PURCHASING BUYER

Source suppliers for electrical and mechanical parts as required in boat manufacturing
Manage cost reduction initiatives for all purchases.
Negotiate best price, delivery lead-time and most favorable commercial/trade terms for the company
Prepare Purchase Order (PO), monitor and follow up delivery until arrival to the factory.
Regularly review status of all PO and communicates with supplier and production team for any changes on required delivery date
Regularly review material shortages in production to understand the root causes and prepares the plan to eliminate or at least minimize occurrences.
Ensures that PO and payment process are reconcile and any variance/discrepancy is settled accordingly.
Coordinate closely with Planning team, Warehouse team and Logistics team to ensure that required parts are ordered on-time and delivered on-time to the factory.
Manage purchase master data in ERP such as unit price, MOQ, MPQ, Lead-Time and supplier payment/trade terms and other data
Continuous sourcing for alternative suppliers or products/parts that will bring overall savings to boat's final product
Conducts supplier performance management systems for existing and new suppliers
Manage also purchase requisitions from other factories SSY, X51, which requires travelling to these factories for coordination of requirements.