BUYER

Key Responsibilities

Purchase Requisition, Purchase Order & MRP Execution:

• Review Material Requirements, and convert purchase requisitions into accurate Purchase Orders (POs) in a timely manner.
• Manage order confirmations, track open POs, and update delivery schedules in the ERP system to maintain accurate system visibility.
• Coordinate JIT (Just-In-Time) pull-ins, push-outs, and cancellations in alignment with internal production schedules.

Supplier Management & Expediting:

• Act as the primary day-to-day point of contact for assigned suppliers, monitoring On-Time Delivery (OTD) performance and proactively expediting critical or late shipments.
• Resolve supplier delivery issues, including shortages, non-conforming materials (NCRs), and logistics issues
• Performance Sourcing of parts in gathering Request for Quotations (RFQs), evaluating supplier capabilities, and initiate cost-down initiatives.

Invoice Reconciliation & Price Error Resolution:

• Perform 3-way matching (PO, Delivery Order, and Tax Invoice) in collaboration with the Accounts Payable and Receiving teams.
• Investigate and reconcile unit price variances, currency/Unit of Measure (UOM) discrepancies, and billing errors directly with suppliers to secure credit notes or revised invoices promptly.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

Work closely with Planning, Quality Assurance, Engineering, and Warehouse teams to align material staging timelines, engineering change notices (ECNs), and Certificate of Conformance (CoC) documentation requirements.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Experience: 3 to 5 years of hands-on purchasing or procurement experience within the precision machining, metal fabrication, or semiconductor equipment manufacturing industries.
• Education: Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineering, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• Supplier Management: Experience in vendor coordination, expediting, and resolving delivery or invoice discrepancies.
• Technical & ERP Skills:
• Proficiency in ERP systems (experience with Epicor ERP or SAP is added advantage).Good in of Microsoft Excel (VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, data tracking) for managing open order reports and material coverage trackers.
• Core Competencies:
• Good analytical mindset with high attention to detail when reviewing part numbers, revisions, UOMs, and pricing. Effective negotiation and communication skills to manage both local and regional suppliers. Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-mix, low-volume manufacturing environment.