Asean Indirect Purchasing Manager

Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Manages Indirect Purchasing Buyers, ensures staff availability and grow the competences through SDP within the Group Purchasing organization

• Collaborates with Segment Leaders and Segment Directors to achieve KPI Targets and enforce Segment strategies & Panels within his country and internal customers

• Is accountable for KPI achievements on the perimeter (Country or SSC)

• Proposes and implement productivity actions for the sites through -30 plant attendance and ensure transversalities across sites with his perimeter

• Negotiate Global, Regional, Local contracts in collaboration with related Segment Leaders

• Provide local support whenever required to other entities, to optimize supplier panel in his region whether for business increase or decrease based on competitiveness of the environment

• Ensures timely updates and improvement of Indirect Purchasing Portal and Web-Catalogs of his country

• Collects internal customers MTP and local needs to prepare annual Budgets supported by identified productivity reservoir and innovations

• Monitor smooth performance of administrative indirect procurement processes in line with VIPM requirements and procedures (Supplier Introduction, Supplier Creation process, SoCo, Purchase requests, Purchase Orders, Receiving's, Litigations...)

• Ensure appropriate trainings, usage, update of Purchasing IS tools (PuMa, e-Proc, HANA, GPS) in line with validated processes by Finance dept

• Perform regular compliance checks on his organization and take relevant corrective actions whenever appropriate

• Provides with his team necessary support to internal customers (requesters) on all Indirect purchasing tools (e-Proc, PuMa,...) and processes (Supplier Creation..)

• Provides efficient and effective support to operations to solve supplier crisis whenever needed

Qualifications:

• Degree: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, or Business Administration. An MBA or Master’s degree in a related field

• Industry Experience: Extensive experience 7–10+ years in Purchasing, with a significant portion dedicated to the automotive industry

• Functional Experience: Proven track record in New Product Introduction (NPI) or Project Purchasing, managing supplier selection from the R&D phase through to SOP (Start of Production)

• Project Management: Strong ability to manage complex project timelines, ensuring that suppliers meet Valeo’s milestones for quality, cost, and delivery

• Cost Management: Proficiency in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis, value analysis/value engineering (VA/VE), and rigorous negotiation techniques

• Quality Standards: Solid understanding of automotive quality standards, such as IATF 16949 and VDA requirements

• Tools: Expertise in using SAP and advanced Excel for data analysis and reporting

• Regional Strategy: Ability to develop and implement sourcing strategies specifically tailored to the ASEAN market dynamics and supplier base

• Communication: Excellent command of English (written and spoken) is mandatory for regional reporting. Knowledge of local languages (e.g., Thai, Vietnamese) is a significant advantage

• Cross-functional Collaboration: Ability to act as a bridge between R&D, Quality, Production, and external suppliers

Job:

Purchasing Manager

Organization:

Indirect Purchasing SSC

Schedule:

Full time

Employee Status:

Regular

Job Type:

Permanent contract

Job Posting Date:

2026-08-21

Join Us !
Being part of our team, you will join:
- one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
- a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
- more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
- a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development

More information on Valeo: https://www.valeo.com