Purchasing Specialist (Bilingual in Korean)

Cesna-Recruitment; Lebanon (TN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Cesna-Recruitment in the United States is seeking a procurement professional to identify sources, select products, and make timely purchasing decisions to meet customer needs.

You will negotiate costs, terms, and lead times with suppliers while maintaining relationships and monitoring performance. The role emphasizes customer service, profitability, and collaboration with global teams.

A bachelor’s degree is required; strong MS Office/ERP skills and analytical thinking are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Excellent negotiation skills.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Strong business acumen and decision making.
• Strong analytic and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team environment.
• Solid grasp of MS Office, ERP.

Responsibilities

• Identify sources for products/services to support customer requests in a timely manner.
• Make purchasing decisions based on customer need, market conditions, product specifications, supplier strategy, regulations, and business policy.
• Negotiate cost and terms with suppliers.
• Provide exceptional customer service by proactively contacting customers to resolve issues.
• Maintain and report purchasing results and productivity metrics.
• Communicate performance expectations and provide feedback on supplier performance.
• Support gross profit goals by negotiating costs, lead times, freight terms and quantities.
• Maintain supplier relationships and explore new suppliers.
• Coordinate with HQ abroad (Korea) regarding imported items.
• Support team members on product and source inquiries.

Skills

Negotiation

Communication

Customer service

Business acumen

Decision making

Analytics

Teamwork

MS Office

ERP

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Office

ERP

Job description

[Job Description]

The duties and responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

Identify sources for product/services in support of customer requests in a timely manner. Ensure proper product selections, matches, and/or alternatives.

Make purchasing decisions based on customer need, market and competitor conditions, product specifications, supplier strategy, regulations, and business policy.

Negotiate cost, terms and conditions with suppliers.

Provide exceptional customer service by proactively contacting customer to resolve issues and to improve opportunity success rate.

Maintain and report purchasing results and productivity measurements including number of quotes completed per day, cycle time, average mark up and buy/quote ratio.

Communicate performance expectations and provide qualitative feedback regarding performance of suppliers.

Support gross profit goals by negotiating and controlling product costs, lead times, freight terms and purchase quantity requirements.

Maintain existing supplier relationships and initiate potential new supplier relationships.

Communicate with HQ abroad (Korea) regarding imported items

Support team members on product and source inquiries

[Qualifications]

.The following skills and qualifications are required for this position:

Excellent negotiation skills

Excellent communication and customer service skills

Strong business acumen and decision making

Strong analytic and problem-solving skills

Ability to work independently and as part of a team environment

Solid grasp of MS Office, ERP

Bachelor's degree