Senior Buyer - Program Purchasing

ZF Friedrichshafen AG

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Location

Chonburi, TH, 20110

Req ID 90723 | Chonburi, Thailand, ZF Automotive Safety Systems (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

About the Team

We are looking for a new colleague in Purchasing Team at our location in Chonburi.

What you can look forward to as Program Purchasing Senior Buyer:

• Lead program purchasing activities throughout the product development lifecycle, ensuring on-time project delivery and launch readiness.
• Manage supplier capacity, performance, and risks, including capacity validation, supplier reviews, site visits, and early identification of project hazards.
• Coordinate sourcing and procurement strategy, maintaining advanced sourcing pipelines and supporting supplier selection for new products globally.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration with Engineering, SDE, Commodity Teams, Program Management, and NPI teams to achieve project objectives.
• Monitor engineering changes, BOM releases, and product lifecycle management, ensuring timely communication, planning, and execution.
• Manage APQP/PPAP activities and supplier quality requirements, ensuring components meet automotive, manufacturing, and customer standards.
• Control product cost performance, including target costing, cost reduction initiatives, tooling costs, amortization, scrap liability, and business case validation.
• Provide project reporting and stakeholder communication, delivering regular status updates to management, executive leadership, and project teams.
• Support commercial and customer requirements, including pricing, forecast management, inflation recovery, engineering change approvals, and cost recovery activities.
• Resolve operational and supply chain challenges, including supplier exits, resourcing plans, payable issues, and demand-capacity alignment.

Your Profile as Program Purchasing Senior Buyer:

• Degree in Engineering/ Technology or Business Commercial subject.
• Minimum 3 years in 1st tier automotive business candidate to be considered
• Good in the English language especially spoken communication.
• Typical 5-8 years in a purchasing role.
• Working in and preferable leading multi-functional project teams.

Why you should choose ZF?

• Individual Growth: At ZF, you accelerate your career by working together across borders and cultures. Take advantage of global development opportunities, support and a flexible working environment.
• Experience Variety: Join ZF to shape future mobility and sustainable systems. Drive smart solutions and contribute to safer, cleaner, affordable mobility for all.
• Find Inspiration: Develop yourself in a team-oriented and supportive environment at ZF. Take on international challenges, be inspired by your colleagues and shape the future with us.

Be part of our ZF team as Senior Buyer - Program Purchasing and apply now!

What does DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) mean for ZF as a company?

At ZF, we continuously strive to build and maintain a culture where inclusiveness is lived and diversity is valued. We actively seek ways to remove barriers so that all our employees can rise to their full potential. We aim to embed this vision in our legacy through how we operate and build our products as we shape the future of mobility.

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