Job Title:  Buyer

Responsible for planning, purchasing, and expediting critical materials and components for the operation of the organization requiring extensive or specialized knowledge and experience. This position will manage a wide range of commodities as assigned which could include; PCB’s, electromechanical and electronic components used in the manufacturing of PCBA’s and provide guidance to other buyers.

Main Responsabilities:

• Plans, purchases, and expedites material, equipment and services on a broad assignment basis usually involving important and critical items. Responsible for all purchasing/planning data in ERP system.
• Provide guidance and training to buyers consistent with procurement policies set by the Materials Manager.
• Performs an active role in the supplier selection and assessment process. Seeks new sources of supply, perform periodic performance evaluations; generates on-time delivery reports.
• Assess and evaluate suppliers and undertake performance reviews to ensure contract compliance and manage performance improvement activities.
• Ensure continuous supply of required goods and materials and communicate any supply problems which may pose a risk or impact on business operations.
• Research and evaluate areas of opportunity and reduce costs where possible.
• Drives continuous improvement with suppliers and within Purchasing practices and tool set.
• Maintain KPI metrics on performance, and delivery.
• Solicit competitive quotations from qualified suppliers and prepare total cost analysis to determine best overall value including purchase price, freight terms, payments terms, quality of service and product specifications.
• Negotiate contracts, improved prices, and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilizing negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods.
• Analyzes purchase price variances and assists in the development of standard product costs.
• Monitor savings against individual and departmental cost savings objectives.
• Contact suppliers to resolve price, quality, delivery, or invoice issues.
• Deliver briefs, updates, and reports as and when required.
• Develop ideas and strategies to improve operational efficiency, add value, aid business performance and work towards a strategy of continuous improvement.
• Must have knowledge of legal practices and compliance systems including ISO
• Ensure compliance to company guidelines, purchasing policies and procedures.

Experience/Skills:

• ­3+ years' experience purchasing electronics, electronics components, wiring harnesses, and PCB/PCBA
• Degree in Business Administration, a related field, or equivalent experience
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) experience
• Experience working with MRP.
• Must have established negotiation, supplier relation and sourcing skills along with strong organizational skills.
• Must have leadership traits and communication skills to allow for effective training and guidance to buyers.
• Must have experience with handling long term agreements, KanBan and Just-In-Time (JIT) purchasing.
• Applies continuous improvement techniques and methods to internal processes and systems.
• Complies with all internal policies and procedures.
• Strong interpersonal skills. Ability to work successfully within teams and able to lead.
• Embraces personal challenge.
• Confident, rounded thinking.
• Engages interest and participation of others and has a collaborative approach to working with others.
• Proactively contributes to the team and able to lead others.
• Resilient, self-motivated, and able to work well under pressure.