Senior Procurement Manager – Direct Materials & Suppliers

Flex; Penang; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Performance Bonus

Job summary

Flex is seeking a Procurement Manager to lead direct materials procurement from Prai, Penang. The role oversees a team of buyers and expeditors, drives supplier performance and delivery reliability, and aligns purchasing strategies with production goals.

The successful candidate will implement purchasing processes, review contracts, and manage inventory and PPV while ensuring supplier relationships meet quality standards.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and extensive knowledge of purchasing policies and practices.
• Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepares instructions regarding purchasing systems and procedures.
• Establishes goals for purchasing department.
• Follow-up policies and procedures for the operation of procurement activities.
• Manage and guide a team of buyers and expeditors to meet procurement and supplier management goals
• Interface with procurement groups in updating and maintaining company procurement strategies
• Implement processes with suppliers to improve on time delivery and Purchase Price Variance
• Helping implementation of Vendor Managed Inventory models
• Supervise the team in the management of the supply chain to achieve continuous timely supply of parts and services
• Approves purchase orders and change notices through subordinates.
• Reviews purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy.
• Ensures continuity of raw material supply to help production schedules and balances with achieving inventory level targets.
• Investigates inventory levels. Helps process to manage excess and obsolete material.
• Conduct supplier performance reviews and help the team to maintain supplier consistent on time delivery and implement processes with suppliers to ensure on time delivery and quality of product / service
• Keep senior management informed of present/future trends in availability and cost of materials, components and equipment
• Monitors on-time supplier deliveries, inventory turns, MRP execution, Purchase Price Variance, processing time reduction, supplier performance and cost investigation.
• Act as first point of escalation with suppliers and communicate all unresolved issues to the Senior Purchasing Manager
• Work closely with the team to ensure purchasing compliance to corporate directives
• Implement appropriate HR strategies and actions to recruit and retain a qualified and motivated workforce

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Flex is seeking a Procurement Manager to lead direct materials procurement from Prai, Penang. The role oversees a team of buyers and expeditors, drives supplier performance and delivery reliability, and aligns purchasing strategies with production goals.

The successful candidate will implement purchasing processes, review contracts, and manage inventory and PPV while ensuring supplier relationships meet quality standards.