Senior Buyer (Vietnamese Speaker)

Overall Role Purpose Roles that manage buying activities with responsibility depending on country / region scope • Organise and execute the purchase to pay process (including contract management process) ensuring compliance with global, regional and local procedures and policies • Explore and capture internal demand; management of contracts for catalog and non-catalog requests • Actively drive the use of procurement catalog • Build good relationships with suppliers and internal customers • Oversee and / or use the support of the purchasing support roles • Team coordination and independent technical control of the assigned group as well as interdisciplinary coordination, control and quality assurance of the professional task completion • Extended scope for decision-making within the given framework Purchasing support roles: • Provide administrative support to operational buying activities • Assist different day-to-day activities within the purchasing organisation • Provide 1st level support, consulting and training; interface to 2nd level support Relevant Qualification: • Completed apprenticeship and / or relevant university degree and / or equivalent experience Required Experience: • Min 2 years to 5 years of relevant experience in commercial functions and especially in purchasing and procedures • Proficiency in Vietnamese and English – reading, writing & speaking. • Solid working experience with purchasing practices and buying procedures •Demonstrates solid knowledge of risk types and factors in procurement, as well as mitigation options. • Assesses supplier risk and defines migitation actions, using standard templates, with limited complexity. • Advise colleagues and business partners on the applicable laws, rules and regulations including the consequences of business decisions on compliance. • Working experience with Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (especially SAP and Oracle environment) • e-purchasing experience • Experience in working with MS Office suite (Office, Excel, Word, Powerpoint) • Working experience in building / mobilizing reports in MS Excel (using Pivots, Macro, Vlookup) • Knowledge of working with VBA and Macro to automate reports & PowerBI would be advantageous • Great communication style and analytical skills