Buyer Direct

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To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Buyer Direct located in Milpitas, CA.

Reporting to the Manager. This role will be coordinating activities involved with procuring direct materials, components and equipment.

What a typical day looks like:

• Reviews requisitions and MRP output.
• Confers with vendors to obtain product or service information such as price, availability and delivery schedule.
• Determines method of procurement such as direct purchase.
• Orders, reschedules and cancels material based on requisitions and MRP output.
• Maintains procurement records such as items or services purchased, costs, delivery and inventories.
• Manages supplier to price, delivery and quality expectations and escalates when appropriate.
• Approves invoices for payment.
• Expedites delivery of goods to users.
• Analyzes inventory levels. Prepares liability reports for excess and obsolete management.
• May gather quotations, examine bids, negotiate contracts and make awards.
• May plan, schedule and monitor the movement of materials through the production cycle.
• Interfaces with suppliers and customers to secure both delivery and the best market price.
• Makes tactical buying decisions. Executes corporate sourcing programs and purchasing high dollar parts.
• Conducts quarterly supplier reviews.
• Maintains procurement records, reports and metrics.
• Prepares and/or reviews bid requests and negotiates contracts within budgetary limitations and scope of authority.
• Estimates values according to knowledge of market price.
  
  

The Experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Typically requires a minimum of 2 to 4 years of procurement experience.
• Use of the following tools may be required: Working usage of Word, Excel and Power Point, English language knowledge, data entry, ten-key, spreadsheet (PC), ERP software.
• Ability to read, research and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedures.
• Ability to effectively present information and acknowledges to questions from groups.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Ability to apply common sense comprehension to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
  
  

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