Senior Buyer

The Senior Buyer leads the strategic sourcing strategies that deliver economic and cost efficiencies, supply assurance and quality for TransPak needs. The Senior Buyer works across departments to deliver maximum value to internal customers. This role reports to the Procurement Commodity Manager and provides the opportunity to make your mark and bring your innovative procurement strategies and stakeholder successes.

Essential Functions:

1. Strategic Supply Chain Strategies
   • Strategically develop the supply chain strategies while maintaining optimal inventory levels and delivering year-over-year cost improvements and support on-time customer deliveries.
   • Develop and foster supplier relationships to ensure adequate supply and competitive advantage in cost, quality, lead-time, inventory and payment terms.
   • Provide commodity price guidance and market intelligence to leadership.
   • Direct and manage category supplier selection and negotiation.
   • Negotiate and execute purchase orders and supplier contracts with existing and new suppliers.
2. Leadership Metrics/Planning
   • Liaise with counterparts in other functional areas such as Finance, Customer Service, Sales, Quality, Warehouse personnel to ensure alignment of activities and objectives.
   • Identify and implement process improvements to increase efficiency and leverage planning.
   • Monitor performance metrics for supplier performance, supplier quality, internal order placement performance, buyer activity levels, financial performance and material shortage elimination.

Education/Knowledge/Skill Requirements:

• 3+ years international buying and supply chain management experience
• Strong working knowledge of inventory planning and forecasting techniques
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills and an innovative approach to problem solving and negotiating
• Excellent MS Office skills; Sage X3 ERP experience and Tableau a plus
• Degree in any field
• Experience preferred with 3 years and above.

How do your skills match this job?

Your application will include the following questions:

• Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in Malaysia?
• What's your expected monthly basic salary?
• How many years' experience do you have as a Buyer?

TransPak is the leading provider of high quality packaging, crating, and logistics solutions for the technology equipment industry. As a global service with operations around the world, we provide everything you need including design, production, raw materials and supplies, and advanced technology. Our top objective is to ensure that your products are packaged and delivered with maximum efficiency. As part of our continuous improvement, we invite passionate personnel to join our growing team.