Purchasing Executive
Job Description
The Role
As a purchasing executive, you will be responsible for parts purchasing, sourcing and value-added proposal, maintain customer satisfaction, and price negotiation activities.
Your Key Responsibilities
Parts Purchasing
- Receive request from factories for new parts, raise quotation enquiry to suppliers on approved vendor list (AVL), check quote received with mother factories purchasing section, negotiate with suppliers for best price that is aligned with overall global purchasing price.
- Receive request from factories for new parts from supplier not on AVL, send RFQ to at least 3 vendors, negotiate price to obtain best quote, submit sample and specification for approval by mother factories, obtain approved technical drawing from factories to send to supplier.
- Issue purchase order promptly to supplier, ensure orders are according to customer specifications, arrange delivery based on agreed delivery lead time, follow up on shortage parts, obtain production information form customer if needed, ensure smooth receiving at customer side to avoid any line stopped at factories.
- Issue tax invoices promptly ensure all documents required for clearance at customer point are well prepared and send to the customers promptly, ensure customer are informed of the delivery of ordered goods and delivery status to prepare for goods receipt clearance to avoid storage charges at ports
Sourcing and Value added Proposal
- Source for new parts and potential suppliers, propose new parts recommend substitute parts via value added proposal, carry out sales visits to potential customers to understand their needs and new enquiries in order to obtain new business and increase in sales.
Maintain Customer Satisfaction
- Establish close rapport with customers, understand their needs and attend to their request promptly, update customer on part changes, discon information from suppliers, liaise with suppliers to address customer's complaints in order to set up trustworthy relationship, increase in the overall purchase volume and develop of new accounts.
Price Negotiation activities
- Negotiate price for customers with suppliers twice a year. Review cost adjustment request from parent factory when requested in other to achieve the overall cost effectiveness and achieve total cost merits on the finished products.
Your Skills
- Diploma in any related discipline.
- Minimum 2 years of experience in purchasing
- Knowledge of how a trading company / logistic industry / engineering or manufacturing background preferred
Your Profile
- Microsoft Office
- SAP (Material Management Module)
- Patience
- Meticulous
If you are excited about working with us and have most of the skills or experience we are looking for, please go ahead and apply. You could be the one we need!
