JOB DESCRIPTION



Specific Requirements:

• Establish and maintain professional relationships with partners, suppliers, distributors, and manufacturers.
• Review and plan materials forecasting and usage and ensure supplier understanding of PO requirements for long-term product availability.
• Prepare and submit the required documentation to establish credit terms with vendors and contractors.
• Monitor and track the quality of service provided and supplier performance, driving improvements in timely delivery, quality conformance, and compliance.
• Compose POs, verify availability, coordinate delivery dates, monitor shipments and back orders, expedite deliveries, and communicate status and ETAs to the team and partners to support target production dates.
• Maintain and update procurement data in the ERP system
• Ensure sufficient stock quantities are maintained to support demands.
• Assess the life of inventory (regular, aging, excess, EOL, etc.) and prepare reports to upper management regularly.
• Maintain cross-functional communication to ensure awareness of material additions, changes in specifications, and supplier changes.
• Identify cost-reduction opportunities.
• Suggest improved ways of working, introducing new processes or revising existing ones in support of key priorities.
• Resolve vendor returns, cost recovery, and replacements.

• Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, engineering, or similar field; or a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in procurement
• Demonstrated experience buying domestically and internationally, including knowledge of buying strategies, supplier relations, and cost control
• Demonstrated experience in demand forecasting techniques
• Strong mathematical skills, including the ability to work with whole numbers, fractions, and decimals to accurately produce inventory forecasts
• Strong negotiation, communication, and relationship-building skills to secure favorable terms and foster collaboration.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with proven ability to analyze and present findings in a clear and cohesive manner.
• Strong knowledge of MS Office, including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
  
  Strong knowledge of planning/procurement ERP system modules
• Process-oriented with a strong drive for continuous improvement
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Verbal & Written Fluency: full business language fluency, including correct spelling and grammar.

• Strong knowledge of ERP systems such as Infor LN 10.7
• CPSM, APICS, or other procurement/supply chain certification
• Strong knowledge of INCO terms
• Experience in a matrix organization
• Experience in product and supplier qualification processes and procedures