APAC Excess Buyer - Entry Level

Sourceability; Singapore; On-site; SGD 36,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health and wellness benefits

Ongoing training and development

Collaborative culture

Paid time off

Referral bonus programme

Job summary

Sourceability, a global electronic components distributor, is seeking a Junior Excess Buyer for the APAC market. This entry-level role focuses on identifying excess, obsolete, or unwanted inventory across OEM/EMS/ODM/OCM/Tier suppliers, with a structured training path toward becoming an Excess Buyer.

The role emphasizes building supplier and customer networks, outbound outreach, CRM accuracy, and learning about components, MPNs, and lead times.

Qualifications

• Entry-level commercial, procurement, sales development, supply chain or customer-facing experience preferred.
• Comfortable making cold calls, sending professional outreach messages and handling rejection constructively.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to speak to procurement, supply chain, inventory and operations contacts.
• Good attention to detail and willingness to maintain clean CRM records.
• Basic Microsoft Excel / spreadsheet capability and willingness to learn electronic component data structures.

Responsibilities

• Research and identify new potential OEM, EMS, ODM, OCM and Tier supplier accounts within assigned APAC markets.
• Cold call, email and conduct structured outreach to identify excess inventory contacts and decision-makers.
• Map procurement, supply chain, inventory, warehouse, finance, materials and E&O contacts inside target companies.
• Request excess, obsolete and unwanted component lists and route opportunities to the appropriate Excess Buyer or Senior Excess Buyer.
• Record all activity accurately in CRM, including account ownership checks, contacts, outreach history and next steps.
• Forward all sales opportunities to the relevant Sales Manager / Director and do not quote, sell or claim Sales account ownership.
• Support database cleanup by requalifying inactive accounts, outdated contacts, duplicate records and accounts with no current excess potential.
• Build foundational knowledge of electronic components, MPNs, manufacturers, date codes, packaging, lead times and excess terminology.

Skills

Cold calling

CRM usage

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Learn quickly

High energy

Tools

CRM systems

LinkedIn Sales Navigator

Company databases

Trade show lists

MS Excel

Job description

Sourceability, a global electronic components distributor, is seeking a Junior Excess Buyer for the APAC market. This entry-level role focuses on identifying excess, obsolete, or unwanted inventory across OEM/EMS/ODM/OCM/Tier suppliers, with a structured training path toward becoming an Excess Buyer.

The role emphasizes building supplier and customer networks, outbound outreach, CRM accuracy, and learning about components, MPNs, and lead times.