Senior Buyer

Flex; Penang; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Performance Bonus

Job summary

Flex is seeking a Senior Buyer in Prai, Penang to coordinate procurement of direct materials, components, and equipment for production. You will maintain supplier relations, place and adjust POs, and track shipments to align with the production plan.

The role requires strong experience in procurement, supplier management, and inventory optimization. Flex offers a collaborative environment and a focus on growth and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of procurement experience.
• Experience negotiating prices and terms with suppliers.
• Strong coordination with production planning and logistics teams.

Responsibilities

• Maintain relations with suppliers and manage procurement of direct materials.
• Place and adjust purchase orders according to production requirements and plans.
• Track shipments and ensure timely delivery and inventory accuracy.
• Review requisitions and MRPs to optimize stock levels and obsolescence risk.
• Coordinate with freight forwarders, warehouses and transporters as needed.
• Approve invoices for payment and maintain procurement records.

Skills

Procurement

Supplier relations

MRP/ERP knowledge

Contract negotiation

Cost control

Tools

ERP software

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 Senior Buyer located in Prai, Penang.

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

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.
• Handling purchasing data privacy.
• 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:

• Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of procurement experience.

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:

• Medical benefits, dental, vision
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Performance Bonus

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Job Category

Global Procurement & Supply Chain

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