Buyer 4, Procurement

Job Description

**Duties and Responsibilities**
.Release material purchase order based on Oracle or SAP, MRP & PRs
.Monitor & follow up shipments for suppliers to ensure OTD and actual delivery performance
.Negotiate and manage suppliers' lead time as well as production cycle time
.Supplier forecast & capacity management and long term capacity planning
.Closely follow up with the suppliers for different material issues including but not limit to forecast upsides/delivery schedule in or out//Shipment hold/Cancelling/RMA/Logistics/GR/payment
.Work with the internal and external teams to clean dead stock and deal with slow moving and expiring/expired inventory timely
.Work with internal teams to continue drive for system improvement including but not limit to SNC/SAP MRP/Data base etc. business processes
.Handle any material exception caselike material quality issues and work on alternative material supply. Interacts closely with suppliers, Quality Assurance and Engineering to resolve quality issues.
.Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI), Just In Time (JIT) or other production or material inventory program execution
.Analyze safety stock level setting for component level
.Participate with GCM teams in 2nd source development, corporate commodity strategic plan and risk mitigation plan
.Evaluate, report and manage supplier performance and improvement based on scorecard matrix from supply point of view (Capacity/LT/OTD/OTC/Rescheduling)
.Other tasks assigned by managers

**Qualifications**:
**Position Requirements and Desired Skills**
.Bachelor's degree in a related field
.More than 5 years working experience of MRP/Buyer in manufacturing industry, related industry like EMS or Electronic preferred
.Excellent English both oral and written
.Good command of MS Office software, including Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint, etc.
.Experienced in using ERP system like Oracle or SAP and purchasing related reports
.Good communication and negotiation skills with supplier or other related departments
.Expertise in supplier capacity, lead time and OTD management
.Proactive, self-motivated and be with initiative, courage and integrity
.Strong analysis and summary ability, able to work under pressure
.Strong management skills including effective time management, problem solving, decision making, presentation, relationship management, organization
.Good team work and leadership
Additional Information

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