Descripción
Job Description: Utilize your experience and knowledge to purchase production materials, and sub-assemblies in support of the company’s operations utilizing new and/or existing suppliers. Manage quality, cost, and on-time delivery of goods and services of assigned supply base.
Responsibilities:
- Follow up on the open PO report.
- Develop robust savings and negotiation plan.
- Actively participate in supplier selection.
- Request quotes from different suppliers to optimize costs and delivery times.
- Prepare and track purchase orders for raw materials, equipment, and necessary items for the production, quality, maintenance, warehouse, and shipping departments.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory, normative, and customer requirements in the purchase orders for products and services.
- Work closely with the Quality Assurance Manager to manage supplier quality.
- Maintain control of purchase orders from generation to receipt.
- Notify affected departments of any issues affecting order fulfillment dates.
- Evaluate assigned suppliers.
- Supervise the correct entry of materials into the system.
- Monitor the proper functioning of the system.
- Main contact with client regarding material availability and material shortages.
- Provide CTB (Cost to Buy) status to customers internal & external on material shortages.
- Analyze and provide material status in case of pull-ins/increases or decreases.
- Analyze excess and obsolete materials and provide information for actions to reduce impact on our inventory.
- Collaborate with program managers providing status on critical parts.
- Program buyer will be the first point of escalation in case of any shortages.
- Attend to production meetings in case status for materials is needed.
- Critical material shortage follow-up with Purchasing team.
- Follow up on materials without price list or setup.
- Establish and maintain effective communication with the team.
Qualification Criteria:
- Bachelor's degree
- Over 3 years of experience in the position.
- Ability to develop corrective and preventive actions.
- Bilingual (English/Spanish).
- Analytical skills.
- Strategic thinking.
- Organization skills.
- Detail-oriented.
- Good communication with vendors and internal customers.
- Excellent negotiation skills.
- Leadership.
- Technical skills in electronic components, inventory systems, Kan Ban, security, MRP system.