Senior Purchasing Executive

We are looking for a Senior Purchasing Executive to be based in Chemor, Perak.

Responsibilities:

• Category Sourcing Specialist has full commercial responsibility for assigned categories for both new and existing items globally.
• Category Sourcing Specialist manages the procurement needs for their assigned categories group.
• Category Sourcing Specialist is responsible for ensuring that buying policies are adhered to and for ensuring that appropriate documentation exists with all suppliers.
• Category Sourcing Specialist is responsible to work with Category Sourcing Team Leader for developing and executing short- and long-term sourcing strategies for assigned categories with full understanding of all regulatory requirements.
• Category Sourcing Specialist is also responsible for developing supplier, while driving products profitability through value engineering solutions that support the production, ensuring all quality, delivery and safety standards are met.
• Conduct new items sourcing and update SAP system with correct supplier, price, lead-time and minimum order quantity.
• Work actively within assigned categories for reduced cost, improved quality, shortened lead-time and make contract with supplier.
• Identify items that have potential saving or identify new supplier regard to quality, delivery and cost performance.
• Engages colleagues across the organization and suppliers to optimize performance, ensure quality, delivery and cost are met with measurable results.
• Facilitates short- and long-term sourcing strategies for managed categories, setting priorities, objectives and action plans to improve supply base and minimize risk with measurable accountability.
• Travels domestically and internationally to evaluate the viability of worldwide market opportunities, build supplier relationships and continuously expand categories knowledge.
• Minimize cost increases with creative solutions.
• Proactively seeks new opportunities, ideas, techniques and material to drive product innovation with both new and existing suppliers.
• Demonstrates flexibility in response to changes and ability to work in multi-cultural environment.
• Ability to collaborate with a team and with cross-functional partners.
• Negotiations with suppliers.

Requirements:

• Willing to work in Chemor, Perak.
• Degree holder.
• At least three years’ experience sourcing in a manufacturing company
• Knowledge in SAP system.
• Good working understanding of IT tools.

Benefits: Performance bonus, dental, medical insurance, 5-day week, etc.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: RM5,000.00 - RM7,000.00 per month

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• Knowledge in SAP system.

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• sourcing in a manufacturing company: 3 years (Required)