfilment process.
• 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
• Competence in MS Excel and MS PowerPoint is essential.
• Communication skills, stakeholder management skills, negotiation skills, and problem-solving skills.