Procurement Specialist/Buyer
hace 2 días
**Job Title**:Procurement Specialist/Buyer
**Department**:Operations
**Reports To**:Procurement Manager
**FLSA Status**: Exempt
**Location**:Costa Rica (Remote Work from Home)
**Summary**:
- Each Buyer is responsible for negotiating and purchasing direct/indirect material and services while also evaluating breadth and performance to determine most desirable suppliers.
**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**:The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:
- Reviews and processes purchasing requests for goods or services to ensure compliance with purchasing procedures and user requirements
- Prepare requests for quotation, supporting spreadsheets, comparisons, recommendations, and justifications; obtains telephone quotes when indicated.
- Negotiates favorable pricing conditions to include component or service price, delivery, and payment terms
- Interact with suppliers and internal customers regarding order status
- Maintain records in accordance with established policies and guidelines.
- May validate, reconcile, and process receiving reports, invoices, and other payment documents.
- May lead, guide, and train staff/student employees, interns, and/or volunteers performing related work.
- Support production purchasing requirements for daily production plans.
- Metrics to support:
- On-Time Delivery to Promise Date (OSD)
- On-Time Delivery to customer request date
- Suppliers Quality
- Meet with suppliers regularly and enforce, review the following metrics
- Supplier On-Time Delivery: 98% or better
- Supplier Quality: 99% or better
- Supplier Cost Reductions" 10% per year
- Implement plans and strategies to reduce total cost on existing and new products
- Manage long-term coverage for EOL components.
Ensure production and customer requirements for orders are not adversely affected.
- Develop, implement and review Consignment Plans, processes, strategy and transition of products.
- Participate in supply base rationalization strategy development and supplier transitions.
- Work with suppliers to optimize material packaging and presentation.
- Support material review board and manage supplier warranty and non-warranty repairs.
- Other duties as assigned.
**Supervisory Responsibilities**:
- This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
**Competencies**:
- Technical Capacity.
- Organizational Skills.
- Communication Proficiency.
- Customer/Client Focus.
- Time Management.
- Negotiation Skills.
**Qualifications Education or Experience**:
- 2-5 years experience required.
Bachelor's degree desired.
- Experience in electronic components and industrial computer system components strongly preferred.
- Possess strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook) and ERP Systems.
**Language**
**Skills**:
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations in English.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals in English.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the public.
**Mathematical**
**Skills**:
**Computer Skills**:
- Ability to utilize a personal computer and related business software including, but not limited to, spreadsheet, word processor and relational database software.
Ability to manage and utilize an automated sales order entry system.
**Reasoning**
**Ability**:
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
**Physical Demands**:
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions._
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit.
The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; and use their hands to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
**Work Environment**:
- The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions._
- This job operates in a professional office environment.
This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers and filing cabinets.
**AAP/EEO**
- The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, a drug-free wor
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