Buyer

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Summary of Responsibilities (not comprehensive of all tasks):

• Develop and authorize all purchase orders and ensure company compliance, policy, and procedure.
• Monitor all purchase orders and maintain effective relationship with vendors, planners, and sourcing team.
• Develop and maintain relationship with new vendors. Manage items information, and update purchasing data in MRP System (Visual Mfg).
• Establish and maintain adequate stock levels to prevent stock outs caused by delivery delay and take necessary actions to ensure availability of product.
• Supervise all products and monitor for transport damage and return goods.
• Monitor all invoices and price issues along with delivery related problems.
• Evaluate performance of all carriers, vendors and deliverables and make recommendations to improve processes for international buying process.
• Maintain effective customer service to ensure timely delivery and maintain track of product progress and development.
• Manage vendor relations, production delivery, and maintain effective system monitor of all product delivered for vendors.
• Prepare and evaluate all bids, contacts, and vendor agreements to ensure accuracy on prices.
• Manage all communication and negotiations with suppliers on price and delivery terms to reduce inventory levels and cost.
• Monitor all returns to vendors and coordinate with accounting departments and warehouses.
• Prepare and manage offers from beginning to end and prepare supplier contracts and delivery schedule.
• Lead performance reviews with suppliers
• Manage risk mitigation
• Track the PMI for trends, material shortages, potential price increases and update senior management accordingly.
• Stay up to date with basic international customs regulations, country duty rates, tariffs, and importation formalities.