Buyer Direct

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## Job Summary



To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we're looking to add an Buyer Direct located in Guadalajara, North Campus .

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Buyer Direct located in Guadalajara North

Reporting to the Materials Manager, the Buyer Direct role involves: coordinating activities involved with procuring direct materials, components and equipment.

What a typical day looks like:

- Maintaining relations with the suppliers.
- Placing orders for necessary raw materials and purchased parts according to the requirements of the production.
- Receiving and handling the confirmations.
- Checking the purchase orders and modifying them according to the changes in the production plan with the help of the Shortage List and the Open Purchase Order List.
- Tracking shipments, urging them if needed.
- Regular, weekly check of the stocks, avoiding overstock.
- Minimizing the risk of obsolescence with the help of the weekly check of the obsolete report.
- Correspondence with the freight forwarders, warehouses, and in case organizing the transportation.
- Dealing with claims, settling debit and credit issues.
- Filing and recording all necessary documents.
- Checking the inventory of critical materials (personally if needed) according to the Shortage List.
- Getting in touch with the right warehouse personnel and having the discrepancy modified if there is any inventory discrepancies.
- Handling purchasing data privacy.
- Assuring all active components according to production needs, in time, for the accord price in the request.
- Reviews requisitions and MRP output.
- Confers with vendors to obtain product information such as price, availability and delivery schedule.
- Orders, reschedules and cancels material based on requisitions and MRP output.
- Maintains procurement records such as items purchased, costs, delivery and inventories.
- Manages supplier to price, delivery and quality expectations and escalates when appropriate.
- Approves invoices for payment.
- Investigation inventory levels.
- Monitors the movement of materials through the production cycle.
- Conducts quarterly supplier reviews.
- Maintains procurement records, reports and metrics.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

- Bachelor’s degrees or equivalent experience.
- Use of the following tools may be required: Working usage of Word, Excel and Power Point,

- Experience in the Electronics Manufacturing Industry (EMS)
- English proficiency (written and verbal), with the ability to communicate effectively with customers, suppliers, and cross-functional teams in a global environment.
- Supplier Management experience , including vendor communication, performance follow-up, issue resolution, and collaboration to ensure continuity of supply and compliance with business requirements.

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:

- Saving Fund
- Christmas bonus
- Holiday bonus
- Medical Insurance
- Life Insurance

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## Job Category
Global Procurement & Supply Chain

Required Skills:

Optional Skills:

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