Purchasing Manager

Support Senior Purchasing Manager to manage the local purchasing team’s daily work and KPI, provide the best service to the internal and external customer, and actively support the production operations and other functional department.

1) Daily purchasing team management

Purchasing task distribution to the buyers

Support and solve the buyer’s problem in daily operation

Lead weekly purchasing team’s meeting and monitor the process of critical issue in the meeting

Attend the weekly operation meeting on behalf of purchasing department

Attend monthly Quality meeting on behalf of purchasing department

Approve POs in SAP timely and other approval authorized items in purchasing department

2. Supplier management

Support the commodity team to develop the local suppliers in Vietnam to lower the cost for transfer project

Follow the SCM headquarters’ supplier reduction goal to consolidate the smaller spend supplier into high spend supplier with same category

Lead to assess the AVL supplier’s performance quarterly from business level

3. Supervision, Management &Leadership

• Ensure your team is staffed, motivated, inspired, engaged and empowered to deliver a high and sustainable performance level in an ever-changing environment at a cost level the organization can sustain and reflects market realities.

• Ensure you have the right people in the right jobs, by consistently using proper interview and selection techniques and methodologies.

• University degree or above in science or engineering or supply chain management.

• 8+ years or above of working experience in supplier management or procurement management in foreign company.

• 3+ years of managerial/leadership experience in the field.

• Be familiar with Optical Communication and Optics components and materials

• Preferred to the experience of high mix and low volume purchasing, CMP order review with high frequency.

• Good English in both read, write and oral

• Proficient in office software tools such as Excel, Word, ppt etc.

• SAP/Oracle experience is preferred.

• Enough experience with problem analysis and resolution.

• Demonstrated ability to achieve results independently or working with others.

• Ability to recommend and implement improvements.