Tactical Buyer

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Lear, a global automotive technology leader in Seating and E-Systems, enables superior in-vehicle experiences for consumers around the world. Our diverse team of talented employees in 38 countries is driven by a commitment to innovation, operational excellence, and sustainability. Lear is Making Every Drive Better by providing the technology for safer, smarter, and more comfortable journeys. Lear, headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, serves every major automaker in the world and ranks #179 on the Fortune 500. Further information about Lear is available at lear.com or follow us on Twitter @LearCorporation.

As a member of Global Purchasing team, the Tactical Buyer focuses on tactical and transactional sourcing activities in relation to non-production spend, not covered by strategic category management teams. Based at UOA Business Park, Shah Alam, this role reports to the Senior Buyer.

The Role

Key Responsibilities

• Handling inbound and outbound Requests/ calls/ email.
• Lead the delivery of tactical buying activity for operational planned spend opportunities within defined operational spend levels.
• Manage transactional buying desk activities and support wider strategic category management including raising purchase orders in line with Lear P2P system.
• Deliver additional value to operational buying on orders – interpreting and meeting operational requirements/specifications, demand and delivery of solutions.
• Support category sourcing that continuously improves suppliers' and contractors' compliance with Global, Category and Regional standards.
• Work closely with category managers and business units to establish and deliver procurement requirements, strategic benefits and compliance to existing procurement contracts.
• Ensure products and services are purchased in the most cost- and time-efficient manner, delivering 'agile' solutions to implement and ensure purchasing best practices.
• Evaluate, re-tender, renegotiate or extend contracts and suppliers in order to facilitate tactical and strategic sourcing with relevant stakeholders.
• Engage with operational teams to review pipeline and track regional and national opportunities.
• Deliver additional value to operational buying activities - supporting operational requirements/specifications, demand and delivery of solutions.
• Identify suppliers and engage in buying activities.
• Conduct quotation analysis and recommendations, considering suitability/reliability of suppliers to meet operational requirements.
• Monitor and challenge non-compliant buying activities.
• Report on compliance, procurement and operational KPIs.
• Utilize eProcurement solutions, including eAuctions.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Degree in Business/ Supply Chain or any related studies.
• Applicants with at least 1 year of working experience are preferred.
• Experience gained within large multinationals in departments such as Finance, Logistics, HR, Procurement, and/or IT.
• Enthusiastic and "can do" personality.
• Excellent attention to detail, able to work well as part of a team and autonomously.
• Highly service-oriented and responsive to requests.
• Multilingual/Proficient in Chinese language is an advantage.
• Willing to work at UOA Business Park, Shah Alam.

Advantages Of Working At Lear

• Join the growing team at one of Fortune magazine's World's Most Admired Companies 2023.
• Be on the front end of multiple initiatives in Malaysia and building talents.
• Enjoy an inclusive work environment that encourages innovation and creativity.