Buyer Direct

Flex; Kulai; On-site; MYR 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Buyer to join its dynamic team in Johor. This role involves managing supplier relationships, placing orders for raw materials, and ensuring timely delivery to support production needs. You will play a crucial part in inventory management, tracking shipments, and minimizing risks of obsolescence. The company fosters a collaborative and inclusive environment, offering you the opportunity to grow and make a significant impact. If you have a degree in a related field and several years of experience in procurement, this could be the perfect role for you.

Qualifications

• 4-5 years of experience in procurement or supply chain management.
• Degree in a related discipline or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Maintain supplier relations and place orders for raw materials.
• Track shipments and manage inventory to avoid obsolescence.
• Conduct quarterly supplier reviews and maintain procurement records.

Skills

Supplier Relationship Management

Order Management

Inventory Management

Procurement Records Maintenance

Education

Degree in related discipline

Job description

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world.

A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

Job Summary

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

What a typical day looks like:

• Maintaining relations with the suppliers.
• Placing orders for necessary raw materials and purchased parts according to the requirements of the production.
• Receiving and handling the confirmations.
• Checking the purchase orders and modifying them according to the changes in the production plan with the help of the Shortage List and the Open Purchase Order List.
• Tracking shipments, urging them if needed.
• Regular, weekly check of the stocks, avoiding overstock.
• Minimizing the risk of obsolescence with the help of the weekly check of the obsolete report.
• Correspondence with the freight forwarders, warehouses, and in case organizing the transportation.
• Dealing with claims, settling debit and credit issues.
• Filing and recording all necessary documents.
• Checking the inventory of critical materials (personally if needed) according to the Shortage List.
• Getting in touch with the right warehouse personnel and having the discrepancy modified if there is any inventory discrepancies.
• Assuring all active components according to production needs, in time, for the accord price in the request.
• Reviews requisitions and MRP output.
• Confers with vendors to obtain product information such as price, availability and delivery schedule.
• Orders, reschedules and cancels material based on requisitions and MRP output.
• Maintains procurement records such as items purchased, costs, delivery and inventories.
• Manages supplier to price, delivery and quality expectations and escalates when appropriate.
• Approves invoices for payment.
• Investigation inventory levels.
• Monitors the movement of materials through the production cycle.
• Conducts quarterly supplier reviews.
• Maintains procurement records, reports and metrics.

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

• Possesses a Degree in related discipline or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 4-5 years of working experience in the related field is required.

Job Category

Global Procurement & Supply Chain

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