PURCHASING EXECUTIVE

Job Purpose

• Responsible for end-to-end purchasing and sourcing activities to ensure timely and cost-effective procurement of materials, equipment, tooling, and services, supporting uninterrupted production and business continuity.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end sourcing and purchasing activities for machining parts, production parts, machinery, equipment, spare parts and services.
• Execute supplier sourcing, quotation evaluation, price negotiation, order placement, and delivery follow-up.
• Handle daily purchasing requests and ensure materials, tooling, spare parts, and services are available according to operational requirements.
• Review purchasing requirements and quotations to ensure compliance with specifications, pricing, delivery, payment terms, and other purchasing conditions.
• Conduct price comparisons and provide sourcing recommendations based on cost, quality, delivery, technical capability, and supplier reliability.
• Cross-check Purchase Requisitions (PRs) and issue Purchase Orders (POs) in accordance with approved requirements and purchasing procedures.
• Coordinate with Maintenance, Technical, Production, and other departments to understand technical requirements and ensure appropriate specifications are defined.
• Monitor purchasing costs and supplier performance to improve cost efficiency and supply reliability.
• Search for and evaluate potential suppliers based on quality, technical capability, capacity, cost competitiveness, delivery performance, and service capability.
• Support internal departments in identifying and evaluating new potential suppliers.
• Maintain effective relationships with existing suppliers and continuously improve supplier competitiveness and service levels.
• Follow up supplier performance and coordinate corrective actions when issues related to quality, delivery, cost, or service arise.
• Negotiate daily purchasing requirements, quotations, prices, delivery schedules, payment terms, and other commercial conditions with suppliers.
• Negotiate new contracts, including pricing, terms and conditions, delivery, warranty, payment, and service requirements.
• Regularly update contracts with frequently purchased items, revised prices, and applicable purchasing conditions.
• Prepare price comparisons and negotiation results to support sourcing and purchasing decisions.

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in purchasing/procurement, in a manufacturing environment.
• Hands-on experience in Technical Purchasing is preferred.
• Good understanding of purchasing processes, supplier sourcing, quotation comparison, negotiation, and contract management.
• Strong negotiation, analytical, communication, and supplier management skills.
• Good command of English for communication, quotation review, contracts, and supplier correspondence.
• Proficiency in MS Office; experience with ERP/SAP systems is an advantage.

* WHAT WE OFFER:

• Health care insurance (after probation)
• Long year services award
• Public holidays and company day bonus
• Year end bonus
• Team dinner
• Provided with on-the-job training, technical skills development, and company-specific industry courses.

* OTHER INFORMATION:

• Off all Saturdays, leave office at 4 pm on Friday.
• Free Shuttle bus from Ho Chi Minh / Bien Hoa / Ba Ria.