Senior Buyer (Electronic Components)

Prostaffworkforce; Richardson (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ProStaff Workforce Solutions seeks an experienced Senior Buyer (Electronic Components) in Richardson, TX. This hands-on role balances cost, quality, and delivery, building supplier relationships and negotiating favorable pricing to keep production competitive.

You will own commodity strategy, place POs per MRP, and manage requisitions while driving continuous improvement across procurement functions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, supply chain, or equivalent purchasing experience.
• 7–10 years buying experience at a manufacturing company, including electronic components sourcing.
• Experience developing commodity or category sourcing strategy beyond transactions.
• Proven ability to negotiate contracts, pricing, and terms with suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Place and manage purchase orders against MRP requirements and manage requisitions.
• Obtain quotes, select sources, and negotiate pricing and terms for electronic components.
• Develop cost-reduction and cost-avoidance initiatives across categories.
• Manage supplier relationships and monitor delivery and quality performance.
• Address supply risks, expediting, and EOL transitions to ensure continuity.
• Support lifecycle management and Engineering Change process with suppliers.
• Contribute to lean procurement improvements and document procedures.
• Navigate freight terms and logistics to balance cost and lead time.

Skills

Negotiation

Supplier management

Strategic sourcing

Microsoft Excel

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Outlook

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OneNote

PowerPoint

Job description

ProStaff Workforce Solutions is seeking an experienced Senior Buyer (Electronic Components) for a well-established, privately owned manufacturing company in Richardson, TX. This is a great opportunity for a strategic and hands-on purchasing professional who enjoys working closely with suppliers, negotiating costs, and helping keep manufacturing operations running smoothly.

Full-time Onsite

Direct Hire

Pay Rate: DoE

Job Overview

As Senior Buyer, you will balance cost, quality, and delivery across your assigned commodities, build the supplier relationships that keep our manufacturing running, and negotiate the pricing and supply that keep their products competitive.

Own Your Commodity Strategy

You will take full ownership of your assigned commodities, setting the sourcing approach that best balances cost, quality, lead time, and supply risk. You'll translate MRP requirements into a purchasing strategy rather than simply reacting to demand.

Day-to-Day Buying

This is a hands-on role. Alongside the strategy work, you will place and manage purchase orders against MRP requirements, enter and manage companywide purchase requisitions, keep PO changes current, resolve invoice discrepancies, and expedite deliveries when production needs them. You handle both the planning and the daily buying.

Sourcing and Negotiation

You will obtain and analyze competitive quotes, recommend sources, and negotiate favorable pricing, terms, and contracts for products, tooling, and services. Your negotiations will directly influence the product cost targets.

Total Cost Management

You will develop and execute strategies to control total landed cost over the short and long term, avoiding factory stock-outs while eliminating excess and obsolete inventory. You'll lead cost-savings initiatives and identify cost and process improvement opportunities across your categories.

Supplier Relationship Management

You will build and manage new and established supplier relationships, identifying and recommending alternate sources of supply, monitoring delivery and quality performance, driving corrective actions, and removing barriers to supplier success. You will recognize consistently poor performers and act to address them.

Supply Continuity and Risk

You will safeguard production against disruption - anticipating shortages, prioritizing critical needs, escalating risks to management with proposed solutions, and expediting when required. You'll manage transitions and end-of-life (EOL) activities so supply is never interrupted.

Change and Lifecycle Management (ECN)

You will implement changes released through the Engineering Change program, communicate revision changes to suppliers, and manage the associated sourcing, transition, and phase-out activities.

Continuous Improvement

You will review purchasing methods to maximize lean supply chain efficiencies, write and maintain purchasing work instructions, and help raise the capability of the procurement function - including acting as a trainer for procurement activities.

Freight and Logistics

You will understand freight terms and shipping methods and recommend the best delivery option from domestic and overseas vendors, balancing cost against lead time.

Work Environment

• Office environment with regular interaction across production floor, quality, and service departments
• Prolonged computer work; extended hours may occur during product launches
• Regularly scheduled meetings with other departments and suppliers

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, supply chain, or a similar technical discipline, or equivalent progressive purchasing experience.
• 7–10 years of buying experience at a manufacturing company, including experience sourcing electronic components (ICs, capacitors, resistors, crystals, connectors, and similar items).
• Demonstrated experience developing commodity or category sourcing strategy, not just executing transactions.
• Proven ability to negotiate contracts, pricing, and terms with suppliers to achieve favorable outcomes and cost targets.
• Strong command of total cost concepts (total landed cost, cost reduction, avoidance of unfavorable price variances).
• Exceptional communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate and influence across internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, OneNote, and PowerPoint.
• Detail-oriented, self-motivated, and able to respond quickly in a fast-moving, ever-changing environment.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and projects while maintaining accuracy and professionalism under pressure.

If you’re an experienced purchasing professional looking for a direct-hire opportunity where your sourcing, negotiation, and supplier management skills can make a direct impact, we’d love to connect with you and share more about the role.

Our client offers a competitive compensation package as well as benefits package for eligible candidates.