Forvia, a sustainable mobility technology leader

We pioneer technology for mobility experience that matter to people.

Your mission, roles and responsibilities

Are you passionate about strategic sourcing and supplier management? Join Forvia Faurecia Thailand as a Commodity Buyer and play a pivotal role in shaping our procurement strategy.
You’ll be at the forefront of managing supplier relationships, driving productivity, and ensuring top-notch supplier performance.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Sourcing: Develop and implement the commodity strategy for your assigned commodities.Supplier Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers, negotiate contracts, and ensure their performance aligns with our standards.Panel Structuring: Organize and manage the supplier panel, ensuring it meets our strategic goals.Policy Implementation: Participate in defining and implementing purchasing panel policies.Supplier Selection: Oversee the selection process for suppliers within your commodity segment and deploy it regionally.Productivity Initiatives: Drive and manage productivity action plans, ensuring effective cost-sharing between suppliers and Forvia.Quality and Delivery: Ensure suppliers meet quality and delivery performance standards and manage any insolvencies with corrective action plans.Your profile and competencies to succeed Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Business Administration.Experience: At least 5 years of experience in purchasing within an industrial environment, with a proven track record in managing and negotiating contracts.Skills & Competencies:Strong knowledge of supply portfolio and market research.Expertise in sourcing strategies and their application.Deep understanding of business practices, market dynamics, and trends.Knowledge of contractual and legal aspects.Team player with a proactive, positive attitude and hands-on approach.Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.Fluent in English, both spoken and written.Accountable, results-oriented, with strong written and communication skills.Ability to work effectively in a matrixed organization.Strong negotiation and interpersonal skills.What we can do for you At Forvia, you will find an engaging and dynamic environment where you can contribute to the development of sustainable mobility leading technologies.  We are the seventh-largest global automotive supplier, employing more than 157,000 people in more than 40 countries which makes a lot of opportunity for career development. We welcome energetic and agile people who can thrive in a fast-changing environment. People who share our strong values. Team players with a collaborative mindset and a passion to deliver high standards for our clients. Lifelong learners. High performers. Globally minded people who aspire to work in a transforming industry, where excellence, speed, and quality count. We cultivate a learning environment, dedicating tools and resources to ensure we remain at the forefront of mobility.  Our people enjoy an average of more than 22 hours of online and in-person training within FORVIA University (five campuses around the world) We offer a multicultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration. We believe that diversity is a strength. To create an inclusive culture where all forms of diversity create real value for the company, we have adopted gender diversity targets and inclusion action plans. Achieving CO2 Net Zero as a pioneer of the automotive industry is a priority: In June 2022, Forvia became the first global automotive group to be certified with the new SBTI Net-Zero Standard (the most ambitious standard of SBTi), aligned with the ambition of the 2015 Paris Agreement of limiting global warming to 1.5°C. Three principles guide our action: use less, use better and use longer, with a focus on recyclability and circular economy. Why join us

FORVIA is an automotive technology group at the heart of smarter and more sustainable mobility. We bring together expertise in electronics, clean mobility, lighting, interiors, seating, and lifecycle solutions to drive change in the automotive industry.

With a history stretching back more than a century, we are the 7th largest global automotive supplier, employing more than 157,000 people in 43 countries. You'll find our technology in around 1 out of 2 vehicles produced anywhere in the world.

In June 2022, we became the 1st global automotive group to be certified with the SBTI Net-Zero Standard. We have committed to reach CO2 Net Zero by no later than 2045.

As technological innovation and the need for sustainability transform the automotive industry, we are ideally positioned to deliver solutions that will enhance the lives of road-users everywhere.