Operation Purchaser

* Description
CSW Industrials (Nasdaq: CSWI) an US publicly traded company in the Nasdaq stock market with approx. $2B market cap that serves a variety of HVAC end markets through 3 business units - Contractor Solutions, Engineered Building Solutions, and Specialized Reliability Solutions. We have having significant manufacturing base in China via our contract manufacturing partners in the Guangdong and Shanghai areas.
Purchasing is defined as Sourcing, negotiating, and buying of goods, materials, and services to meet the Company's operational requirements.
We're looking for a Daily Operation Buyer responsible for working closely with internal groups and to coordinate the corresponding manufacturing partnership team(s) (Quality, Planning, Manufacturing, and Technical Development).
* Purpose of the Role:
Purchase goods, materials, and services to ensure that the company's operational needs are met, considering price, quality, and delivery and to ensure continuity of supply.
Daily operation tracking for materials appearance and supply in various departments throughout their designated area. By working closely with both suppliers and manufacturers, tracking and remind vendors to make sure on time delivery with right quantities, quality, and good services.
The job holder may take responsibility for a specific project of purchasing.
* Responsibilities & Duties
• Collaborating with planning team, end users to get all demand forecast and needs on time to make a good plan with suitable contractors and vendors.
• Collaborating with suppliers, manufacturers, and stores to ensure proper execution of plans for delivery.
• Managing the documentation materials for internal audit
• Managing and maintain inventory of materials.
• Gathering information on market trends and internal customers' reactions impact and related to Purchasing team.
• Analyzing variance price figures - reporting growth, decrease, value, saving, and change in markets.
• Purchase goods, materials, components, or services in line with specified cost, quality, and delivery targets
• Ensure continuous supply of required goods and materials and communicate any supply problems which may pose a risk or impact on business operations.
• Monitor market trends, competitor strategies and market suppliers.
• Research and evaluate areas of opportunity and reduce costs where possible.
• Deliver briefs, updates, and reports as and when required.
• Develop creative and innovative procurement processes.
• Develop ideas and strategies to improve operational efficiency, add value, aid business performance and work towards a strategy of continuous improvement.
• Negotiate contracts, improve prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilizing negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods.
• Assess and evaluate suppliers and undertake performance reviews to ensure contract compliance and manage performance improvement activities.
• Ensure that a professional and consistent approach is taken in relation to all supplier relationships.
• Ensure compliance with company guidelines, purchasing policies and procedures.
• Explore alternate sources for goods and materials.
• Assess tenders and quotations from potential suppliers.
• Prepare purchase orders in line with final negotiations with selected suppliers and in line with organizational targets and requirements.
• Undertake research on and evaluate existing and new suppliers.
• Contact suppliers to resolve price, quality, delivery, or invoice issues.
- Relationship Management
• Work collaboratively and negotiate and engage with stakeholders and suppliers regarding new projects, supplies and initiatives and advise of impact of change on purchasing and production activities.
• Stay current and up to date on any changes that may affect the supply and demand of needed products and materials and advise others of any impact.
• Attend meetings and update others on issues or concerns, when there is a risk which could prevent the organization meeting customer demands or where there are over capacity concerns.
• Support product change requests and review and communicate the impact on capacity plans.
• Build, maintain, and manage supplier relationships and ensure good communications.
- Self-Management
• Comply with the Health, Safety and Environmental Policies
• Embraces personal challenge.
• Confident, rounded thinking
• Is self-aware.
• Is assertive, optimistic, and open to change.
• Engages interest and participation of others and has a collaborative approach to working with others.
• Proactively contributes to the team.
• Resilient, self-motivated, and able to work well under pressure.