Buyer Planner / Senior

Boston Scientific; Penang; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston Scientific in Penang is seeking an experienced procurement professional to manage sourcing of raw materials, components and services, ensuring reliable supply and aligned with quality and cost targets.

You will lead supplier relationships, review requirements, generate and expedite purchase orders, and collaborate with quality, engineering and production teams to optimize inventory, lead times and total cost of ownership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field is required.
• 8–10 years of relevant experience in procurement or supply chain.
• Experience with SAP, MRP and MS Office.
• Strong interpersonal, negotiation and analytical skills.
• Background in manufacturing is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage purchase orders and supplier communications to ensure on-time delivery.
• Develop and implement sourcing strategies to balance quality and cost.
• Monitor supplier performance and resolve issues promptly.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams (quality, engineering, production, finance).
• Support SI&OP processes and contribute to build plans.

Skills

Interpersonal communications

Negotiation

Analytical

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

MS Office

SAP

MRP

Job description

Purpose Statement

Responsible for procuring raw materials, components, tooling, supplies and services to ensure a 100% customer service level, while achieving the targeted Quality & Cost objectives. Assist in the implementation of sourcing & commodity strategies for all goods and/or services to achieve improvements in all areas of Quality, Cost and Service. He/She will demonstrate a moderate level of decision making skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Requirement & Order Administration: Establishes and/or reviews requirements, generates, adjusts and expedites purchase orders based on MRP results (or results based on other planning systems) and/or on requisition basis along with pertinent information being used to run the business that may influence order execution decisions. Coordinates with the Budget Owners to maintain optimal service levels and determine the proper priorities for support; Administers Purchase Orders based on authorized spending amount and applicable SOP’s. Keeping informed of any problems/delays caused by Suppliers or general market conditions and communicates any impacts/constraints to the end user, production, Business Unit or other discipline impacted by the change. Maintains an excellent working relationship with any entity within (or outside) of BSC who will be impacted by the work conducted by this role which includes issue resolution, reconciliation of errors and correct the root cause of supply chain problems. Interfaces with core functions such as quality, engineering, production, finance and product development Identify areas of risk and implement mitigating action. Support SI&OP exercise and put up the committed build plan, production scheduling and driving the required output to achieve the business objective timely.
• Supplier Management: Responsible for managing the day-to-day supplier relationship. Monitors and communicates quality and delivery performance within BSC and to the supplier; Responsible to resolve supplier related issues and assures a positive and professional business relationship, always establishing and maintaining open lines of communication. Collaborate with Strategic Sourcing, Corporate Groups and other BSC Sites in developing and implementing sourcing strategies and to support global supplier evaluation and selection as well as VIP creation.
• Quality: Adheres to all applicable (Site, Corporate or Regulatory) requirements; Reviews and approves all change requests; Maintains accurate Master Data, AVL, Info record, Source List, e-Req etc as required. Constantly strives to improve the Quality of goods and services supplied.
• Inventory Management: Formulates purchasing decisions to achieve 100% internal customer service, targeted DIOH, inventory holding level and overall lowest TCO (total cost of ownership); Minimize the impact of expired, excess and obsolete materials and dispositions the material appropriately. Identify opportunities to implement best inventory management practices, such as automated Kanban and Consignment Programs.
• Lean, Cost & Other: Perform other tasks as needed in support of achieving the highest level of quality, customer satisfaction and TCO. Assist in the development and implementation of Lean Strategies for improving of all aspects of the operation to improve Quality, deliver reduced cost and minimize waste. Identify cost saving opportunities from existing vendor base. Assist in the in the preparation and execution of the annual materials budget.
• Responsible for customer order management and fulfilment for respective PU.
  • Liaise with global supply chain team on affairs related to orders fulfilment, forecast fluctuation, back order and order prioritization.
  • Track and analyze latest demand trend of all products. Communicate latest demand trend to internal stakeholders.
  • Track and monitor the status of urgent orders. Work closely with functional team and ensure urgent orders are being shipped on schedule.

Job Requirements

• Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's Degree in any related field.
• At least 8 ~10 year(s) of working experience in the related field is required for this position.
• Required skill(s): interpersonal communications, negotiation, analytical, MS Office, SAP, MRP.
• Preferably Executives specializing in Planning, Purchasing/Inventory/Material Management or equivalent.
• Candidate from manufacturing background will be added value.

About Us

As a global medical technology leader for more than 40 years, our mission at Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) is to transform lives through innovative medical solutions that improve the health of patients. If you’re looking to truly make a difference to people both around the world and around the corner, there’s no better place to make it happen.