The Purchasing Lead is responsible for partnering with the Purchasing Manager to manage the day-to-day operations of the buyer organization. The Lead will have responsibility to work with a team of buyers to achieve the company's objectives in terms of cost, quality, and delivery of goods and services. This role involves strategic sourcing, supplier management, contract negotiation, and the ability to work in a highly functional and global team environment. The Purchasing Lead will collaborate with the buyers to ensure that all purchase requisitions are worked in a time efficient manner and worked deeply for optimal quote outcome.
The Role
- Oversee and optimize the buyers daily operational performance, including workload management, pricing competitiveness, negotiation effectiveness, delivery performance, order closure, recovery actions, and backlog and expediting control.
- The lead will track buyer performance across all measured metrics and work with the Manager to put training and coaching programs in place to improve buyer performance and output.
- Provide day-to-day assistance to buyers on requisitions and negotiation strategy and approaches
- Manage team members workload and make adjustments as necessary. Collaborate with sales leaders on sales and customer coverage from the buyer team.
- Monitor buyers requisitions, make sure covered key vendors and not miss any good offer which list in relative website.
- Work closely with sales team on key opportunities to ensure optimal sourcing effectiveness.
- Continue to develop and implement purchasing strategies and processes to ensure cost-effective procurement.
- Collaborate with Global Commodity Managers on short term vs. long term sourcing approaches and supplier portfolios
Requirements
- Minimum Diploma education or equivalent
- Intermediate skill level in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Ability to read, write correspondence, and communicate with all members of the organizations, customers, and vendors (internal and external) in a clear, easily understood manner in English
- Ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines and work independently in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to coach, motivate, and lead others
- Able to work under pressure and effectively manage stress
- Demonstrated problem-solving skills
- Goal-oriented, ambitious, extremely motivated
- Professional demeanor
