The Buyer Direct will be based in Changi South Lane, reporting to Asset Manager.
This role will be coordinating activities involved with procuring direct materials, components and equipment.
Job Responsibilities
- Maintaining relations with the suppliers.
- Placing orders for necessary raw materials and purchased parts according to the requirements of the production.
- Receiving and handling the confirmations.
- Checking the purchase orders and modifying them according to the changes in the production plan with the help of the Shortage List and the Open Purchase Order List.
- Tracking shipments, urging them if needed.
- Regular, weekly check of the stocks, avoiding overstock.
- Minimizing the risk of obsolescence with the help of the weekly check of the obsolete report.
- Correspondence with the freight forwarders, warehouses, and in case organizing the transportation.
- Dealing with claims, settling debit and credit issues.
- Filing and recording all necessary documents.
- Checking the inventory of critical materials (personally if needed) according to the Shortage List.
- Getting in touch with the right warehouse personnel and having the discrepancy modified if there is any inventory discrepancies.
- Handling purchasing data privacy.
- Assuring all active components according to production needs, in time, for the accord price in the request.
- Reviews requisitions and MRP output.
- Confers with vendors to obtain product information such as price, availability and delivery schedule.
- Orders, reschedules and cancels material based on requisitions and MRP output.
- Maintains procurement records such as items purchased, costs, delivery and inventories.
- Manages supplier to price, delivery and quality expectations and escalates when appropriate.
- Approves invoices for payment.
- Investigation inventory levels.
- Monitors the movement of materials through the production cycle.
- Conducts quarterly supplier reviews.
- Maintains procurement records, reports and metrics.
Job Requirements
- Requires a Bachelor's Degree in related field.
- Requires a minimum of 3 to 4 years of purchasing experience.
- Proficiency in Excel (Pivot Table, VLOOKUP) is a must for handling data analysis work.
- Basic procurement process knowledge is a must.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills to maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to pay close attention to minor details, work under pressure, and meet tight deadlines.
