A Day in Your Life at MKS:
As a Buyer at MKS, you will partner with cross functional teams to the continuous flow of materials/services in order to meet production/site requirements, with right cost, quality, quantity and at the right time from the right source, following the internal procedures of the company. In this role, you will report to the Senior Manager, Procurement.
You Will Make an Impact By:
- Responsible for commodities or assignments requiring application of sound purchasing principles, theories and concepts.
- Coordinates purchasing activities with manufacturing, planning and engineering departments to acquire inventory in a cost effective and timely manner, thereby achieving optimum inventory cost and meeting customers demand.
- Processes purchase requisitions, purchase/change orders and requests for quotes to suppliers.
- Responsible for procurement business system data input and integrity.
- Participates in maximizing the procurement teams changes, part parameters; quote table maintenance, supplier database information, error report analysis, and part number/supplier code information.
- Monitors the cost, schedule and scope of assigned subcontracts to negotiate highest quality at best value.
- Interacts closely with suppliers and QA to resolve quality issues.
- Disposition of material Quality Notifications (QN's)
- Implementation of Engineering Change Notice (ECN) and New Product Introduction (NPI).
- Perform RFQ for Asia localization.
- Follow NPI and production plans, to deliver inventory, PPV and service targets.
- Manage the performance of the supply base effectively and participate in Global Material initiatives.
- Support Commodity and Sourcing objectives;
- Negotiate supplier terms & conditions
- Negotiate supplier pricing, Lead Time, upside flexibility
- Escalation path for critical commodity issues
- Provide market analysis and trends
- Support and coordinate the supply chain transition of new products into production.
- Align and support Global Sourcing Managers Overall Procurement Strategies timely actualization.
Skills You Bring:
- Diploma or degree from an accredited college/university with a minimum 3 years of purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment and a demonstrated understanding of MRP, inventory, and production principles.
- SAP experience preferred.
- Strong negotiation skills and experience.
- Strong interpersonal and team working skills essential.
- The individual should enjoy working in a dynamic and results motivated team.
- Self-starter with demonstrated efficient work methods, analytical & problem solving skills and ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast paced environment.
- The ability to work in a multi-site and multi-time zone environment.
