Strategic Procurement Specialist — IT & Logistics

Aivres; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Aivres is seeking a Buyer for our Milpitas, CA office to lead procurement activities across materials, equipment, and packaging. You will coordinate supplier sourcing, negotiate terms, and manage contracts to support production and projects.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years in procurement, strong communication, and bilingual Mandarin-English ability. The role emphasizes collaboration with Finance, Legal, and internal stakeholders to ensure best prices and compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or above, 2 years or more of experience in a Procurement or Purchasing function, IT industry is preferred.
• Understand the whole procurement methodology, key points of strategic sourcing, bidding, order placement, contract signing, inspection before acceptance and payment etc.
• Have knowledge about warehouse and logistics, set up internal liaison with related department.
• Experience in sourcing and negotiating contract.
• Ability to influence others and communicate effectively.
• Ability to collaborate throughout the organization and with vendors.
• An ability to work under pressure and self-motivated.
• Bilingual in Mandarin and English highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for the planning, directing, and coordination of the purchasing any of the following: materials, equipment, facilities, supplies, etc. or as directed by the management.
• Complete the source price comparison of various MRO in various departments.
• Inquiries, comparisons, purchasing and contract signing of manufacturing equipment and some engineering transformation projects.
• Local supplier sourcing of packaging materials, negotiating pricing, contract signing etc.
• Place the order of packaging materials based on production progress and track arrivals.

Skills

Procurement

Negotiation

Sourcing

Vendor management

Communication

Mandarin

English

Education

Bachelor degree or above

Job description

Aivres is seeking a Buyer for our Milpitas, CA office to lead procurement activities across materials, equipment, and packaging. You will coordinate supplier sourcing, negotiate terms, and manage contracts to support production and projects.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years in procurement, strong communication, and bilingual Mandarin-English ability. The role emphasizes collaboration with Finance, Legal, and internal stakeholders to ensure best prices and compliance.