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Summary

The Purchasing Manager is responsible for developing purchasing strategies, maintaining positive relationships with suppliers, and coordinating with internal teams regarding their supply needs. He/she develops strategies, manages budgets, and ensures successful project execution. They work closely with teams and collaborate with other management personnel. Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Establish a strategic procurement plan to identify, evaluate and select suppliers based on cost, quality, reliability and alignment with the company's requirements, and optimize the supply chain efficiencies. 
• To develop and maintain strong relationships with suppliers to ensure a reliable supply chain and timely delivery of materials
• Provide solutions to improve company spending and outsourcing.
• Identify and evaluate potential suppliers, and negotiate contracts including costs and terms of supply, service, time delivery and quality. 
• Analyze and calculate the procurement costs and develop cost reduction strategies.
• Procurement of raw materials and suppliers based on the company's demands.
• Work with engineering and support all RFQs as requested by the management
• Assess quotes and compile a detailed assessment of cost breakdowns. 
• Generate quote comparisons and contribute to internal supplier selection based on the quotes.
• Ensure the purchasing team updates in real-time all the purchasing data in the ERP system and maintains it accurately
• Fosters a culture of collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement within the team and company.
• Manages, organizes and prioritizes tasks and responsibilities of individual workers to ensure optimal use of resources and achieve operational efficiencies.
• Take up any task or assignment from top management from time to time. 

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration or a related field.
• Proven work experience as Purchasing Manager or similar role.
• High preference with work experience in metal sheet, or metal fabrication industry.
• Preference with good work knowledge in Lean management.
• Proven project management skills.
• Analytical skills for evaluating information carefully and solving complex problems.
• Math skills, including calculus and other advanced mathematics for developing new processes and products. 
• Familiar with office software
• Strong leadership and people management skills.
• Independent, self-driven and results-oriented.
• Familiar with Excel and PowerPoint presentations.
• Experience with analyzing data to guide strategic employment planning
• Effective verbal and written communication skills in Mandarin, English and Malay.
• Detail-focus good sense of responsibility, and work proactively. 
• Ability to assign responsibilities to others as required and prioritize tasks.
• Detail-oriented for understanding complex systems and the ability to pay attention to details, as a minor error can result in major problems.