Sr. Buyer
On-siteMexicali, Baja California, Mexico
Job Summary
Maintain daily interaction with the supply base to track open POs, lead times, and pricing while managing supplier updates for the ERP system. Create and execute purchase orders based on MRP planned orders, utilizing weekly action messages to reschedule expedites or cancel existing orders. Direct supplier and commodity management for specific areas, identifying new suppliers to improve pricing and delivery, and approving invoices within departmental guidelines. Coordinate corrective actions with Quality Assurance for supplier concerns and partner with Accounting to resolve accounts payable issues. Manage purchasing activities focused on cost reduction, inventory control, and delivery quality, representing the section at internal meetings to present performance achievements.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor degree in Engineering or Administration
- 5 year of experience in the position, preferable in Maquiladora environment within an electronics manufacturing environment
- Bilingual
- High competency level in use of Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, as a minimum)
- Proven track record of controlling and reducing external spend whilst developing a robust supplier base
- Proven track record of controlling and reducing inventory on hand and Excess and Obsolete
- Able to bring a new dimension to procurement activities
- Fully conversant with modern procurement and purchasing techniques
- Experience of Purchasing bespoke, manufactured parts including scheduled deliveries
- Experience of working with MRP systems is essential
- Experience of outsourcing to low cost countries
- Ability to develop constructive and effective working relationships within and outside the organization
- Strong leadership skills
- Hands on approach to all tasks
- Ability to take a proactive approach to overcome challenges and achieve results
- Versatile, tenacious and people orientated
- Result orientated and confident
- Proven appreciation of customer service expectations and cost demands of business
- Commercial and financial acumen
- Sets priorities taking into account short and long-term needs of the business
- Delivers results
- Sets high standards of performance and consistently meets them
- Fact-based
- Collects the relevant and appropriate data and makes actionable decisions/plans based upon this information
- Continuous Improvement
- Utilizes a lean process approach to continually improve the speed and effectiveness of all Company processes
Desired Qualifications
- Working knowledge of kanban and supplier managed inventories is a plus
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