Commodity Buyer
Current• Negotiate directly with ~20 vendors to purchase goods and services at the best prices, while also ensuring advantageous pricing (typically ~5% savings) for future purchase orders. • Foster relationships with vendors to have the ability to increase efficiency on deliverables, pricing, and quality control. • Monitoring demands from customers & prioritizing the acquisition of products to fulfil their requests in a timely manner. • Collaborate directly with the QA team and vendors when RMAs (returned merchandise authorizations) arise. • Initiated and circulated Requests for Quotations (RFQ/ RFP) to potential suppliers, inviting them to provide detailed pricing and proposal information for our required goods and services. This proactive step in the procurement process aimed to solicit competitive bids and gather comprehensive offers from qualified vendors.• Maintains purchase order accuracy including confirming of all purchase orders, updating pricing, revisions, and placing emergency orders as needed. • Engage in proactive oversight of open purchase order lines, managing late and past-due orders, closely monitoring order status and progression, and expediting the timely delivery of purchase orders.• Executed requests for both NPI and production departments for customer projects.• Coordinate with Logistic department to ensure shipment time and optimize inventory level.• Schedule meetings between vendors and internal teams to foster collaborative problem-solving.