[Hiring] Indirect Purchasing Manager @Valeo

Role Description

• Manages Indirect Purchasing Buyers, ensures staff availability and grows 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 implements productivity actions for the sites through -30 plant attendance and ensures 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

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, or Business Administration. An MBA or Master’s degree in a related field.
• Extensive experience 7–10+ years in Purchasing, with a significant portion dedicated to the automotive industry.
• 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).
• Strong ability to manage complex project timelines, ensuring that suppliers meet Valeo’s milestones for quality, cost, and delivery.
• Proficiency in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis, value analysis/value engineering (VA/VE), and rigorous negotiation techniques.
• Solid understanding of automotive quality standards, such as IATF 16949 and VDA requirements.
• Expertise in using SAP and advanced Excel for data analysis and reporting.
• Ability to develop and implement sourcing strategies specifically tailored to the ASEAN market dynamics and supplier base.
• Excellent command of English (written and spoken) is mandatory for regional reporting. Knowledge of local languages (e.g., Thai, Vietnamese) is a significant advantage.
• Ability to act as a bridge between R&D, Quality, Production, and external suppliers.

Requirements

• Job Title: Purchasing Manager
• Organization: Indirect Purchasing SSC
• Schedule: Full time
• Employee Status: Regular
• Job Type: Permanent contract
• Job Posting Date: 2026-08-21

Benefits

• 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, providing numerous opportunities for career growth.
• A business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact of its activities, ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development.