Tactical Buyer - Shah Alam, Malaysia - Lear Corporation

Lear Corporation
Lear Corporation
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Shah Alam, Malaysia

1 week ago

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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 #186 on the Fortune 500.


As a member of Asia Buyer team, the
Tactical Buyer will be focused on tactical and transactional sourcing activity in relation to non-production spend, not covered by strategic category management teams across ASIA.

Based in UOA Business Park, Shah Alam, this Buyer reports to a the Manager.


The Role

Key responsibilities include the following:


  • 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 of category sourcing that continuously improves suppliers' and contractors' compliance with Global, Category and Regionals standards.
  • Work closely with category managers and business units to establish and deliver procurement requirements, strategic benefits and compliance to existing procurement contracts.
  • Ensures products and services are purchased in the most cost
- and time-efficient manner, delivering 'agile' solutions to implement and ensure purchasing best practices

  • Evaluates, retenders, renegotiates or extends contracts and suppliers in order to facilitate tactical and strategic sourcing with relevant stakeholders.
  • Engagement 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
  • Identification of suppliers and supplier engagement in buying activities.
  • Quotation analysis and recommendations, consideration suitability/reliability of suppliers to meet operational requirements
  • Monitor and challenge noncompliant buying activities.
  • Report on compliance, procurement and operational KPIs.
  • Utilization of eProcurement solutions, including eAuctions.

Qualification/ Requirement:


  • Degree in Business/ Supply Chain or any related studies.
  • Fresh graduates are welcome to apply.
  • Experience of operational and tactical activity.
  • Experience gained within large multinationals in departments such as Finance, Logistics, HR, Procurement and or IT.
  • Proficient in Mandarin is required to support China stakeholder.
  • 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.
  • Willing to work at UOA Business Park, Shah Alam.
  • Fresh graduates are welcome to apply.
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