Assistant Purchasing Manager is responsible for purchasing domestic and foreign products/parts, looking for optimum suppliers, negotiating the best possible price, preparing all the necessary documents including, but not limited to P.O., import/export documents and contracts and controlling all purchasing process and orders by collaborating and working together with purchasing functions of the factory. He/she will also have responsibility for driving competitive products/parts and supply strategies to achieve lowest total cost, reduced working capital via negotiation planning and execution, new product sourcing for sustainable growth and Sole/ Single Source elimination.
He/she is expected to be functioning as Purchasing Manager (Team Manager level) when hired and ready to be promoted to Purchasing Manager when the Company ExCom decides based on his/her performance, business growth as well as stabilization of the operations.
1. Establish and drive procurement of products, parts, materials and services in alignment with VKM business plan as well as factory production plan.
2. Lead product, category required by region (HN, HCM, DN, Factory) as per annual / monthly operating / production plan with professional strategic purchasing plan
3. Manage Supplier Performance to support our internal customers (Sales, Factory, Project) and/or region and ensure supply continuity.
4. Manage several projects in a dynamic and challenging environment.
5. Ensure compliance with company business P&P (policies and procedures) and Export /Import regulations.
6. Drive Supplier Performance to meet Quality and Delivery Objectives
7. Establish effective Supplier Relationships
8. Align with Sales, A/S (Service & Warranty Sales), Factory and other VKM teams.
9. Manage supplier selection process, negotiation, contracting and supplier performance.
10. Ensure relationship development and management with key supplier leaderships
11. Train professional purchasing skills for team’s member and related staff of other team.
12. Receive purchasing order and perform purchasing work.
13. Monitor the progress delivery, ensure the good are delivered on time;
14. Follow up the delivery to ensure that goods or services as per purchase order and requirement;
15. Liaises with supplier on unacceptable goods and make arrangement to return them accordingly;
16. Research the vendors including potential vendors;
17. Prepare reports about procurement as assigned by manager and/or CFO;
18. Coordinate with other departments to implement orders and coordinate with the accounting department to monitor payment and payable;
19. Coordinate with inventory staff to recheck the purchased products and support for making the proper order;
20. File all purchasing documents and support other departments about documentation;
21. Other tasks assigned by assigned by Purchasing Manager /CFO