• Develop and implement purchasing strategies.
• Manage daily purchasing activities, supervise staff, and allocate tasks.
• Manage supplier relations, negotiate contracts, prices, timelines, etc.
• Maintain the supplier database, purchase records, and related documentation.
• Coordinate with inventory control to determine and manage inventory needs.
• Ensure that items meet the required quality standards and specifications.
• Prepare cost estimates and manage budgets.
• Work to improve purchasing systems and processes.
• Contact Japanese suppliers.
• Handle drawing/documents in the Japanese language and communicate in meetings with Japanese personnel.
1. Interface with customer for all requirements (customer window)
2. Demand management with customer service as delivery plan
3. Manage cross functional team to enhance customer satisfaction
4. Manage new product introduction and project transfer from customer
5. Cost and selling price agreement
6. Manage Engineering Change Order (ECO)