Purchasing Engineer

1. Summary of the role

Specify the overall responsibilities and the main deliverables. Why do we need the role?

• Responsible for identifying, evaluating, and managing vendors to meet business needs

while ensuring cost efficiency, quality standards, and timely delivery. Drives material cost

reduction strategies, negotiates prices, and oversees contract administration. Proactively

addresses risks, resolves non-conformance issues, and aligns with market trends to

support operational and strategic goals.

2. Tasks and Responsibilities

Describe the tasks and responsibilities in more detail. Use bullet points.

• Identifying, evaluating and selecting vendors to meet internal business needs;

• Continuously monitoring/seeking and implementation of material cost reduction via

different methods and strategies, lead price negotiation;

• Ensuring adhere to requirements (delivery time, quality standards, etc.);

• Executing close, administration and invoice matching;

• Managing the commercial aspects of contracts such as change requests and claims etc.;

• Ensure to reach KPIs, make reporting in time;

• Keep abreast of market demand for those commodities we are using react on a timely

manner to any market fluctuation that might affect our demand/usage;

• Handle NCR, coordinate technical and quality departments to analyze the problems and

solve them finally;

• Identify and eliminate risks and work with cross-functional teams to develop mitigation

action and plans.

• Other tasks assigned by the Line Manager.

• Bachelors degree or above, in mechanical engineering, automation or polymer engineering;

• Minimum 5 years of experience in purchasing;

• Working experience in rubber factory is preferred;

• Knowledge of quality and environment system;

• SAP knowledge is preferred.

• Familiar with supplier development, evaluation, selection and management procedure;

• Excellent skill of price negotiation and cost control;

• Fluent in English speaking and writing;

• Good planning and implementation skill;

• Excellent communication and negotiations skills;

• Proactive approach initiative to solve problems;

• Work diligently, have a strong sense of responsibility;

• Good collaboration and team work.