Buyer Direct

3 weeks ago


Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia Flex Full time

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To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we're looking to add a Buyer located in Flex PTP.

Reporting to the Senior Materials Manager, the Buyer role is to coordinate activities involved with procuring direct materials, components, and equipment.

What a typical day looks like:

  • Maintaining relations with the suppliers.
  • Placing orders for necessary raw materials and purchased parts according to the requirements of the production.
  • Receiving and handling the confirmations.
  • Checking the purchase orders and modifying them according to the changes in the production plan with the help of the Shortage List and the Open Purchase Order List.
  • Tracking shipments, urging them if needed.
  • Regular, weekly check of the stocks, avoiding overstock.
  • Minimizing the risk of obsolescence with the help of the weekly check of the obsolete report.
  • Correspondence with the freight forwarders, warehouses, and in case organizing the transportation.
  • Dealing with claims, settling debit and credit issues.
  • Filing and recording all necessary documents.
  • Checking the inventory of critical materials (personally if needed) according to the Shortage List.
  • Getting in touch with the right warehouse personnel and having the discrepancy modified if there are any inventory discrepancies.
  • Assuring all active components according to production needs, in time, for the accord price in the request.
  • Reviews requisitions and MRP output.
  • Confers with vendors to obtain product information such as price, availability and delivery schedule.
  • Orders, reschedules and cancels material based on requisitions and MRP output.
  • Maintains procurement records such as items purchased, costs, delivery and inventories.
  • Manages supplier to price, delivery and quality expectations and escalates when appropriate.
  • Approves invoices for payment.
  • Investigation inventory levels.
  • Monitors the movement of materials through the production cycle.
  • Maintains procurement records, reports and metrics.

The experience we're looking to add to our team:

  • Typically requires a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
  • Use of the following tools may be required: Working usage of Word, Excel and Power Point, English language knowledge, data entry, ten-key, spreadsheet (PC), ERP software.
  • Ability to read and comprehend instructions, correspondence and memos.
  • Ability to write simple correspondence.
  • Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients and other employees of the organization.
  • Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
  • Ability to apply common sense comprehension to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form.
  • Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

  • Full range of medical benefits, dental, vision.
  • Life Insurance.
  • PTO.
How do your skills match this job?

Your application will include the following questions:

  • Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in Malaysia?
  • What's your expected monthly basic salary?
  • How many years' experience do you have as a Buyer?
  • Which of the following languages are you fluent in?
  • Do you have experience completing material resource planning (MRP)?
  • How would you rate your English language skills?
  • Do you have previous invoicing experience?
  • Do you have data entry experience?

Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics More than 10,000 employees.

Building on our more than 50-year history with a clear purpose, mission, and vision, Flex is the advanced end-to-end manufacturing partner of choice, helping market-leading brands across a diverse set of industries design, build, deliver, and manage products that improve the world.

Through the collective strength of a global workforce across 30 countries, and responsible, sustainable operations, Flex supports our customers' entire product lifecycles with leading design and engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, post production and post-sale capabilities in every major region.

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