Tactical Buyer

Location: Jakarta, Indonesia

In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.

Thales has been established in Indonesia for close to 40 years. Today Thales Indonesia employs 25 people and has successfully provided numerous solutions to Indonesia in both civil and defense sectors. The Group’s main business in Indonesia has historically been the defense domain, where Thales is a long-term provider of defense systems for the Indonesian Army and Navy. In these areas Thales has demonstrated a strong commitment to working collaboratively with the Indonesian government and partners with local stakeholders. In recent years there has been an increased interest in the Thales civil solutions especially in the field of transportation and air traffic control. With the growing attention to infrastructure development by the Indonesian government, Thales will have opportunities in the transportation and security domain.

Responsibilities:
• Receiving procurement requests and verifying their conformity to operating methods.
• Transforming procurement requests into procurement orders.
• Managing purchasing order cancellation, rescheduling or PO information change (quantity, price).
• Make sure that suppliers acknowledge P.O. receipt and provide delivery commitment.
• Follow-up and expediting of procurement orders.
• Ensuring accuracy of the order, GL account, or project number, ship to location, supplier information on Procurement order, and relevant notes/comments on the Procurement order document.

Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Marketing or related fields.
• At least 3 to 5 years of purchasing experience.
• Skills in analysis and control, commercial contract, supplier risk management contribution and negotiations.
• Experience in purchasing tools such ERP.
• Possessed a good communication and team collaboration.
• This role involves regular collaboration with stakeholders and suppliers in China and Japan. Proficiency in both Chinese and or Japanese is essential to ensure smooth communication and operational success.

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