Purchasing Staff

PURCHASING STAFF

Job Summary

The Buyer is responsible for sourcing, purchasing, and monitoring materials, components, supplies, and services required for the company’s daily operations. The position ensures that purchased items are available on time, meet quality specifications, and are acquired at competitive prices while maintaining good relationships with suppliers.

Key Responsibilities

· Negotiating: Buyers negotiate deals with suppliers for price, margin, exclusivity, and

delivery terms.

· Purchasing: Procurement of microwave radio products, antennas and accessories. Procurement of materials and components for R&D and prototyping. Takes full ownership of product BoM cost.

· Managing: order placement, delivery and set open-to-buy plans. Ensures optimal cost-price and availability of purchased goods. Daily direct interaction with vendors. Management of key supplier relationships, vendor audits and rating of vendors. Initiates actions to resolve sourcing issues.

· Reporting: Buyers prepare reports to analyze performance and make improvements.

· Collaborating: Close collaboration with Sales, R&D and Planning & Logistics to achieve on-time deliveries.

· Building relationships: Buyers build relationships with suppliers and the customer relationship management team.

· Ensure pricing is updated on the MRP system, including BOM accuracy to ensure product cost accuracy.

· Alert engineering when component obsolescence is raised by supplies and suggest alternatives for test.

· Updating and monitoring supplier lead times.

· Ensuring stock checks are completed prior to procuring components.

· Ensuring procurement schedules are in line with product forecast and demand

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Purchasing, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
• With 2-5 year’s of experience in purchasing/buying, preferably in a manufacturing, electronics, semiconductor, or industrial company.
• Experience in sourcing local and/or international suppliers is an advantage.
• Knowledge of purchasing processes, inventory management, and supplier negotiation.
• Strong negotiation, analytical, communication, and coordination skills.
• Computer literate, particularly in MS Excel and ERP systems.
• Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Detail-oriented and organized.
• Willing to work on-site and coordinate with different departments and suppliers.

Preferred Skills

• Supplier sourcing and accreditation
• Price and quotation analysis
• Cost negotiation
• Purchase order processing
• Inventory and material planning
• Supplier performance monitoring
• ERP/SAP knowledge
• MS Excel
• Procurement documentation
• Problem-solving and negotiation skills

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• On-time delivery of purchased materials
• Purchase cost savings
• Supplier performance
• Material availability
• Purchase order accuracy
• Supplier quality and compliance
• Purchasing lead-time improvement
• Reduction of urgent/emergency purchases

Pay: Php20,000.00 - Php30,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person