Purchasing Team Lead

Job Description

This job is to direct and oversee the operations of these following functional areas:

1. Procure all the raw materials, consumables, commodities, services… to support the manufacturing operations in Vietnam.
2. Focus on cost saving as one of majority goals of purchasing tasks.
3. Cooperate among PIC, Production, and others support function to optimize the cost of operation and product and services availability

* Purchasing/ Sourcing

Direct and oversee the daily operations of Purchasing/ Sourcing, including but not limited to:
- Ensure the procurement material, commodities, and services are on track and on time as requested.
- Quotation, purchase requisitions and orders are sent to supplier in timely manner.
- Selects and negotiates with suppliers, covering pricing, contract terms, and discounts as well as to meet the global KPI of procurement cost saving.
- Work to find alternative sourcing for material, consumables, …to meet cost down plan, support On-Time-Delivery target, improve lead time and have other favourable terms.
- Ensure specification/ requirements are met with quotation.
- Expend wisely in acquiring materials, equipment.
- All the non-conforming products are solved within the month and manage their performance.
- Backlog reports are updated frequently and any changes on delivery schedule be informed to requesters through DMS.

- Ensure the vendor delivery on time, especially for projectstransfer.
- Ensure all the chemical/ special materials are import compliant with Legal laws.
- Ensure used equipment are checked and imported properly
- Ensure all the documents are passed to finance team on time.

* Vendor management and inventory control

Direct and oversee the daily operations of Vendor and -Inventory Management, including but not limited to:
- Ensure to evaluate and select suitable suppliers.
- With SQE to ensure vendor’s assessment is performed per scheduled and communicate with them on their performance’sap praisal
- Conduct an audit/visit/meeting as planned
- Ensure all the problems with suppliers are solved at the quickest time.
- Open Purchase Order and On-time-delivery reports are cross checked and followed up to ensure on time delivery.
- Source and localize to minimize inventory value.
- Harmonize materials if possible

* Reporting

Direct and oversee the data collection, analysis, preparation and submission for reports including but not limited to: OTD reports, AVL (Approved Vendor List) report, Saving reports, Metric reports …

* Supervision, Management & Leadership

- Ensure your team is staffed, motivated, inspired, engaged and empowered to deliver a high and sustainable performance levelin an ever-changing environment.

- Ensure your team understand the regulation of Customs, Government for the compliance in all import goods

- Ensure you have the right people in the right jobs, by consistently using proper interview and selection techniques and methodologies throughout your organization.